[KENT, Rockwell, illustrator (1882-1971)]. MELLVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby Dick. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. 3 volumes, 4to. Title vignettes and numerous woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Original publisher's full black cloth titled and decorated in silver foil, top edges black, other edges uncut, publisher's aluminum slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 1,000 COPIES. This title is one of R. R. Donnelly and Sons' Lakeside Press "Four American Books" campaign. Of the four books produced for the series (also including Poe's Tales, Thoreau's Walden, and Dana's Two Years Before the Mast), Moby Dick was the only work to sell out completely. "The most lasting contribution of the undertaking, though, was Kent's Moby Dick. Still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of this American Classic, it positioned Chicago as a major center in the history of American book illustration, design, and production..." (Coventry, "Four American Books Campaign," 

Spines a bit toned, some rubbing to spine edges, three small holes on front cover of volume I near spine, some mild rubbing, some occasional offsetting in text from illustrations, light soiling to bindings, minor offsetting to endleaves, a few pages opened a bit roughly, a few pages unopened at fore-edge; aluminum slipcase with some scratching and soiling. Still, a very good copy of this legendary modern fine press book.