Moby Dick: Context and ResourcesJuly 21, 2026Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick has an unusual and compelling publishing history. Moby Dick, or, The White Whale by Herman Melville, profusely illustrated with scenes from the talking picture, a Warner Brothers and Vitaphone production starring John Barrymore, New York: Grosset & Dunlap c1925 [i.e. Moby Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Chicago, The Lakeside Press, 1930. Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, illustrated by Louis Zansky, lettering, Fred Eng, New York : Gilberton Co., [1943]. Quicksearch RecordTEXT OnlineLetter from Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne, [1852?]