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MELVILLE, Herman (1819–1891). Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. London: Richard Bentley, 1849. 3 volumes, 8vo (184 x 114 mm). Titles printed in red and black (lacking half–titles in Volume II and III, none called for in Volume I). Modern half blue calf over marbled boards, raised bands, red morocco spine label gilt, original marbled edges; custom niger–backed folding cases. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Melville’s third book. Melville’s FIRST TRIPLE–DECKER was possibly the first novel by an American to be published in England as such and is seen less often than the triple–decker of The Whale. CONSIDERED THE RAREST OF ALL THE MELVILLE ENGLISH TRADE EDITIONS. Howard, Herman Melville: A Biography, p. 129. BAL 13657.