xv, 576 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 26 cm
ISBNs
9780520045491, 0520045491
OCLC
ocm08012963
The original edition of 265 copies was created in 1979 by Andrew Hoyem at the Arion Press, San Francisco.
Text is that of the critical ed. of Melville's writings (Northwestern-Newberry ed.) prepared by Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle.
Edition limited to 750 copies.
Illustrations by Barry Moser.
Photographic reproduction by Charles R. Wood. Printing done by the Kingsport Press.