Signed Limited Edition of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, Illustrated by LeRoy Neiman

Herman Melville; LeRoy Neiman, illus. MOBY DICK; OR, THE WHALE. Mount Vernon: New York: The Artist's Limited Edition, 1975. Limited edition; no. 71 of 1500 copies. With (13) illustrations by LeRoy Neiman from original paintings, including a 27-color frontispiece serigraph and twelve double-page prints; preface by Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Signed by Neiman on the frontispiece and by Cousteau at the conclusion of the preface, as issued. Hand-bound in full brown morocco stamped in 24 karat gold, with raised bands on the spine, and ribbon bookmark; in original cloth and morocco slipcase, and with original shipping box. Text printed on all-rag paper. Folio; xvi, 272, [2]pp.

14 5/8 x 11 7/8 in. in slipcase

Private North Carolina Collection

Subtle scuffing to boards, minor marks to page edges, slight separation from text block at head, and the interior with off-setting from frontispiece and a couple of negligible marks; slipcase with an area of light scuffing at one end. An overall near fine copy of this spectacular limited edition.