Octavo, original purple-brown cloth (BAL's A grain), covers stamped in blind with the publisher's circular device at the center within a heavy blind rule frame, original orange-coated endpapers.

Herman Melville, edited by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle.

You can write a book review and share your experiences. Fedallah, trapped in the harpoon line, is dragged overboard to his death. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. Read Chapter 1 - Loomings of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville. 『白鯨』 （ はくげい 、 （ 英: Moby-Dick;or, The Whale ）は、アメリカの小説家・ハーマン・メルヴィルの長編小説。 本作は実際に捕鯨船に乗船して捕鯨に従事したメルヴィルの体験をもとに創作され、1851年に発表された。 アメリカ文学を代表する名作、世界の十大小説の一つとも称される。 Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. The novel is nominally about the obsessive hunt by the crazed Captain Ahab of the book's eponymous white whale. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. Librivox recording of Moby Dick, or the Whale, by Herman Melville. AbeBooks.com: Moby Dick; Or, The Whale. Quitting the good city of old Manhatto, I duly arrived in New Bedford. The first edition of the novel was published in November 14th 1851, and was written by Herman Melville. First, Melville's subject is the sperm whale, the largest creature on earth. : First edition, first issue binding, with the circular Harper's device of Melville's masterpiece. Librivox recording of Moby Dick, or the Whale, by Herman Melville. Starbuck must maneuver the Pequod between Ahab and the angry whale. Moby-Dick, or The Whale. Whether you've loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by Project Gutenberg. But we don't just learn about the sperm whale but about all whales. What are your opinions on what Moby Dick (the whale not the book) symbolizes? The whale is harpooned, but Moby Dick again attacks Ahab’s boat. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 720 pages and is available in Paperback format. Volume Six: 150th Anniversary Edition. Read Chapter 2 - The Carpet-Bag of Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville. Often considered the epitome of American Romanticism, the nove… First, Melville's subject is the sperm whale, the largest creature on earth. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. The novel is nominally about the obsessive hunt by the crazed Captain Ahab of the book’s eponymous white whale. Moby-Dick is a vibrantly colored hot air balloon that keeps growing in size as I read it. This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick, which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies and has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking. ‎The voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab, who leads his crew on a hunt for the great whale Moby Dick, reveals a profound meditation on society, nature, and the human struggle for meaning, happiness, and salvation. For as the mightiest elephant is but a terrier to Leviathan, so, compared with Leviathan’s tail, his trunk is but the stalk of a lily. Moby-Dick is a vibrantly colored hot air balloon that keeps growing in size as I read it. Read by Stewart Wills Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique -- but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique — but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. On the third day, the boats are once again sent after Moby Dick, who once again attacks them. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. It was a Saturday night in December. But we don't just learn about the sperm whale but about all whales. This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick, which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies and has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking.