‎Melville herman‎

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Billy Budd Sailor The Piazza Tales‎

‎Franklin Center Penn.: The Franklin Library 1978. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with gilt text and tool work on the spine and front and rear boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6" deep. There are two raised bands on the spine the edges of the text block are gilt the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. The third free end page has the ghost of what may have been a prior owner's book plate. Without a dust jacket. 351 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by J. William Myers. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's series: The Collected Stories of The World's Greatest Wrtiers. Laid-in is the 22 page booklet from the editors describing Melville and many of his works. The Franklin Library hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : TB23067

‎Melville Herman‎

‎BILLY BUDD. BENITO CERENO‎

‎New York: The Limited Editions Club 1965. cloth slipcase. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. cloth slipcase. xviii 176 2 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by Shore LEC 367. With an Introduction by Maxwell Geismar and Paintings by Robert Shore. Printed at the Press of A. Colish. Monthly Newsletter / Prospectus loosely inserted. Spine of book is lightly age darkened. Slipcase is lightly soiled chipped and faded. Exlibris bookplate on front pastedown. The Limited Editions Club unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 12330

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Four Short Novels: Benito Cereno; Billy Budd Foretopman; Bartleby; The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles‎

‎New York: Bantam 1971. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Wrappers toned spine creased. 1971 Mass Market Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 281 pp. Four short novels in one volume: Benito Cereno; Billy Budd Foretopman; Bartleby; The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles. "For many people the shorter novels of Herman Melville have been lost in the gigantic shadow of his universally recognized masterpiece Moby Dick. Yet the short novels in this volume written after his popularity had begun to wane actually represent the peak of Melville's artistic development. The compelling story line the profound symbolism the brilliant character delineation are all in evidence and there is a tightness and precision in these stories of which the author had not been capable before. Billy Budd the last of Melville's works is considered by many scholars to be his greatest. Bantam paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 2311510

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Great Short Works of Herman Melville‎

‎Harper Perennial 2004. Good. Melville Herman. Great Short Works of Herman Melville. New York NY: Harper Perennial 2004. 510pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Good. Rubbing to edges and a little pink highlighting to one section. Harper Perennial paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : UMELGRE01FP ISBN : 0060586540 9780060586546

‎Melville Herman‎

‎HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME III. JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1851. CONTAINS MOBY-DICK THE TOWN-HO'S STORY‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. First Edition. thick 8vo. viii 864pp.; VG-; spine brown cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamping same on front board only blind-stamping on rear board; protected with a mylar covering; cloth on front hinge separated cloth on spine beginning to peel still attached; some wear to rear hinge corners head and tail of spine; mild foxing throughout; small booksellers sticker on front pastedown; First publication of any part of Moby Dick; "The Town-Ho's Story" on page 658 which became Chapter 54 of the novel still at that time titled "The Whale"; NM consignment; shelved case 2. 1273457. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Harper & Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1273457

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎I and My Chimney Berkshire History Vol. VIII no. 1 Fall 1988‎

‎Pittsfield MA: Berkshire County Historical Society 1988. First Thus. Octavo 22.25cm.; original blue photo-illustrated staplebound card wrappers; 32pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Very minor fading along spine edge else Near Fine. Short piece first published in 1856 this issued with an introduction by Carolyn E. Banfield. Berkshire County Historical Society unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 23191

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile‎

‎New York: G.P. Putnam & Co 1855. Third Edition but Third Printing. 12mo 19cm.; publisher's purple blind-embossed "T" cloth gilt-lettered spine; 276pp. Slightly ex-library with contemporary markings discreetly effaced spine faded to tan and a bit cocked a couple signatures proud light foxing else Very Good and sound. Tragic novel following the increasingly devastating events in the career of Israel Potter beginning with his volunteering during the Revolutionary War and concluding with his anonymous death having finally made it back home to the Berkshires after fifty years away only to find it nearly unrecognizable. BAL 13667; SABIN 47481; WRIGHT II 1700. G.P. Putnam & Co unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 45515

‎Melville Herman‎

‎ISRAEL POTTER: His Fifty Years of Exile‎

‎Boston: The St. Botolph Society 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 301 p. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. First edition. Based on the life of an actual soldier who claimed to have fought at Bunker Hill Israel Potter is unique among Herman Melville's books: a novel in the guise of a biography. In telling the story of Israel Potter's fall from Revolutionary War hero to peddler on the streets of London where he obtained a livelihood by crying "Old Chairs to Mend" Melville 1819-91 alternated between invented scenes and historical episodes granting cameos to such famous men of the era as Benjamin Franklin and John Paul Jones and providing a portrait of the American Revolution as the rollicking adventure and violent series of events that it really was. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt black and white stamping. Exceedingly faint stain to the spine heel. The dust jacket is moderately browned more so along the spine and folds with some general minor edgewear; otherwise very good. The St. Botolph Society hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 63244

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile. The Writings of Herman Melville Volume Eight‎

‎Northwestern University 1982. Very Good. Melville Herman. Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile. The Writings of Herman Melville Volume Eight. Chicago: Northwestern University 1982. 395pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners and slightly yellowed cover. Northwestern University paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : UMELISR00HMR

‎Melville Herman‎

‎JOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMS . WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY HENRY CHAPIN‎

‎Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1922. Cloth and marbled boards. for and bottom edges untrimmed. Foretips bumped and worn shelfwear to lower and top edges of boards minuscule nick in rear inner hinge. First edition thus deluxe issue. Copy #67 of 175 numbered copies printed on French handmade paper and specially bound. No longer common in this deluxe format. BAL 13725. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT85000

‎Melville Herman‎

‎JOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMS . WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY HENRY CHAPIN‎

‎Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1922. Cloth and boards. Very faint shelfwear at extremities top edge slightly dust speckled otherwise very good or better. First edition thus regular issue. One of 1500 of 1675 copies. With the handsome bookplate of poet/publisher James Laughlin on the front pastedown. In 1944 Laughlin's New Directions published an edition of Melville's selected poems in its Poet of the Month series. BAL 13725. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT84998

‎Melville Herman‎

‎John Marr and Other Poems With an Introductory Note by Henry Chapin‎

‎Princeton: Princeton University Press 1922. First edition number 43 of 150 copies on French hand-made paper. 205 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth spine and marbled boards. Very good. First edition number 43 of 150 copies on French hand-made paper. 205 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. DELUXE ISSUE. BAL 13725 Princeton University Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 261671

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent 1849-1850‎

‎Cambridge: Harvard University 1948. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Price clipped dust jacket rubbed at the extremities sunned at the spine small closed tears near the head and top back edge. Edited by Eleanor Melville Metcalf. Previous owners name in ink on ffep. All pages tight and bright. <br/><br/> Harvard University hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 9022237

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO LONDON; and the continent 1849- 1850. edited by Eleanor Melville Metcalf‎

‎Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press 1948. First edn. 8vo pp. 189. A fine copy in sl. worn dj. This journal was a private record not intended for publication. Edited by the author's granddaughter. BAL 13695. Harvard Univ. Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 5496

‎Melville Herman‎

‎JOURNAL UP THE STRAITS OCTOBER 11 1856 - MAY 5 1857‎

‎New York: Published by The Colophon 1935. Large octavo. Marbled cloth gilt leather label. Portrait. Edited by Raymond Weaver. First edition. One of 650 copies printed. An excellent copy in somewhat frayed and snagged tissue wrapper. BAL 13690. Published by The Colophon hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71541

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎Mardi and A Voyage Thither‎

‎Boston MA: The St. Botolph Society 1922. First edition thus. Hardcover. 580 pages. A clean and tight near fine copy with some toning to the endpapers in a poor dust jacket that is in several pieces and with some chips and wear. But once in a mylar protector a very presentable copy. The St. Botolph Society unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 163351

‎Melville Herman‎

‎MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER‎

‎London: Richard Bentley 1849. Three volumes. Octavo. Mottled 18th century calf yes 18th century! neatly and sturdily rebacked at a recent date in matching calf with raised bands gilt rules contrasting red and black gilt labels new endsheets. Boards somewhat worn and darkened at edges else a very good set with the half- title in the third volume but not the second none called for in the first. The second and third volumes are largely unopened. First edition preceding the U.S. edition. One of one thousand sets printed. Apart from THE WHALE Melville's only other three volume novel. In any state even in an English provincial remboitage such as this it is uncommon. SADLEIR EXCURSIONS p.225. BAL 13657. Richard Bentley hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT42255

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Mardi: And a Voyage Thither‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1849 Two volumes. First American edition. Original publisher's blue-green blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spines. A very good or better set with some light wear some toning to spine scattered spotting and small stains to cloth former owner ink signature to first blank of volume II usual scattered foxing to text. Overall a very attractive and tight copy without any repair or restoration. Much nicer than usually found. BAL 13658. Mardi is Herman Meville's third book and marks a departure from his first two works Typee 1846 and Omoo 1847 which are more autobiographical in nature. Mardi begins like Melville's preceding novels with a fictional South Seas whaling adventure story but quickly changes into a more allegorical and experimental text when the main characters abandon their vessel and travel to a variety of fictional symbolic countries. Melville's use of poetry and song also makes this text unique. While it was heavily criticized upon publication Mardi is best understood within the greater context of his entire body of writing. Rather than continue to produce variations of his first two successful novels Melville pushed himself to improve on his own writing and while perhaps not fully recognized in Mardi this laid the groundwork for his later novels including White-Jacket 1850 and Moby Dick 1851. This first American edition published April 14 1849 was preceded only by the three volume first British edition published on March 16th of the same year. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. New York: Harper & Brothers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : HM039

‎Melville Herman‎

‎MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER‎

‎New York: Harper & Bros. 1849. Two volumes. Purple cloth stamped in blind and gilt coated yellow endsheets. Spines sunned pencil ownership inscription in each volume coated endsheets show heavy discolorations from evidently an early form of protective wrapper some isolated small ink spots to cloth otherwise for this edition about very good with only very slight scattered foxing. Worn slipcase. First American edition of Melville's third book and first novel issued a few days after the scarce three volume London edition. This set is in the binding variant with the blindstamped rule at the crown of each spine. BAL 13658. WRIGHT I:1860. Harper & Bros. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71665

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Mardi: and a Voyage Thither‎

‎Harper & Brothers New York 1849. Good: some light stain to Volume I becoming more pronounced toward rear of volume substantial foxing to Volume II stain to rear endpaper of Volume II. 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches xii 13-365; v-xii 9-387 pages publisher's blindstamped brown cloth moderate spotting to covers of Volume I light wear to tips of Volume I moderate wear to tips spine ends and joints of Volume II front free endpaper torn from Volume II First American edition. BAL 13658. Two volumes. 8-page publisher's catalogue bound at end of volume II. The bindings although both are brown publisher's cloth do not match. Volume I is in Blanck's TZ cloth with orange-yellow coated endpapers whereas Volume II is in A cloth with yellow coated endpapers. The stamping on Volume I is a simpler pattern than that on Volume II. Volume II's binding is the earlier corresponding to that described by Blanck in the "Note" contained in the entry. Stenciled in brown ink in gothic letter on the front free endpaper of Volume I is the name "Thomas Melville." Though we cannot be sure this volume could have belonged to one of the author's brothers who lived between 1830 and 1884. Harper & Brothers , New York hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WAS36166

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Mardi: and A Voyage Thither‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1849. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth covers stamped in blind spines in blind and gilt. Head and foot of volume I brown cloth chipped endpapers darkened scattered foxing; volume II purple cloth faded flyleaf and portion of front pastedown torn away rear endpapers darkened title page soiled. 2 vols. 8vo. Preceded by the English edition of the same year. BAL 13658 Harper & Brothers unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 18126

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎Melville's South Seas; An Anthology‎

‎New York: Hawthorn Books 1970. hardcover. very good/good. Ed. by A. Grove Day. Illus. 8vo purple cloth d.w. heavily chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Hawthorn Books 1970.<br/><br/> Anthology of Melville's writings based on his time in the South Seas.<br/><br/> Hawthorn Books unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 221324

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Moby Dick‎

‎Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library Full sea-blue leather heavily decorated in gilt. AEG. Rockwell Kent vignettes from the Random House edition throughout book. Two full color double page plates at "beginning" of book from previous editions. A splendid production by the Franklin Library. The book is in the Japanese language. First Thus. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 8vo. Trade. Franklin Library Hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : MSST1

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Moby Dick la belena bianca. Illustrazioni di Roberto Lemmi‎

‎Firenze: Bemporad-Marzocco 1960. Settima edizione large 8vo pp. 207 4; 4 color plates; original white and blue pictorial boards some minor soiling; edges a bit scuffed else very good and sound. Abridged Italian translation. This edition not in OCLC as of December 2013. <br/><br/> Bemporad-Marzocco hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 44184

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Moby Dick or The Whale‎

‎New York: Random House 1930. First trade edition. 280 woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. xxxi i 822 4 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Full navy morocco ruled and lettered in gilt for Asprey a.e.g. marbled endpapers. Kent Rockwell. First trade edition. 280 woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. xxxi i 822 4 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. One of the most attractive twentieth-century American illustrated books. Random House unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 315539