Title: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Author: Melville, Herman Place: San Francisco Publisher: Arion Press Date: 1979 Description: Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser (Folio) 38x25 cm (15x10"), finely bound in a custom full morocco pictorial binding in various colors depicting the harpooned whale at the water's surface, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom drop-back blue cloth box. One of 265 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press, in handset Goudy Modern on paper handmade by Barcham Green at Hayle Mill, this copy specially bound for Constance and Henry Bowles by Lage Eric Carlson One of the masterpieces from the Arion Press, a superb printing of this American literary high spot, with striking illustrations drawn and engraved by Barry Moser William Everson wrote in Fine Print: "Historically, the two great typographical edifices of West Coast printing are the Grabhorn Leaves of Grass and the Nash Divine Comedy. Now the Arion Press Moby-Dick takes its place beside them. This constitutes a feat of craftsmanship unexcelled in modern printing." In a stunning custom pictorial fine binding. Lot Amendments Condition: A fine copy with just a bit of foxing to the endpapers and blank flyleaves at front and rear. Item number: 270709
Title: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Author: Melville, Herman Place: San Francisco Publisher: Arion Press Date: 1979 Description: Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser (Folio) 38x25 cm (15x10"), finely bound in a custom full morocco pictorial binding in various colors depicting the harpooned whale at the water's surface, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom drop-back blue cloth box. One of 265 copies printed by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press, in handset Goudy Modern on paper handmade by Barcham Green at Hayle Mill, this copy specially bound for Constance and Henry Bowles by Lage Eric Carlson One of the masterpieces from the Arion Press, a superb printing of this American literary high spot, with striking illustrations drawn and engraved by Barry Moser William Everson wrote in Fine Print: "Historically, the two great typographical edifices of West Coast printing are the Grabhorn Leaves of Grass and the Nash Divine Comedy. Now the Arion Press Moby-Dick takes its place beside them. This constitutes a feat of craftsmanship unexcelled in modern printing." In a stunning custom pictorial fine binding. Lot Amendments Condition: A fine copy with just a bit of foxing to the endpapers and blank flyleaves at front and rear. Item number: 270709
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