Moby Dick; or, The White Whale — Herman Melville, Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer, 1942

Herman Melville’s classic sea novel follows Ishmael’s voyage aboard the Pequod and Captain Ahab’s relentless pursuit of the great white whale. Mead Schaeffer’s dramatic illustrations bring the whaling adventure to life in this handsome 1942 Dodd, Mead edition.

This volume includes 12 full-page color plates, including the illustrated title page. Bound in black cloth with yellow lettering to the front cover and gilt lettering to spine. A previous owner’s bookplate for Carl A. Ginet is affixed to the front endpaper.

Condition: Very good. Black cloth binding. Rubbing to gilt lettering on spine. Bumping to spine edges and corners. Minor creasing to a few pages. 540pp.

Size: 7½” × 9½”.

A richly illustrated edition of Melville’s enduring tale of obsession, the sea, and the white whale.