PDA

View Full Version : Moby Dick



St. Troy
11-01-2017, 08:43 AM
In case anyone's interested, I came across an impressive special edition of Moby Dick:

You can buy it at https://topatoco.com/collections/evan-dahm/products/ed-mobydick

...but that page contains few details, so I recommend popping over to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evandahm/moby-dick-illustrated for a proper look. (I have no connection with the creator/seller).

A brief description:

This edition of Moby-Dick will be 640 pages in length, and 7 by 10 inches. The book will be hardcover with white lightly-textured fake leather over board, with the title printed in black and debossed on the spine. The covers will be totally blank and white. The edges of the text block will be stained black, and the book will come in a black matte slipcase, with an illustration of the whale on two of its sides. An overall aesthetic of melodramatic light and shadow and traditional techniques used in aggressive, modern ways is meant to inform the illustrations and the design and treatment alike.

I love stained edges (especially when they're not limited to top-staining, as so many are); they are a big reason I'm in love with this thing. Fake leather, sure, but this looks quite nice for only $70.

Since I bring up Moby Dick, I should perhaps mention the editions from the Folio Society, which may be worth the time of anyone who bothered to look at the above edition. Many of you will be at least nodding acquaintances with FS due to their edition of The Shining.


The $380 "limited edition": http://www.foliosociety.com/book/MBY/moby-dick

The $112 conventional edition: http://www.foliosociety.com/book/MDK/moby-dick

The FS editions share lots of design characteristics, but there are differences (of course), among them that the LE is numbered (1750 copies), bound in leather (the other is cloth), with a commentary volume and a solander box.