MELVILLE - BESTIA MORSKA/ THE SEA BEAST/ MOBY DICK. first Polish edition
MELVILLE - BESTIA MORSKA/ THE SEA BEAST/ MOBY DICK. first Polish edition
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MELVILLE Herman
BESTIA MORSKA/ THE SEA BEAST/ MOBY DICK : OR THE WHITE WHALE
Warszawa/ Warsaw, br. Biblioteka Groszowa [after 1924], str. 340, format 12x18 cm
First Polish edition. Very rare!
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that crippled him on the ship's previous voyage. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the 1919 centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". Its opening sentence, "Call me Ishmael", is among world literature's most famous.
HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER BINDING, SPIN WITH RELIEVED CONNECTIONS, DEEP EMBOSSING. MARBLED ENDPAPERS, FORE EDGE GILDED. THE INTERIOR OF THE COVER IS FINISHED WITH A GOLD LINE. PRESERVED FRONT BROUCHOURE COVER
VERY GOOD CONDITION/ stemp: doublet NB [National Library], otherwise BEAUTIFUL COPY
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