MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02314cam a2200469 a 4500
001 43012591
003 DLC
005 20110408080853.0
008 770202s1943 nyua 000 1 eng
010 $a 43012591
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aPS2384$b.M6 1943
051 $aPS2384$b.M6 1943 Copy 2$cCopyright deposit copy, with embossed stamp below colophon: This is one of 15 presentation copies 'out of series.'
051 $aLEC no. 148$cCopy no. 1, in slipcase, acquired as part of an archival set from the publisher in 2008.
082 00 $a813.36
100 1 $aMelville, Herman,$d1819-1891.
240 10 $aMoby Dick
245 10 $aMoby Dick, or, The whale /$cby Herman Melville ; with an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson.
246 30 $aMoby Dick
246 30 $aWhale
260 $a[New York] :$bLimited Editions Club,$c1943.
300 $a2 v. (xxi, 615 p.) :$bill. (some col.) ;$c26 cm.
500 $a"Designed by Warren Chappell ... 1,500 numbered sets"--Newman & Wiche.
500 $a"This edition ... follows the text ... corrected and approved by the author. It was set into type at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press in Portland, Maine and printed by E.L. Hildreth & Company in Brattleboro, Vermont. The illustrations were printed by the Aldus Printers in New York ... Signed by the illustrator"--Colophon.
510 4 $aNewman & Wiche. Great and good books,$c148
510 4 $aLimited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985,$cno. 148
650 0 $aAhab, Captain (Fictitious character)$vFiction.
650 0 $aWhaling ships$vFiction.
650 0 $aShip captains$vFiction.
650 0 $aMentally ill$vFiction.
650 0 $aWhaling$vFiction.
650 0 $aWhales$vFiction.
655 7 $aPsychological fiction.$2lcsh
655 7 $aAdventure stories.$2gsafd
655 7 $aSea stories.$2lcsh
700 1 $aRobinson, Boardman,$d1876-1952,$eill.
700 1 $aChappell, Warren,$d1904-1991,$ebook designer.
710 2 $aSouthworth-Anthoensen Press,$eprinter.
710 2 $aE.L. Hildreth & Company,$eprinter.
710 2 $aAldus Printers,$eprinter.
710 2 $aLimited Editions Club,$eformer owner.$5DLC
710 2 $aLimited Editions Club Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC