Moby Dick Or, the Whale - by Herman Melville

This reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick is a masterpiece of bookmaking, with hand-set text under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers.

The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and are called "Leviathan." Original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser illustrate places, creatures, objects, or tools connected with nineteenth-century whaling.

This edition includes all of the original pages and illustrations, printed in black only throughout, and is not slipcased.

With a text based on the version prepared by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G.

Thomas Tanselle, this magnificent typographic and illustrated edition of the great American novel is now available for the general reader and student, for the family library, and for all lovers of beautiful books.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to own a piece of literary history!