Moby Dick Limited edition - Herman Melville - Folio Society 2009 Leather - Kent

Moby Dick Limited edition - Herman Melville - Folio Society 2009 Leather - Kent

£1,250.99
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Moby Dick Limited edition - Herman Melville - Folio Society 2009 Leather - Kent
Folio Society
Literature

Moby Dick - Limited edition

Herman Melville

£1,250.99
Edition year 2009
Printing year 2009
First edition Yes
Binding Leather
Illustrator Rockwell Kent
Limited edition Yes
Weight 7 Kg
Pages Main volume: 734; commentary: 306
Dimensions V1: 24 × 17.8 cm; V2: 24.1 × 17.6 cm
Condition Good
Condition notes In good overall condition. No.524, faint fading to the slipcase, very small dot of scuff to cover.

Edition details

Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Bound in pictorially embossed black leather. 280 B&W illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Silver endleaves. 734pp. Commentary volume by Harold Beaver bound in black buckram. 306pp. 1750 copies. Black Solander box 27x20.5x10.7cm. (£195) 

About the book

Herman Melville's Moby-Dick follows the sailor Ishmael aboard the whaling ship Pequod under the command of Captain Ahab. Ahab is obsessed with hunting the enormous white whale that previously destroyed his leg, gradually turning the voyage into a dangerous personal crusade. The novel combines maritime adventure with reflections on obsession, fate, nature, religion and the limits of human understanding. Narrated by the sailor Ishmael, the novel ranges far beyond a simple adventure story, exploring whaling, religion, fate, nature and obsession.

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