A photograph of a pair of clothbound books entitled “Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales”

A photograph of the cover and spine of a clothbound book entitled “Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales”

A photograph of two books open to different old plates of whales.

Detail of the spine of a book using a lay-flat drum leaf binding.

A photograph of a pair of clothbound books entitled “Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales”

A photograph of the cover and spine of a clothbound book entitled “Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales”

A photograph of two books open to different old plates of whales.

Detail of the spine of a book using a lay-flat drum leaf binding.

MOBY GOT DICK By Josephine Riesman I hate white whales and I cannot lie You other seamen can't deny When the beast swims by as a pale and eerie sight Spermacetti is your right You get sprung Wanna throw spears well Til you know that the whale's in Hell Oh, Moby I wanna stop goonin' And get harpoonin' My boatswain tried to stop this But that eye you got makes (Me so vicious!) Ooh, Devil's own whale You say you wanna end my tale? Well, try me, try me Cuz I ain't no average briney I've seen him blowin' To hell with all knowin' He swim, fin Got it goin' like a turbo Schwinn I'm tired of novelists Sayin' orcas are the best Take the average Ahab and ask him why I'll tell ya I'm not shy So sailors (YEAH!) Sailors (YEAH!) Has your whale-foe got the white? (HELL YEAH!) Tell him to fluke it (FLUKE IT!) Fluke it (FLUKE IT!) Now throw that sharpened stick Moby got Dick

MOBY GOT DICK By Josephine Riesman I hate white whales and I cannot lie You other seamen can't deny When the beast swims by as a pale and eerie sight Spermacetti is your right You get sprung Wanna throw spears well Til you know that the whale's in Hell Oh, Moby I wanna stop goonin' And get harpoonin' My boatswain tried to stop this But that eye you got makes (Me so vicious!) Ooh, Devil's own whale You say you wanna end my tale? Well, try me, try me Cuz I ain't no average briney I've seen him blowin' To hell with all knowin' He swim, fin Got it goin' like a turbo Schwinn I'm tired of novelists Sayin' orcas are the best Take the average Ahab and ask him why I'll tell ya I'm not shy So sailors (YEAH!) Sailors (YEAH!) Has your whale-foe got the white? (HELL YEAH!) Tell him to fluke it (FLUKE IT!) Fluke it (FLUKE IT!) Now throw that sharpened stick Moby got Dick