June 1, 2012
mcnallyjackson:

housingworksbookstore:

A page from Herman Melville’s journal, about meeting Captain Pollard of the Essex. [via] (via Flavorwire » A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Famous Authors, Artists and Visionaries)

Herman Melville: big fan of crayons; illegibility.

mcnallyjackson:

housingworksbookstore:

A page from Herman Melville’s journal, about meeting Captain Pollard of the Essex. [via] (via Flavorwire » A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Famous Authors, Artists and Visionaries)

Herman Melville: big fan of crayons; illegibility.

12:47pm
  
Filed under: herman melville essex 
May 12, 2012

fuckyeahmobydick:

Chad Gowey

2:31pm
  
Filed under: herman melville moby-dick 
March 28, 2012

speciesbarocus:

Herman Melville’s Cards.

12:50pm
  
Filed under: herman melville 
January 26, 2012
mcnallyjackson:

housingworksbookstore:

MOBY DICK TYPED ON TOILET PAPER MY FRIEND AND I ONCE JOKED THAT TOILET PAPER SHOULD HAVE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED ON THEM FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE ONE DAY, THE CONVERSATION GREW FROM THERE AND TURNED INTO A WAGER THAT I  COULDN’T (OR WOULDN’T) BE ABLE TO TYPE OUT A NOVEL ON TOILET PAPER. YES, WE DID HAVE SOME TIME ON OUR HANDS BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS, I WON THE BET.  THERE ARE FOUR FULL ROLLS, ONE ROLL (EPILOGUE) IS ABOUT 1/5 OF A ROLL AND ONE HALF-ROLL ALL OF THE ROLLS OF TP CAME OUT OF A BRAND NEW — CLEAN — PACKAGE OF 2-PLY COTTONELLE THEY’VE BEEN HANDLED VERY GINGERLY AND INFREQUENTLY AS YOU’LL SEE IN THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS, ONE OR TWO ROLLS HAVE A TEAR AT THE BEGINNING THIS IS WHERE I WAS TRYING TO PULL THE PAPER THROUGH THE TYPEWRITER I’VE KEPT THIS MOD ODDITY IN A BOX IN A COOL, DRY PLACE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND HAVE ONLY BROKEN IT OUT TO PROVE TO DOUBTERS THAT I ACTUALLY DID IT  CONSIDERING WHAT IT’S BEEN THROUGH, IT’S IN AMAZING CONDITION(via eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices)
via @powermobydick

THERE IS NO FOLLY OF THE BEASTS OF EARTH WHICH IS NOT INFINITELY OUTDONE BY THE MADNESS OF MEN. 

mcnallyjackson:

housingworksbookstore:

MOBY DICK TYPED ON TOILET PAPER

MY FRIEND AND I ONCE JOKED THAT TOILET PAPER SHOULD HAVE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED ON THEM FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE
ONE DAY, THE CONVERSATION GREW FROM THERE AND TURNED INTO A WAGER THAT I COULDN’T (OR WOULDN’T) BE ABLE TO TYPE OUT A NOVEL ON TOILET PAPER.

YES, WE DID HAVE SOME TIME ON OUR HANDS BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS, I WON THE BET.

THERE ARE FOUR FULL ROLLS, ONE ROLL (EPILOGUE) IS ABOUT 1/5 OF A ROLL AND ONE HALF-ROLL
ALL OF THE ROLLS OF TP CAME OUT OF A BRAND NEW — CLEAN — PACKAGE OF 2-PLY COTTONELLE
THEY’VE BEEN HANDLED VERY GINGERLY AND INFREQUENTLY

AS YOU’LL SEE IN THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS, ONE OR TWO ROLLS HAVE A TEAR AT THE BEGINNING
THIS IS WHERE I WAS TRYING TO PULL THE PAPER THROUGH THE TYPEWRITER

I’VE KEPT THIS MOD ODDITY IN A BOX IN A COOL, DRY PLACE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS
AND HAVE ONLY BROKEN IT OUT TO PROVE TO DOUBTERS THAT I ACTUALLY DID IT

CONSIDERING WHAT IT’S BEEN THROUGH, IT’S IN AMAZING CONDITION

(via eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices)

via @powermobydick

THERE IS NO FOLLY OF THE BEASTS OF EARTH WHICH IS NOT INFINITELY OUTDONE BY THE MADNESS OF MEN. 

1:41pm
  
Filed under: moby-dick herman melville 
December 5, 2011
fuckyeahmobydick:

prettybooks:

booksinthekitchen:

walkwhilereading:

Handmade Moby Dick cover. 
[via]

Divine.

fuckyeahmobydick:

prettybooks:

booksinthekitchen:

walkwhilereading:

Handmade Moby Dick cover. 

[via]

Divine.

5:15pm
  
Filed under: moby-dick herman melville 
November 4, 2011
Everybody knows I love a good Melville marathon reading!

Everybody knows I love a good Melville marathon reading!

(Source: housingworksbookstore, via mcnallyjackson)

3:27pm
  
Filed under: herman melville 
October 13, 2011
mcnallyjackson:

carolynkellogg:

Moby-Dick cake.

From Hell’s heart I slice at thee, cake!

mcnallyjackson:

carolynkellogg:

Moby-Dick cake.

From Hell’s heart I slice at thee, cake!

August 1, 2011
mcnallyjackson:

Happy birthday, Herman! There is no folly of the beasts of Earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men!

mcnallyjackson:

Happy birthday, Herman! There is no folly of the beasts of Earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men!

6:35pm
  
Filed under: herman melville 
December 22, 2010

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