Redburn, Sir Hugh Walpole`s copy

Lot 121
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Lot 121 | Redburn, Sir Hugh Walpole's copy
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Redburn, Sir Hugh Walpole's copy

Herman Melville, 1849

MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Redburn: His First Voyage. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849.



Sir Hugh Walpole's copy of the first American edition, first printing. First published in 1849, Redburn is based on Melville’s experiences while on a cargo boat to Liverpool in June 1839. BAL 13660 (1st printing with ads ending at p.10).



Octavo (187 x 120mm). 14 pp. of adverts at rear dated October 1849 and numbered through p.10 (light dampstain at gutter, some foxing internally as usual). Original blue blind-stamped cloth with publisher's monogram at center (a few scuffs to spine and covers, some wear at tips); modern full red morocco clamshell box. Provenance: Sir Hugh Walpole, 1884-1941 (leather Brackenburn bookplate) – S. Eckman, Jr., Esq, C.B.E. (his sale, Sotheby's, 23 November 1967, lot 536; sold to Selznick:) – L. Jeffrey Selznick (Christie's New York, 2 June 1971, lot 250; sold to Wisden) – Sotheby's, 21 February 1972, lot 282; sold to F. Edwards.

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