Herman Melville Moby Dick or, The Whale (Hardback)Another great item from Rarewaves USA | Free delivery!
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Herman Melville Moby Dick or, The Whale (Hardback). Title: Moby Dick or, The Whale. The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and christened "Leviathan". The illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. Further DetailsTitle: Moby Dick or, The Whale Condition: New Format: Hardback Author: Herman Melville Illustrator: Barry Moser Contributor: Barry Moser (Illustrated by) EAN: 9780520043541 ISBN: 9780520043541 Publisher: University of California Press Release Date: 11/10/1981 ISBN-10: 0520043545 Description: This trade edition of "Moby-Dick" is a reduced version of the Arion Press "Moby-Dick", which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies and has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and christened "Leviathan". The illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. The text of "Moby-Dick" used in this edition is based on that used in the critical edition of Melville's works published by the Northwestern University Press and the Newberry Library. This reduced version is smaller in size than the Arion edition and the California deluxe edition, but it includes all of the original pages and illustrations. It is printed in black only throughout, and it is not slipcased. Genre: Literary Criticism Item Height: 254mm Item Length: 171mm Item Width: 48mm Item Weight: 1633g Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Release Year: 1981 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
