Rockwell Kent is by far the best known of the Moby-Dick illustrators, and there are multiple editions that feature his remarkable work. The Garden City deluxe edition has eluded us for many years. So happy we are to have recently scored this copy.
Chapter 49
Ishmael, and the rest of the crew have topped off their last wills and testaments, and are preparing for the future:
Now then, thought I, unconsciously rolling up the sleeves of my frock, here goes for a cool, collected dive at death and destruction, and the devil fetch the hindmost.
The future can no longer wait, its time to move on to things put off too long.
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