Moby Dick Or The White Whale

New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1923. Early reprint. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine, but with brighter gilt text on the front board and blind embossed borders. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 1/8 inches with slight fading of the gilt text on the spine. Without a dust jacket. 540 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece and eleven color plates from paintings by Mead Schaeffer. The end pages are particularly emblematic as they leave not doubt about the book's title. An extremely handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind with the hinges and joints tight and strong. (Inventory #: TB33473)