Moby Dick or The Whale

$40

By Herman Melville

Handsome Penguin Clothbound Classics edition of the great tale of the sea

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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