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192 pp.
| Candlewick |
September, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-3018-7$21.99
(4)
4-6
Adapted by Jan Needle.
Illustrated by
Patrick Benson.
This large-format abridged edition of Melville's classic sea story is heavily decorated with pencil, ink, and watercolor illustrations. Purists will be horrified, but this is a handsome edition for an intermediate audience. A schematic diagram of a whaling ship is appended. Glos.