Acclaimed by D. H. Lawrence as the greatest book of the sea ever written, Moby Dick looms large in Americas literary consciousness — and the style and philosophical content of Melvilles 1851 epic was generations ahead of its time. Today the chronicle of a vengeful captains obsessive, self-destructive search for a white whale ranks among the great American novels, and this volume does full justice to its preeminence. Twenty-five glorious woodcut illustrations from the 1930 Albert and Charles Boni version complement the newly reset edition, which also features an abundance of decorative elements.,
