Nov 10, 2009 - Sale 2195

Sale 2195 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 11,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
THE ARION PRESS MOBY DICK IN MIURA BINDING (ARION PRESS.) Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. Illustrations in black-and-white, drawn and engraved by Barry Moser. Handset in Goudy Modern, the title-page and initials for chapter headings set in Leviathan Capitals designed by Charles Bigelow and Doris Holmes. Printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. Folio, specially bound by Kerstin Tini Miura in deep blue crushed morocco with abstract wave forms in greens, purples, and blues, with author, title, and publisher stamped in small silver letters extending from the rear cover across the spine and onto the front cover; endpapers in sea blue sheep; protective chemise in silver-lettered navy morocco with marbled blue paper on front and rear; matching morocco-edged slipcase with same paper; all pieces fit into a plain felt-lined blue cloth slipcase. San Francisco, 1979
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one of 265 unnumbered copies. special copy in a unique multi-colored leather binding by miura. Designed by Andrew Hoyem, it is hailed as one of the greatest achievements of modern bookmaking.