1931 Rare First Edition - Moby Dick or The White Whale by Herman Melville, illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer.
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(Description)
Author: Melville, Herman. (introduction by William McFee, Notes by M.D. Holmes).
Title: MOBY DICK or THE WHITE WHALE.
Publisher: Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, no date (1931). First Winston Edition illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8.5 " X 6.5 ".
Pages: xvii-414 pages.
Binding: Very good original pictorial full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing - as shown).
Illustrations: Illustrated with 4 full-page color plates and 4 black&white full-page illustrations by Anton Otto Fischer.
The book: Attractive First Winston Edition illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer of Moby Dick published by C. Winston and illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer (February 23, 1882 – March 26, 1962) who was an illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post.
The author: Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846), a romantic account of his experiences in Polynesian life, and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His work was almost forgotten during his last thirty years. His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style: the vocabulary is rich and original, a strong sense of rhythm infuses the elaborate sentences, the imagery is often mystical or ironic, and the abundance of allusion extends to biblical Scripture, myth, philosophy, literature, and the visual arts.