{"product_id":"1923-rare-book-moby-dick-or-the-white-whale-illustrated-by-mead-schaeffer-3","title":"1923 Rare Book - Moby Dick or The White Whale illustrated by Mead Schaeffer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn imposing 1923 illustrated edition of Herman Melville’s American masterpiece, enriched with Mead Schaeffer’s dramatic full-page colour plates and striking pictorial endpapers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Herman Melville.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoby-Dick; or, The White Whale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrator:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mead Schaeffer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 540 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9.5 x 7 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good publisher’s original dark brownish-black pebbled cloth binding, with blind-stamped decorative borders and publisher’s device to the front board, and handsome gilt lettering to the front board and spine. Light general wear and slight fading to the spine, as shown. Hinges firm. Upper edge gilt. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good content, bright, clean and well preserved, with only light age toning and occasional minor signs of use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Complete with \u003c\/span\u003e12 full-page colour plates by Mead Schaeffer\u003cspan\u003e, including the colour frontispiece, together with beautifully illustrated pictorial endpapers. The plates remain bright and richly coloured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e US$250–350\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A particularly handsome early twentieth-century illustrated edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Melville’s monumental tale of Ishmael, Captain Ahab and the doomed voyage of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePequod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. First published in 1851, the novel combines maritime adventure with meditations on obsession, fate, nature, faith and the limits of human knowledge, culminating in Ahab’s relentless pursuit of the great white whale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1923, this substantial edition is especially desirable for Mead Schaeffer’s series of vivid colour illustrations. His paintings give visual form to some of the novel’s most memorable scenes, from life aboard the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePequod\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the personalities of its crew to the violence and grandeur of the whale hunt. The richly illustrated title page and atmospheric pictorial endpapers make this an especially attractive production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an American novelist, short-story writer and poet whose experiences at sea profoundly influenced his fiction. Although \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e received only limited recognition during his lifetime, the twentieth-century revival of Melville’s reputation established it as one of the defining works of American literature. Its extraordinary combination of adventure, symbolism, philosophy and psychological intensity has secured its place among the great novels of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mead Schaeffer (1898–1980) was one of the leading American illustrators of his generation. Early in his career he became particularly associated with lavishly illustrated editions of literary classics before achieving wide recognition for his magazine work, including numerous covers and illustrations for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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