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Title: Two proof illustrations from Moby Dick Author: Kent, Rockwell Place: Publisher: Date: c.1930 Description: Two original photo-lithographs on paper. Tipped to matting, within a single frame. Overall 41.5x30.5 cm (16½x12") Two original photo-lithograph proofs from Rockwell Kent's famed illustrations for the 1930 Lakeside Press edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Hailed by many as the greatest illustrated book of the 20th century. The images here include the tail-piece illustration from Chapter 129, Volume 3, page 223 (a male figure (Pip?) cowering in a heavy wind, 14x14 cm); the tail-piece illustration from Chapter 119, Volume 3, page 183 (three figures running in the hurricane winds, 8x8 cm). Each image is signed by Kent in pencil in the lower margin. Lot Amendments Condition: Not archivally framed, not examined out of frame, appears fine. Item number: 246981