MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). White Jacket; or the World in a Man-of-War. New York: Harper, 1850. 8vo. 6pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Original slate blind-stamped cloth, yellow coated endpapers (chipping and minor losses to spine with a few repairs, wear to corners and edges). Provenance: W. H. Jewett (signature, 1850); Skaneateles Library Association (gift bookplate from William Marvin). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, FIRST BINDING, published in the same year as the first London edition. BAL 13662.