MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN.; Diary of an artist reading Melville's Book.
NY: Blue Moon Press, 1975. First Edition. 4to, pp. [4] + 132 + [4] p., Some toning to the top of some of the leaves, in 35 loose folders, 11.25" x 9.25" each, enclosed in wrap-around folder with author and title on cover, printed on Crane Artificial Parchment rag paper by Yorktown Printing Corporation, Yorktown Heights, August, 1975, Sixty-five copies of this edition included an original lithograph; 15 of these also included an original drawing. Issued in an edition of 365 copies, this an "imperfect" copy because it was issued without a box. Signed by the artist. Inscribed by the artist: "To David (sic) Metcalf | Greetings | Wallace Putnam | (To Herman Melville a world of thanks)". Also signed on the colophon noting that this is a "HC" copy. This was actually given to Paul Metcalf, writer and poet, Metcalf was Herman Melville's great grandson. Rare, OCLC locates just two copies. Item #51853
A portfolio of drawings and text responding to the novel Moby Dick.
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