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[KENT, Rockwell (1882-1971, illustrator)]. MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick or The Whale. London: The Folio Society, 2009.
Large 8vo. Illustrated. Original black levant, front board and spine stamped in silver, silver endleaves, top edge silver. -- [With:] BEAVER, Harold. Moby-Dick A Commentary… London: The Folio Society, 2009. 8vo. Original black cloth, front board and spine stamped in silver. Both housed in the original black cloth clamshell case, as issued.
LIMITED EDITION, number 731 of 1,750 copies. The basis of several filmed adaptations, most notably the 1956 film starring Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, directed by John Huston, with a screenplay by Ray Bradbury.