White Jacket, or, The World in a Man-of-War by Herman Melville
1952. First Edition Thus. 376 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor pencil inscription to front pastedown and rear endpaper. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends with small splits. Pale stained marking to boards. Light scuffing to rear board. Mild sunning to spine and edges. Book is forward leaning.