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Mocha Dick, or, The white whale of the Pacific

Title: Mocha Dick, or, The white whale of the Pacific / by J.N. Reynolds, Esq.; pictures by Lowell LeRoy Balcom.
Author: Reynolds, J. N. (Jeremiah N.), 1799-1858.
Publication: New York; London : Charles Scribner's Sons, MCMXXXII [1932]

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Additional Authors

Balcolm, Lowell Leroy, 1887-1938

Description

[12], 7-90, [2] pages : color illustrations; 28 cm

Alternative Title

White whale of the Pacific

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"This is the first published account of the legend of 'The White Whale' from which originated Herman Melville's famous novel, 'Moby Dick.' The author of it was J.N. Reynolds, a United States naval office and his story was published in the Knickerbocker Magazine in 1839, that is twelve years before the publication of Melville's 'Moby Dick'"--Introduction
Illustrations in black, white, and yellow by Lowell LeRoy Balcom were first drawn and cut on linoleum; cuts for the book are reduced etched reproductions of the linoleum prints; see Introduction.
Issued in tan paper boards, with title and drawing of an anchor printed in black on upper board; illustrated dust jacket in black, white, and blue; illustrated endpapers featuring anchors and sailors in blue, cream and tan.
Originally published in The Knickerbocker, or New-York monthly magazine 13 (May 1839): 377-392; available online through Google Books.

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32024982

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Princeton University Library