Redburn: His First Voyage Herman Melville / Edward Gorey 1957 1st Anchor Book

Redburn: His First Voyage by Herman Melville

Cover and typography by Edward Gorey

Doubleday Anchor Book edition published in 1957.  Serial number A118.  

Printed in the USA.  

Shelf wear and some darkening to cover and binding.  Some light pencil writing on inside of back cover.  Overall good condition.  Please see photos.

Originally published in 1849, Redburn, based on a trip Melville took to Liverpool, England, in June 1839, is a hastily written adventure about Wellingborough Redburn, a genteel but impoverished boy from New York City who endures a rough initiation into life as a sailor.