Mardi

Mardi
Herman Melville, 1849
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Mardi, and a Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849.

First American edition. A lovely copy. BAL 13658.

Two volumes, octavo. (A little spotting to text block and preliminary pages.) Original cloth (slight wear at tips, a little very minor scuffing); custom box. Provenance: Arthur Swann (detached bookplate, ownership inscription to front endpaper) – deleted inscription to pastedown.