Author: Herman Melville
Title: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Great Books of the Western World
Year: 1952
Format: Full Brown Leatherette, Gilt Spine, Smyth-Sewn
Condition: Like New
Weight: 657 g
Dimensions: 17 × 24 × 2 cm
A handsome mid-century edition of Herman Melville’s great American novel, published by Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1952. Bound in full brown leatherette with a gilt spine and Smyth-sewn binding, this is a substantial and well-made edition with an especially pleasing feature for readers: the text is set in a larger, typeface than is typical for Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World collection, making the long novel considerably more comfortable to read.
First published in 1851, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is one of the defining works of American literature, combining adventure, philosophy, natural history, symbolism and Melville’s extraordinary prose into an expansive meditation on obsession, fate and the human encounter with the unknown.
This edition is particularly appealing in Like New condition, with its durable binding, classic mid-century presentation and generous page size making it both an attractive volume and a practical reading edition.
