This phenomenal work has been createdy multi-talented artist Sam Ita, apprentice to Robert Sabuda, one ofhe world's master paper engineers. Ita will take you on a journey unlikeny you've experienced before!
The work first appeared as The Whale in London in October 1851, and then under its definitive title Moby-Dick in New York in November. The whale, however, appears in both the London and New York editions as "Moby Dick," with no hyphen.
A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale, who defied capture.
With an afterword by Nigel Cliff. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles.
But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, this book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America.
A simplified, abridged version of Captain Ahab's search for the white whale, accompanied by a short biography of Herman Melville and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of determination.