The Encantadas by Herman Melville – THE GRABHORN PRESS 1940
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The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles by Herman Melville – THE GRABHORN PRESS 1940
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
Limited edition of 550 un-numbered copies.
Introduction, epilogue & bibliographical notes by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen.
Hand-coloured frontispiece, full page illustration, initials and drawings for each chapter by Mallette Dean.
Fold-out map of the Galapagos islands.
Quarter bound in cream linen with pattern printed paper-covered boards.
Paper spine label printed in brown.
Ragged fore-edge pages.
Printed letterpress.
Extensive bibliographical notes at back of book.
Plain paper dust-jacket.
Plain white endpapers.
118 pages
26.7 x 17.4 cm
US$ 50
A novella consisting of ten philosophical "sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it was collected in The Piazza Tales in 1856. The imaginative initials here are wonderful.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
A PICTORIAL REVIEW
Limited edition of 550 un-numbered copies.
Introduction, epilogue & bibliographical notes by Victor Wolfgang von Hagen.
Hand-coloured frontispiece, full page illustration, initials and drawings for each chapter by Mallette Dean.
Fold-out map of the Galapagos islands.
Quarter bound in cream linen with pattern printed paper-covered boards.
Paper spine label printed in brown.
Ragged fore-edge pages.
Printed letterpress.
Extensive bibliographical notes at back of book.
Plain paper dust-jacket.
Plain white endpapers.
118 pages
26.7 x 17.4 cm
US$ 50
A novella consisting of ten philosophical "sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it was collected in The Piazza Tales in 1856. The imaginative initials here are wonderful.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the this series can be viewed here.
2SuttonHooPress
This is tremendous!
4LBShoreBook
Wow your spine is in much better shape than most that I've seen (including mine). Debating whether it would be sacrilegious to rebind my copy.
5sanvito
>3 GusLogan: Indeed. I think this is one of the loveliest Grabhorn / Dean collaborations. Fingers crossed.
