MOBY DICK, OR THE WHALE
by HERMAN MELVILLE
Illustrations by Boardman Robinson
The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition - Advanced reservation copy 1977. Very Good full leather bound, illustrated. Excellent cover, clean bright & unmarked interior. 615 pages.
Large Full Leather bound book measures approx. 10.25"x7". Black leather, 22k gold gilt titling on cover & spine, four raised spine bands. All edges 22k gold gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper.
Obsessed with gaining revenge on the mighty white whale that took his leg, Captain Ahab sets sail in pursuit of Moby Dick. In the words of D.H. Lawrence, Melville's masterpiece commands a stillness in the soul, an awe... it is one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world.
Loc: E11
MOBY DICK, OR THE WHALE
by HERMAN MELVILLE
Illustrations by Boardman Robinson
The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition - Advanced reservation copy 1977. Very Good full leather bound, illustrated. Excellent cover, clean bright & unmarked interior. 615 pages.
Large Full Leather bound book measures approx. 10.25"x7". Black leather, 22k gold gilt titling on cover & spine, four raised spine bands. All edges 22k gold gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Printed on archival acid-neutral paper.
Obsessed with gaining revenge on the mighty white whale that took his leg, Captain Ahab sets sail in pursuit of Moby Dick. In the words of D.H. Lawrence, Melville's masterpiece commands a stillness in the soul, an awe... it is one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world.
Loc: E11
