1931 Rare Book in Dust Jacket - Moby Dick Illustrated by Anton Otto FischerAuthor: Herman Melville. Illustrated by Anton Otto Fischer. Title: Moby Dick; or, The White Whale. Publisher: Chicago, Philadelphia & Toronto, The John C. Winston Company, 1931. First thus. Language: Text in English. Size: 9 x 6 inches. Pages: xvii 414 pages. Binding: Very good original publishers black cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated front panel mounted to upper board (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed as shown) in a

it remains one of the period’s most practical and collectible palmistry manuals

first performed in 1660 and inspired by the classical myth of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece

likely serving as a source of wisdom and reflection for its owner

Gilt dentelles (hinges fine

Title: The Fairy Alphabet as Used by Merlin written & drawn by E

The fine engraved printer’s device on the verso facing the opening poem

was enthusiastic about the photographs and interpreted them as clear and visible evidence of psychic phenomena

Needlework

First thus Illustrated by Gordon Browne

making the work as visually compelling as it is literary

Her works encouraged learning through narrative

and moral sentiment