Moby Dick (The Whale) by Herman Melville
$40
The Saalfield Publishing Company (1931)
Illustrated by Alfred Staten Conyers
"Every Child's Library" Series.
Hardcover, textured teal cloth with black stamped nautical lettering. Standard octavo dimensions with characteristic pulp-based paper browning.
This copy represents the "democratization of the classics" in 1930s America. Saalfield was a pioneer in bringing literature to a wider audience at affordable price points, marking a specific cultural shift during the Great Depression.
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