[Moby Dick]. CETUS The Whale. Signed, Limited Edition.
by KANNER, Catherine (artist), edited by John Sheller, with text by Herman Melville, William Shakespeare, & John Milton
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Pacific Palisades, California: Melville Press, 1996. First edition, number 29 of 200 copies signed by Kanner & initialed by Shelton. Small 4to, unpaginated, accordian bound, "letter-press printed by John Robinson at the Toroise Press on Arches 88 paper ... Handbound by Allwyn O'Mara ... Silver foil stamping by Custom Bindery, Los Angeles, End-papers handmade by the artist and editor." (excerpted from the colophon) With TLS laid in on letterhead from Kanner to Don Bruckner, then editor of the New York Times Book Review, apparently enclosed with this copy in seeking review.
Lacking the plastic slipcase, binding slightly soiled,one corner bruised, otherwise fine.
The first publication from this small fine press which was awarded the Rounce & Coffin Award for excellence in book design in 1997. Per OCLC, an "Illustrated companion to Moby Dick containing 12 engraved portraits of Pequod's crew with accompanying text by Melville, Shakespeare and Milton."
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 878
- Title
- [Moby Dick]. CETUS The Whale. Signed, Limited Edition.
- Author
- KANNER, Catherine (artist), edited by John Sheller, with text by Herman Melville, William Shakespeare, & John Milton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Melville Press
- Place of Publication
- Pacific Palisades, California
- Date Published
- 1996
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Moby Dick, Herman Melville, Fine Press, Catherine Kanner, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Printing, Typography, Fine Press; Illustrated Books; Signed;
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