Moby Dick or The Whale
$40
By Herman Melville
Handsome Penguin Clothbound Classics edition of the great tale of the sea
In stock
Description
- 20th Impression [Penguin Books, London, 2013], 720 pages; dark blue cloth, light blue blocked design & titling; a fine copy
- Cover design incorporating whales & harpoons by Coralie Bickford-Smith
- Notes & Explanatory Commentary by Tom Quirk
- Moby Dick was first published in 1851. Due to poor initial public reception & a warehouse fire, early [19C] copies are scarce but it has become recognised as one of the great works of Literature
- ISBN: 978-0-141-19960-3 / 9780141199603