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Moby Dick, or, The whale
- Title
- Moby Dick, or, The whale / by Herman Melville... Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
- Author
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Publication
- Chicago : The Lakeside Press, 1930.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. Amer. 1930+ | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
- Description
- 3 v. illus., plates; f̕.
- Uniform Title
- Moby Dick
- Alternative Title
- Moby Dick
- Subjects
- Note
- "Designed and illustrated by Rockwell Kent. One thousand copies have been printed under the supervision of William A. Kittredge at R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company, the Lakeside Press, Chicago."
- Title-pages in white on black, with vignettes.
- Illustrations: head- and tail-pieces, vignettes and 23 full page cuts in black and white after drawings by Rockwell Kent.
- Binding (note)
- Binding, of black cloth with silver lettering and decoration. Enclosed in metal slip case.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1930+
- OCLC
- 131730506
- Author
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Title
- Moby Dick, or, The whale / by Herman Melville... Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
- Imprint
- Chicago : The Lakeside Press, 1930.
- Binding
- Binding, of black cloth with silver lettering and decoration. Enclosed in metal slip case.
- Local Note
- -- -- Five of the original pen and india ink drawings by Rockwell Kent (which were slightly reduced in the printed book), comprising the small dedication drawing (reproduced v. 1, p. v), the full page drawing of the whale, night and stars (reproduced v. 1, p. 273), the full page drawing of Moby Dick crushing a whale boat (reproduced v. 2, p. 121), the full page drawing of a whale boat at sea as seen from above (reproduced v. 3, p. 217), and the half page tail-piece drawing (reproduced v. 3, p. 282). In a portfolio.
- Added Author
- Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971, illustraator.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Amer. 1930+