Friday Giveaway: Moby Dick (contest closed)





After last week's big giveaway, I thought I would keep it simple today. I'm giving away just one book, but it's a beauty - a 1977 Easton Press leatherbound collector's edition of Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." From the description:

This gift-quality decorator edition of Melville's classic is bound in dark blue leather boards, with allover gilt decoration and gilt lettering. The cover has a stylized gilt illustration of a whale. All page edges are gilt; a ribbon bookmark is bound into the book. Endpapers are watered silk. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Boardman Robinson appear throughout. Introduction by Clifford Fadiman. 

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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36 comments:

  1. LEFTZNovember 30, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    lovely

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  2. MargaretNovember 30, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    Beautiful book -- thanks for the giveaway.

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  3. TMNovember 30, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    I would love this!

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  4. PhenoBarbieDollNovember 30, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    It's gorgeous!

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  5. bbbbutlerNovember 30, 2012 at 10:31 AM

    I would love this. Thanks

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  6. MeganNovember 30, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    Oh, it's beautiful! I would certainly love to have it!!

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  7. KendallNovember 30, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    I love this. I'm a big fan of the Rockwell Kent edition, with his gorgeous graphic prints, but those paintings look stunning.

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  8. JonNovember 30, 2012 at 10:36 AM

    Call me, Ishmael. Maybe.

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  9. Andy RNovember 30, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    Beautiful book. Would be great to hold in my hand.

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  10. UnknownNovember 30, 2012 at 10:49 AM

    Beautiful!

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  11. Pelikan ManNovember 30, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    Looks great!

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  12. LMcCJNovember 30, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    The book is beautiful. Good luck to us all.

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  13. Adrienne MartiniNovember 30, 2012 at 11:08 AM

    I don't often enter but I can't resist on this one.

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  14. PineconelassNovember 30, 2012 at 11:27 AM

    What a beautiful edition of a wonderful classic.

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  15. UnknownNovember 30, 2012 at 11:54 AM

    It's beautiful, pick me!

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  16. ganontron3000November 30, 2012 at 11:55 AM

    Very nice!

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  17. RachelNovember 30, 2012 at 12:51 PM

    That is without a doubt the loveliest copy of that (literarily very lovely) book which I have ever seen--thanks very much for offering it!

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  18. AnonymousNovember 30, 2012 at 1:04 PM

    What a beautiful edition!

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  19. CallieNovember 30, 2012 at 1:45 PM

    Gorgeous.

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  20. MILLICENTNovember 30, 2012 at 2:05 PM

    Another fabulous Friday offering !

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  21. Priyasha SaksenaNovember 30, 2012 at 2:10 PM

    Exquisite!

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  22. C TNovember 30, 2012 at 2:10 PM

    very nice

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  23. William MichaelianNovember 30, 2012 at 2:30 PM

    I’ll give it a whirl. Thanks, meanwhile, for shipping the per diem Coleridge volume so quickly, and packaging it so well.

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  24. mike zimNovember 30, 2012 at 3:07 PM

    In today's NY Times, Joe Queenan said he's been reading M Dick for 20 years, and is up to page 100. I'm thinking I could beat that.

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  25. MrCachetNovember 30, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    A favorite in more ways than one. PLEASE!

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  26. LieneNovember 30, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    Count me in please! Thank you.

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  27. Joanah ElaNovember 30, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    I have been wanting to buy the book for some time now. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  28. UnknownNovember 30, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    Looks great! Can't wait to see who wins!

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  29. HeartsingrNovember 30, 2012 at 6:30 PM

    What a lovely book! I would love to win. :)

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  30. StuartNovember 30, 2012 at 8:42 PM

    would love to win this one

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  31. Ana LoureiroNovember 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM

    Beautiful!

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  32. RoroNovember 30, 2012 at 9:15 PM

    WOWWW

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  33. Tail Wagging the DogNovember 30, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    People say I'm strange because I actually love the book. In fact I just ordered a Moby Dick case for my new phone. :-) A copy like this one would be wonderful.

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  34. NicoleNovember 30, 2012 at 9:47 PM

    Beautiful! I'd love to add this to my bookshelves!

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  35. UnknownNovember 30, 2012 at 11:17 PM

    Any one line could be etched in stone.

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  36. AllieDecember 1, 2012 at 7:45 AM

    Please enter me!

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