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Title
Moby Dick, or, The whale / Herman Melville
Variant Title
Moby Dick
Creator
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
Publisher
San Francisco, CA : The Arion Press
Date
1979
Subject(s)
Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character)--Fiction
Whales--Fiction
Whaling--Fiction
Artists' books
Whales--Fiction
Whaling--Fiction
Artists' books
Physical Description
xv, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 39 cm.
Description
"Moby Dick, or, The whale, by Herman Melville, has been printed and published by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press, San Francisco, California. The edition is limited to 265 copies of which 250 are for sale. The type is handset Goudy Modern. The Leviathan Capitals used for the title and initial letters were designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes. The illustrations were drawn and engraved by Barry Moser. The paper was handmade by Barcham Green at Hayle Mill in England"--Colophon.
Local Note
Photographed and posted with permission of the artist.
Archive Location
Artists' Books Folio - Call Number: PS2384 .M6 1979
Content Type(s)
text
physical object
still image
physical object
still image
Language(s)
English
Rights Statement
IN COPYRIGHT
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Artists' Books > Folios/Illustrated Books
Identifier
224687