Moby-Dick: A Pop-Up Book by Ita, Sam

STERLING, 2007-11-01. Nov Pop. hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

New York : Sterling Publishing Co, 2007. Hardcover. Like New. 11x9x1. Hardcover. Call me Ishmael.” Three of the most famous words in all literature, they begin Herman Melville’s masterpiece, Moby-Dick. Now, the epic saga of Captain Ahab’s obsessive quest for the white whale comes vividly to life in this three-dimensional graphic novel, the first of its kind. This phenomenal work is the creation of multi-talented artist Sam Ita, apprentice to Robert Sabuda one of the world’s master paper engineers. Every amazing element is awe-inspiring: there’s not just one pop-up per spread, but several, surrounded by colorful comic book-style panels that convey the story’s drama.Some of the pops-ups are huge and incredibly detailed, like the Pequod itself, which rises gloriously from the page, complete with rigging. Others, smaller but no less wonderful, hide beneath flaps and folds. In one instance, readers… Read More

Sterling, 2007. Hardcover. A fine copy; still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. 'Command the murderous chalices!...Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow - Death to Moby Dick!'. So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession - the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a creature, but the symbol of 'some unknown but still reasoning thing'. Uncowed by natural disasters, ill omens, even death, Ahab urges his ship towards 'the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale'.

STERLING, 2007-11-01. Nov Pop. hardcover. Used:Good.

New York: Sterling Publishing Company. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1402745281 . Color graphics; Mechanical and Pop-Ups; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 8 pages; 2007 Sterling Publishing. Oversize HC in quarter blue cloth backed spine and glossy color pictorial boards. 1st edition, 1st printing with complete 1-10 printing line. Superb copy of this exceptionally well engineered pop-up adaptation of Melville's classic. All the mechanicals, pop-ups, fold-outs are in immaculate condition. As new. A fine copy .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Sterling Publishing Co, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards, issued without a dust jacket. Fine. An illustrated comic and pop-up book.

New York N.Y.: Sterling, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pict covers, [24] unnumbered pages : color illustrations, in publisher's shrink wrap, as new "Suitable for ages 6 and up.".