The 1944 Modern Library Giant Edition Moby Dick features this blue binding with silver type and lighter blue offset. We had always known that the Modern Library was the domain of Bennett Cerf, as he was a favorite of ours on the TV show "What's My Line" which ran from 1951 to 1967. As youths we were mesmerized by his patrician ways and seemingly endless knowledge while trying to guess the occupations and other "secrets" of the contestants.
Right up until the time we were shuffled off to boarding school, we watched him on Sunday nights. Perhaps, Bennett Cerf was one of our early "friends" keeping us company on those lonely solitary nights while the Duke and Duchess were off at some cotillion or other.
What we didnt know was that the Modern Library was started by Albert Boni, previously covered in this blog.
That running guy is the "Promethean bearer of enlightenment", for your information.
Does this one come on 566 pages and with an introduction by Raymond Weaver?
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robin
solnedgångaren: we checked the volume and it is 822 numbered pages and there is no introduction. thanks for reading the blog! - ed.
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