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Melville Herman
Moby Dick.
Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Boardman Robinson. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Bound in black composition leather with gilt-stamped decorations on the spine and boards. Four raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. With an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 9027702
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick. Traduit de l'Américain par Lucien Jacques Joan Smith et Jean Giono
Saint-Paul A.-M: Les Cahiers du Contadour 1939. First edition in French one of a very few copies printed. With headpiece after woodcut by Alexandre Noll and two plates. 512 4 xx pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nut brown half morocco with gilt decorative paper sides spine gilt t.e.g. wrappers preserved by Devauchelle. Textblock lightly toned else fine. First edition in French one of a very few copies printed. With headpiece after woodcut by Alexandre Noll and two plates. 512 4 xx pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'Je m'appelle Ishmaèl" - véritable édition originale de Moby Dick en français. The first notice of Moby Dick in French dates from the first volume of the Revue des Deux Mondes 1853 but Melville's vast novel was not translated into French until the 1930s. Jean Giono 1895-1970 was deeply influenced by American writers of the nineteenth century starting with Whitman. "The second great American Giono discovered in the 1930s was Melville . translating Melville was a labor of love - for years Giono would read him in the open fields" Edmund White. He began his translation in 1936; Joan Smith worked up a first draft that was rewritten by Giono and her friend Lucien Jacques publisher of the Cahiers du Contadour. The translation appeared in pre-publication serial form in numbers V-VIII of the Cahiers May 1938 to February 1939.<br/>The first edition was published in the first half of 1939 in a small print run variously described as only thirty copies or 600 copies here in a choice contemporary binding with the wrappers preserved. The outbreak of war put an end to the literary efforts of the Cahiers du Contadour. Giono's translation gained wider distribution in the Gallimard reprint in May 1941. Giono's fictional reflections on Melville Pour saluer Melville were also published in 1941.<br/><br/>RARE. OCLC: 459465908 BnF; 97456850 Harvard Kentucky Les Cahiers du Contadour unknown books
Référence libraire : 305175
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick; o La balena bianca
Torino: S.A.I.E. Editrice 1957. Large 8vo pp. 150 2; original green pictorial boards; edges and corners bumped and rubbed else mostly very good. Pressue stamp of whaling collector Barbara Johnson. Abridged Italian translation by Mario Giussani. Not in OCLC as of December 2013. <br/><br/> S.A.I.E. Editrice hardcover books
Référence libraire : 44182
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Melville Herman
MOBY DICK; OR THE WHALE
New York: The Limited Editions Club 1943. Two volumes. Small quarto 26 x 19 cm. Publisher's black sheepskin spines lettered in gilt. Plates some in color. Tiny nick at crown of spine of first volume very slight rubbing to the spines otherwise an uncommonly nice set. The slipcase is present but neatly split at most of the joints. First printing in this format with Illustrations by Boardman Robinson and an Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Copy #417 of 1000 numbered copies signed by the artist. The impractical binding material has seldom withstood the passage of time and has often gone the way of the sheep that died as a prelude to its manufacture. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT85029
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick; or The Whale
Norwalk: The Easton Press 1977. Easton Press Collector's Edtion. Fine in gilt decorated full black leather covered boards with extensive tooling to the boards four raised raised bands on the spine and gilt edges to the text block. A silk placement ribbon is sewn-in at the head of the spine and matching silk end papers. A collector's edition produced exclusively for subscribers of the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. 615 pages of text and illustrations. With an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson many of which are in color. An extremely handsome copy with no names dates notations or prior owner's book plates. The Easton Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : TB31530
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick; or The Whale
Random House 1930. First Thus. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Kent Rockwell. First thus. Spine and edges lightly rubbed tiny split starting along front of spine head. 1930 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xxxi 822 6 pp. 8vo. Finely rebound in full red morocco with gilt title all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent throughout. A particularly sought-after edition of Melville's famous 'tale of the whale'. Random House hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2263964
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick; Or The Whale.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1851. First edition of Melville's masterpiece. Octavo bound in full calf by Aquarius gilt titles and tooling to the spine morocco spine label double gilt ruled to the front and rear panels gilt topstain. In near fine condition. An exceptional example of this cornerstone of American literature. Initially panned by critics and readers when published in 1851 "in the 20th century Moby Dick would be rediscovered and acknowledged as possibly the greatest of all American novels" Chronology of American Literature. Arguably the greatest single work in American literature Moby-Dick was initially "a complete practical failure misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public. Nevertheless Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby-Dick a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" DAB. Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
Référence libraire : 122370
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick; Or The Whale.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. First edition first issue binding with the circular Harper's device of Melville's masterpiece. Octavo original purple-brown cloth BAL's A grain covers stamped in blind with the publisher's circular device at the center within a heavy blind rule frame original orange-coated endpapers. In very good condition with some dampstaining to the cloth and interior. A completely unrestored example of this cornerstone. Initially panned by critics and readers when published in 1851 "in the 20th century Moby Dick would be rediscovered and acknowledged as possibly the greatest of all American novels" Chronology of American Literature. Arguably the greatest single work in American literature Moby-Dick was initially "a complete practical failure misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public. Nevertheless Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby-Dick a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" DAB. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 120575
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Melville Herman
Moby Dick; Or The Whale.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. First edition first issue binding with the circular Harper's device of Melville's masterpiece. Octavo original purple-brown cloth BAL's A grain covers stamped in blind with the publisher's circular device at the center within a heavy blind rule frame original orange-coated endpapers. In near fine condition with some of the usual light foxing and light shelfwear to the spine tips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A completely unrestored example of this cornerstone. A superior example. Initially panned by critics and readers when published in 1851 "in the 20th century Moby Dick would be rediscovered and acknowledged as possibly the greatest of all American novels" Chronology of American Literature. Arguably the greatest single work in American literature Moby-Dick was initially "a complete practical failure misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public. Nevertheless Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby-Dick a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" DAB. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 99735
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MELVILLE Herman
MOBY DICK;; or The whale
Chicago IL: William Benton 1988. Thirtieth printing. 8vo pp. xx 420. University of Chicago Great books of the western world 48. Tan cloth with leather-grained spine. TEG. About as new. William Benton unknown books
Référence libraire : 52001 ISBN : 0852291639 9780852291634
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Melville Herman
Moby-Dick; or the whale
Franklin Center Pa: The Franklin Library 1984. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo pp. 12 526 2; original full blue gilt-stamped morocco silk moiré endpapers silk ribbon bookmark a.e.g.; fine bright copy. <br/><br/> The Franklin Library unknown books
Référence libraire : 57215
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MELVILLE Herman
Moby-Dick; or The Whale
New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original pebble-grained red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules and front board publisher's device. xxiii 635pp 6pp ads. Good plus. Internally a sound "Very good" as it's internally tight and unrestored showing only mild sporadic age toning and occasional light foxing; binding is sound and decent with exposed tips; somewhat rough spine has had 1" X 1" excision archivally and discretely restored and chipped spine head and tail archivally rebuilt see images; pencilled 1852 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. A tight presentable and quite handleable first U.S. edition first issue of this giant of 19th century literature. One of only 3000 U.S. copies the American edition -- preceded by the 2-volume English version one month prior -- met with little fanfare and supposedly many unsold copies were destroyed in an 1854 warehouse fire. Original terra cotta endpapers. Despite wear this is a respectable copy appropriately priced. Housed in a handsome custom red cloth clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. BAL 13664. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 42443
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Melville Herman
OMOO
Norwalk: The Easton Press 1967. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 273 pages; VG-; bound in fine Blue genuine leather with Gilt text; gilt textblock; silk bookmark; silk endpapers; color fading to endpapers minor shelfwear; collector's notes inside; Shelved in Easton Press. 1335395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1335395
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Melville Herman
Omoo
New York: The Heritage Press 1967 Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Engravings by Reynolds Stone. Pictorial cloth lettered in silver. Slight wear to extremities more so to foot of spine. A fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase slightly faded. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Stone Reynolds. The Heritage Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 7045
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MELVILLE Herman
Omoo
Norwalk: Easton 1967. hardcover. near fine. Stone Reynolds. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone. 273 pages. 8vo full gilt-stamped navy blue leather a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press 1967. Fine.<br/><br/> Easton unknown books
Référence libraire : 218838
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MELVILLE Herman
Omoo
Oxford: Limited Editions Club 1961. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Reynolds Stone. With a New Introduction By Van Wyck Brooks. Wood Engravings by Reynolds Stone. 273 pages. Tall 8vo marbled cloth white linen slipcase a bit discolored as usual. Oxford: The Limited Editions Club 1961. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
Référence libraire : 111207
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Melville Herman
OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
New York & London: Harper & Brothers / John Murray 1847. Contemporary black calf and marbled boards rebacked sometime in the 20th century in black calf with gilt labels. Boards edgeworn light damp discoloration to textblock with slightly darker tidemark in lower forecorner some rippling toward end inner hinges reinforced in the course of rebacking bound without the 16pp. terminal catalogue; a dull but sound copy. First US edition of the author's second book. A weary copy but just possibly though not probably an association copy with the faint pencil signature on the front free endsheet of one "Lemuel Shaw." Melville dedicated TYPEE to Lemuel Shaw in 1846 and married Shaw's daughter Elizabeth in August of 1847. Shaw served as Chief Justice of Massachusetts presiding over such significant cases as that of Washington Goode and the Parkman-Webster case. We would note however that the 'L' is at variance from THE Lemuel Shaw's usual formation of that letter and other variations leave us largely unconvinced. WRIGHT I:1861. BAL 13646. Harper & Brothers / John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT75333
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MELVILLE Herman
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Boston:: Dana Estes & Company. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Four black and white plates. First edition thus. Moderate edge wear and aging previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. ; 365 pages . Dana Estes & Company, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 69845
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Melville Herman
OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS; BEING A SEQUEL TO "THE RESIDENCE IN THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS."
London: John Murray 1847. xiv321pp. Rather clunky three quarter calf and moire cloth over boards with earlier calf backstrip laid down. Frontis map. Foretips bumped and worn rather dark offsetting from calf turn-ins to somewhat foxed and brittle binder's endleaves publisher's adverts not bound in. A good internally about very good copy. First edition BAL's state B of the signature mark on p. 209. Melville's second book and like its predecessor published in London a few days prior to its American publication in both wrappers and both in Murray's HOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY series. BAL 13655. John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT63756
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Melville Herman
OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS.COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS
New York & London: Harper & Brothers / John Murray 1847. Two volumes bound in one. xv13891xv- xxiii18pp. Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards original printed front wrapper for first part bound in. Frontis map. Scattered foxing and occasional isolated staining early ink ownership inscription either 1847 or less likely 1897 and markings old repair in blank fore-edge of leaf 23/4; just a sound copy but well bound. First American edition of Melville's second book preceded by the London edition. This copy was originally in the format of the two volume issue in printed wrappers but with only the front wrapper of the first part preserved bound up in the 19th century as two volumes-in-one. With the previous binding in dilapidated state it was evidently quite recently rebound. BAL 13656. Harper & Brothers / John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT56719
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MELVILLE HERMAN
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventure in the South Seas.
New York: Harper & Bros 1847. First American edition 8vo pp. xv 1 17-389 1 xv-xxiii ads 1 16 ads; integral frontispiece map; covers spotted text lightly foxed as usual top of spine a little chipped; a good firm copy in orig. slate blindstamped cloth gilt ship stamped central on upper cover gilt-decorated spine. BAL 13656. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
Référence libraire : 30176
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Melville Herman
Omoo: A narrative of adventures in the South seas
New York: Harper & Bros 1855. 6th Edition. Hardcover. VG Cover has fading coner and edge damage. Bookblock has age toning and foxing. Inerior pages have age toning and foxing. Brown decorative cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. xv 17-389 pages map. Sequel to Typee. Harper & Bros hardcover books
Référence libraire : 184742
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Melville Herman
OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
London: John Murray 1847. First British Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xiii 321 pages; VG; bound in contemporary half-burgundy calf marbled boards rebacked with modern burgundy cloth gilt titling to spine; mild wear and rubbing to boards; lacking terminal ads. BAL 13655: State C of page 209 no priority; frontispiece map.; WD consignment; shelved case 2. Omoo is the second book by American writer Herman Melville first published in London in 1847 preceding the American edition by several weeks and a sequel to his first South Sea narrative Typee also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific. After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel that makes its way to Tahiti after which there is a mutiny and a third of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. In 1949 the novel was adapted into the exploitation film Omoo-Omoo the Shark God. wikipedia. 1316775. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1316775
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Melville Herman
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
New York: Harper & Brothers 1847. First American edition. Frontispiece chart. xv i 17-389 1; xv-xxiii i ads; 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth gilt-decorated spine upper cover with gilt vignette of ship marbled endpapers. Wear to spine ends with closed tear to head of spine corners worn light foxing to text throughout. First American edition. Frontispiece chart. xv i 17-389 1; xv-xxiii i ads; 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first American edition of Melville's second novel in the publisher's cloth binding. BAL 13656 Harper & Brothers unknown books
Référence libraire : 263731
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Melville Herman
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
New York: Harper & Brothers 1847. Third Edition. Frontispiece chart. 389 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth gilt-decorated spine upper cover with gilt vignette of ship marbled endpapers. Small neat repairs to spine and corners; very attractive copy of Melville's second book. Third Edition. Frontispiece chart. 389 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 13656; Wright I 1862 Harper & Brothers unknown books
Référence libraire : 62841
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Melville Herman
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
New York: Harper & Brothers 1847. Red morocco spine and tips 5 raised bands gilt lettering and rules. Marbled paper covered boards. Joints corners and edges worn a bit. Some browning of endpapers and foxing throughout. Third edition with South Seas map facing red and black title page. No adverts at rear. Nice copy of an early Melville classic. Third Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Harper & Brothers Hardcover books
Référence libraire : WN55722
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Melville Herman
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas A Sequel to "Typee
D.D. Nickerson Co 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Austin Henry; Shute A. Burham. No jacket. Minor loss to spine head and to spine base boards very lightly soiled. 1892 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii 365 pp. Frontispiece by Henry Austin; 4 plates by A. Burham Shute. "Following the commercial and critical success of Typee Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover or someone who roams from island to island Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville D.D. Nickerson Co hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2298291
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MELVILLE Herman
Omoo:; A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
NY: Harper 1847. Third Edition. 12mo pp. xii 389 xvi-xxiv 8. Map inserted. Brown cloth worn at extremities of the spine front hinge loose former owner's Rockwell Kent bookplate on the end paper some foxed and stained on a couple of pages. See BAL 13656 Wright I 1861. Scarce. Melville's title means "rover" in Polynesian and takes up the story at the end of Typee wherein the crew on the whaler Julia mutinies and is taken to Tahiti which is where Melville and the good Doctor Long Ghost explore. Melville's second book. Harper unknown books
Référence libraire : 51838
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Melville Herman
ON THE SLAIN COLLEGIANS SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF.
New York: Farrar 1971. Large octavo. Cloth. Edited and illustrated with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Fine in slightly edge-darkened dust jacket. First edition thus limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by Frasconi. Farrar hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT32866
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Melville Herman
On the Slain Collegians; Selections from the Poems of Herman Melville.
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1972. 1st. Hardcover. fine/near fine. Edited and with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Price clipped dust jacket. <br/><br/> Farrar Straus & Giroux hardcover books
Référence libraire : 9026260 ISBN : 0374226377 9780374226374
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Melville Herman
PIERRE OR THE AMBIGUITIES
New York: Grove Press 1957. Cloth and boards. Spine a trace sunned with some slight tanning to edges of boards; very good or better in acetate wrapper. First Grove Press printing the deluxe issue. Copy #61 of 100 numbered copies in addition to the wrapperbound Evergreen Books issue and the normal clothbound issue. Grove Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT84977
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Melville Herman
Pierre or The Ambiguities
Signet Classics 1964. Very Good. Melville Herman. Pierre or The Ambiguities. New York NY: Signet Classics 1964. xxi 405pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and former owner's name in ink on top of first page. Penciled notes on the top and bottom of last few pages. Signet Classics paperback books
Référence libraire : UMELPIE00fp
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Melville Herman
Pierre or The Ambiguities
Signet 1964. Very Good. Melville Herman. Pierre or The Ambiguities. New York: Signet 1964. 408pp. Bibliography. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed edges. Former owner's name penned on first page and index entries penciled on rear pages. Signet paperback books
Référence libraire : UMELPIE00HMR
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MELVILLE Herman
PIERRE OR THE AMBIGUITIES
1923. MELVILLE Herman. PIERRE OR THE AMBIGUITIES. London: Constable and Company Ltd. 1923. Issued as The Works of Herman Melville Standard Edition Vol. IX. Limited to 750 copies. 8vo. 505pp. Blue cloth blindstamped to front back and spine. Lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed maroon coated endpapers. A fine copy. unknown books
Référence libraire : 89960
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MELVILLE HERMAN
Pierre or the ambiguities. With a preface by H.M. Tomlinson and an introduction by John Brooks Moore
New York: E.P. Dutton 1929. First edition of Pierre to contain a preface 8vo pp. xxviii 505; original orange cloth lettered in black on front cover and spine; moderate wear to extremities fading and soiling overall; a good sound copy. <br/><br/> E.P. Dutton hardcover books
Référence libraire : 30103
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MELVILLE Herman
PIERRE ou Les AMBIGUITÉS, roman, nouvelle édition revue et corrigée, traduit de l’anglais par Pierre LEYRIS
Gallimard (les Classiques anglais), Paris, 1967
Référence libraire : 1570
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Melville Herman
Pierre; or the Ambiguities
New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original purple/gray cloth decorated in blind and spine stamped in silver. Near Fine with light lean and sunning to spine neat restoration to cloth at head rubbing to joints. Previous owner name partially abraded from title page leaving several small holes. Pages toned and sporadically foxed throughout though heavier at preliminary and terminal pages. One of Melville's scarcest titles which was published shortly after Moby Dick. Harper & Brothers unknown books
Référence libraire : 140940979
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Melville Herman
POEMS CONTAINING BATTLE-PIECES JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS TIMOLEON AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
London: Constable and Co. 1924. Large octavo. Light blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt t.e.g. Faint white streaks in one area of the upper cover neat ink name but see below otherwise a very good copy without the dust jacket. First collective edition including poems published in book form here for the first time. Edited by Michael Sadleir and Raymond Weaver. Published as volume 16 of the Standard Edition limited to 750 sets. With the ownership signature of American literature scholar Norman Holmes Pearson and some pencil ticks next to a few poems in the table of contents. BAL 13683. Constable and Co. hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT84975
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Melville Herman
REDBURN
Melville Herman. REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. New York: Harper 1849. First edition first binding first state with 14 pages of ads instead of 18. Original purple cloth gilt. Spine faded and mild rubbing but a tight clean copy of a book rarely found in the first state. There was but a single printing of 4508 copies; by the time of the Harper fire of 1853 2433 copies had been bound in cloth and 1955 in wrappers. The fire destroyed the 120 remaining unbound copies and 176 unsold bound copies. Although specific numbers relating to the first state are unknown it is much scarcer than the second state; even the copyright deposit copy was a second state copy. The book was published between November 10 and 17 1849. This copy carries an early owner's inscription dated simply "November 1849." BAL 13660. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 11871
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Melville Herman
REDBURN
Melville Herman. REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. New York: Harper 1849. First edition first binding second state with 18 pages of ads October 1849 instead of 14 pp. final signature R in 12 leaves rather than 10. Original dark brown cloth gilt. Spine ends much worn gilt dull; a good solid copy. There was but a single printing of 4508 copies; by the time of the 1853 Harper fire 2433 copies had been bound in cloth and 1955 in wrappers; the 120 copies still in sheets were destroyed in the fire as well as 176 unsold bound copies. The copyright deposit copy was also a second state copy. BAL 13660. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 10424
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Melville Herman
REDBURN HIS FIRST VOYAGE
Boston: The St. Botolph Society. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. First Impression. 314pp. blue pictorial cloth with gilt stamping. Spine is sunned and scuffed contents show a light tone but are clean and complete. A Near Very Good copy. . The St. Botolph Society hardcover books
Référence libraire : 62832
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Melville Herman
Redburn his First Voyage; White-jaceket or the World in a Man-Of-war; Moby-Dick or the Whale
New York: Literary Classics of the United State 1983. 1st Printing. Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle. x 1437p. dj The Library of America. Literary Classics of the United State unknown books
Référence libraire : 027133 ISBN : 0940450097 9780940450097
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Melville Herman
Redburn: his first voyage
New York: Harper & Bros 1849. First edition 8vo pp. xi 2 14-390; lacks the publisher's ads at the rear making it impossible to distinguish between first and second issues; this copy once rebound now disbound and the text block split in two - what is now known pejoratively as a "binding copy." At the top of the dedication page an early owner has penciled: "The best of HM's works - those of his that I have read." <br/><br/> Harper & Bros unknown books
Référence libraire : 53838
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Melville Herman
Redburn: His First Voyage
London: Richard Bentley 1849. First edition. Bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards with marbled end papers and a marbled text block. Front hinge a little tender but otherwise a handsome binding. Bound with contents of both volumes up front no half-titles or title page to the second volume. Textually complete. Contemporary inscription on the title page. <br/><br/>Redburn is the story of a young man's first voyage at sea from New York to Liverpool and back and was based on Melville's own first hand experiences as a seaman on a similar voyage ten years before. The book was Melville's attempt at a more commercial sort of fiction - "a plain straightforward amusing narrative of personal experience" as he described it -- and Melville himself did not accord the book much esteem. Indeed Melville finished the work in under ten weeks and submitted the draft to his publisher with nary a rewrite. Many critics however have enjoyed the work - F.O. Matthiessen considers Redburn "the most moving of its author's books before Moby-Dick." <br/><br/>"But the great charm of the work is its realness. It seems to be fact word for word bating a little that is melo-dramatic and exaggerated in the hero at the outset. With this exception the tale is told simply and without the least pretension; and yet within its narrow bounds are flashes of genuine humor strokes of pure pathos and real and original characters" Contemporary Review in The Boston Post. Richard Bentley unknown books
Référence libraire : 1855
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Melville Herman
Redburn: His First Voyage
London: Constable and Company 1922. Very Good lacking the scarce dust jacket in blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Gilt top edge a bit dulled cloth rubbed at the tips light foxing to end pages. Volume V in Constable's well-regarded "The Works of Herman Melville" a 16 volume limited set and the first collected works of Melville to be published after his death in 1891. . First EditionThus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Constable and Company Hardcover books
Référence libraire : 005133
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Melville Herman
REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. BEING THE SAILOR- BOY CONFESSIONS AND REMINISCENCES OF THE SON- OF-A-GENTLEMAN IN THE MERCHANT SERVICE
New York: Harper & Bros. 1850. Original plum cloth elaborately stamped in blind. Typical heavy foxing spine and edges faded and cloth a bit soiled ink name and two 19th century bookplates spine extremities and foretips frayed; a good sound copy. Third printing of the U.S. edition of which over two hundred copies were destroyed in the 1853 Harper's fire. WRIGHT I:1866. Harper & Bros. hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT69284
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Melville Herman
Redburn: His First Voyage. Being the Sailor-boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman in the Merchant Service
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1849. First American edition second printing with advertisements extended. xi i 13-390 4 ads 14 i.e. 12 ads dated October 1849 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue blindstamped cloth. Light wear to extremities some foxing to text throughout. Very good. First American edition second printing with advertisements extended. xi i 13-390 4 ads 14 i.e. 12 ads dated October 1849 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 13660; Wright Fiction 1866 Harper & Brothers, Publishers unknown books
Référence libraire : 261569
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Melville Herman
Rock Rodondo: Sketches Third & Fourth of "The Encantadas"
New York: Red Angel Press 1981. Hardcover. 12" x 6.5". 6 24pp 6. Deckled edges artist's design in molded paper art on fep blind-stamped illustration on title page artist's note printed in black on rear fep folding screen-printed illustration at rear. Oatmeal and illustrated cloth boards. Includes informational bookmark. Copy 37/100 signed by illustrator and designer Ronald Keller. Fine. . LikeNew. Hardcover . Red Angel Press [1981] hardcover books
Référence libraire : 36382
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Melville Herman
Rock Rodondo: Sketches Third & Fourth of "The Encantadas."; "The edition was illustrated and designed by Ronald Keller."
New York: Red Angel Press 1981. First separate edition 1/100 copies this #2 inscribed for a collector and signed by the designer/illustrator. Large 4to 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. 2 24 pp. Large illustrated print folded and affixed to rear endpaper with an illustrated artist's note on a facing endpaper. Accompanied by the prospectus and two advertising flyers for the book a bookmark describing the binding and a signed note from the designer/illustrator concerning publication. "The text is a depiction of a small rock pinnacle on the Galapagos that is host to countless raucus oceanic birds" from the prospectus. Fine. Decorated tan cloth with a relief depiction of the rock as the front pastedown. 9668. <br/><br/> Red Angel Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 63008
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Melville Herman
SELECTED POEMS
Norfolk: New Directions / Poets of the Year 1944. Printed boards. Fine in very good dust jacket with modest tanning at edges and a couple of tiny edge tears. Edited by F.O. Matthiessen. First edition boardbound issue including four poems printed in the US in book form for the first time. BAL 13693. HARRISON NEWTH & CANDIDO p.12. New Directions / Poets of the Year hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT84992
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