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Melville Herman
Typee: a Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition with a Sequel
New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. Very Good. octavo 3079 pages; original blind stamped green cloth spine lettered in gilt; map frontis. Revised to include "The Story of Toby." Very light occasional foxing neat owner name on FEP. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 08883
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Melville Herman
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas . Part I; . Part II
New York: Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1846. Revised edition third printing mixed state p. 101 l. 3 from bottom reading "grove" as in fourth printing. Map. pp. xiv 149 1; 4 151-307 1 blank pp. 9 pp. ads paged xv-xxiii. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Spine faded and worn at ends foxing to endleaves. Revised edition third printing mixed state p. 101 l. 3 from bottom reading "grove" as in fourth printing. Map. pp. xiv 149 1; 4 151-307 1 blank pp. 9 pp. ads paged xv-xxiii. 8vo. The revised edition of Melville's first book with the sequel "The Story of Toby" on pp. 293-307. Issued as part I in Wiley & Putnam's "Library of American Books". BAL 13654 Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books
Référence libraire : 261846
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Melville Herman
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature
Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Raphael Elaine; Bolognese Don. Edges faintly foxed otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 299 1 pp. 8vo. Full navy blue leather with orange accents gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Woodcut illustrations by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. "Typee 1846; in full: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva which Melville spelled as Nukuheva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; for 19th century readers his career seemed to go downhill afterward but during the early 20th century it was seen as just the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick 1851. The Franklin Library hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2307090
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Melville Herman
Typee: a peep at Polynesian life. During a four month's residence in a valley of the Marquesas. The revised edition with a sequel
New York: Wiley & Putnam; London: John Murray 1847. First edition fourth printing of the revised edition of the author's first book 2 vols. in 1 as issued 8vo pp. xiv 149 5 151-307 1 plus 9 pages of ads paged xv-xxiii; integral frontispiece map; recent quarter calf-backed marbled boards gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments red morocco label in one; endpapers foxed very good; BAL 13654; Wright 1 1869. <br/><br/> Wiley & Putnam; London: John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : 54633
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MELVILLE Herman
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas with notices of the French occupation of Tahiti and the provisional cession of the Sandwich Islands to Lord Paulet
New York: Wiley and Putnam 1846. First American Edition. Two volumes in one; small octavo 18.5cm.; contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards gilt-lettered spine; xv1166;4167-325pp.; integral map frontispiece. Extremities rubbed preliminaries quite foxed some soiling to textblock else About Very Good and sound. Contemporary Baltimore bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Melville's first book originally published the same year in London as Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands. BAL 13653. Wiley and Putnam unknown books
Référence libraire : 23948
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Melville Herman
Typee: a peep at Polynesian life. Woodcuts by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Franklin Center Pa: The Franklin Library 1979. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo pp. xvii 1 300; original full pictorial black gilt-stamped morocco silk moiré endpapers silk ribbon bookmark a.e.g.; fine bright copy. <br/><br/> The Franklin Library unknown books
Référence libraire : 57163
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MELVILLE Herman
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
New York: Limited Editions Club 1935. Limited. hardcover. very good. Miguel Covarrubias. With an Introduction by Raymond Weaver and Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Color plates and text illus. 409pp. 4to coarse fiber boards with decorated spine in matching board slipcase. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1935. Very good .<br/><br/> One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
Référence libraire : 98268
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MELVILLE Herman
TYPEE:; A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas; the revised ediiton with a sequel
NY: Wiley & Putnam London: Murray 1846. First Printing second state. 12mo pp. 307. The text is expanded to include the story. Bound in purple cloth spine faded to a lighter color stamped in blind on the covers gilt on the spine. Lacks a small half-circle of cloth at the top of the spine little rubbed aloing the bottom otherwise a near fine copy. BAL 13654. The story of the protagonist and his friend Toby who jump ship and wander into the valley of Typee inhabited by cannibals! Wiley & Putnam | London: Murray unknown books
Référence libraire : 51836
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MELVILLE Herman
TYPEE:; A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas; the revised ediiton with a sequel
NY: Wiley & Putnam London: Murray 1847. 8vo 2 volumes in one. This is the fourth printing of the revised edition. Bound in publisher's cloth some wear at the top of the spine front hinge partially repaired spine faded A nice clean copy. BAL 13654. Wiley & Putnam | London: Murray unknown books
Référence libraire : 17493
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Melville Herman
WHERE LIES THE FINAL HARBOR
Pasadena CA: The Clinker Press 2015. Clinker Press. broadside 12 by 6 inches. Printed and designed by Andre Chaves for the Zamorano Club. The Clinker Press unknown books
Référence libraire : 129864
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Melville Herman
White Jacket
The New American Library 1981. Very Good. Melville Herman. White Jacket. NY: The New American Library 1981. 410pp. Bibliography. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. The New American Library paperback books
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Melville Herman
White Jacket; or The World in a Man-of-War
Quality Paperback Book Club 1996. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ink name and number on quote page a few minor spots to top page ridge. 1996 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xi 504 pp. "Based on Melville's experiences as a common seaman aboard the frigate USS United States from 1843 to 1844 and stories that other sailors told him the novel is severely critical of virtually every aspect of American naval life and thus qualifies as Melville's most politically strident work. At the time though the one thing that journalists and politicians focused on in the novel was its graphic descriptions of flogging and the horrors caused by its arbitrary use; in fact because Harper & Bros. made sure the book got into the hands of every member of Congress White-Jacket was instrumental in abolishing flogging in the U.S. Navy forever. Melville scholars also acknowledge the huge number of parallels between White-Jacket and Billy Budd and view the former as a rich source for possible interpretations of the latter. The symbolism of the color white introduced in this novel in the form of the narrator's jacket is more fully expanded upon in Moby-Dick where it becomes an all-encompassing "blankness." The mixture of journalism history and fiction; the presentation of a sequence of striking characters; the metaphor of a sailing ship as the world in miniature Quality Paperback Book Club paperback books
Référence libraire : 2276222
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Melville Herman
WHITE JACKET; OR THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
London: Richard Bentley 1853. Two volumes. Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards in 19th century style gilt labels edges rough trimmed. But for some very isolated minor foxing and a few negligible marginal smudges a very good set. No half-titles are called for. First edition second issue with the cancel titles dated "1853." The original London printing which preceded the U.S. edition by two months consisted of only one thousand sets. As a consequence of their tepid sales in 1853 Bentley bound up remaining sets of sheets of this title of REDBURN and of THE WHALE in several forms of remainder cloth bindings including two-and three- volumes in one format with cancel titles bearing the new date. In the remainder format both due to the somewhat smaller quantities issued thus as well as to the exceptionally vulnerable multi-volume in one format they are much less often seen than the primary issues. BAL 13661. SADLEIR EXCURSIONS p. 227-8. Richard Bentley hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT56707
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Melville Herman
WHITE-JACKET
Melville Herman. WHITE-JACKET; OR THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR. London: Richard Bentley 1853. 2 vols. First English edition second issue with cancel title-pages. Later three-quarter dark blue morocco raised bands gilt. This English edition is quite uncommon and like Bentley's editions of THE WHALE and REDBURN unsold copies were re-issued in 1853 with cancel title-pages. The English edition consisted of 1000 copies compared to 4524 of Harper's American printing. Fine set of Melville's highly symbolic fifth novel that depicted the harsh and inhumane treatment of sailors at sea. The last copy of the first English edition to appear at auction was December 2003 $21000 in worn cloth pages loose ex-library etc. NW-Newberry V:407-8 444-5. BAL 13662-note. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 18785
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MELVILLE HERMAN
White-Jacket or the world in a man-of-war
New York: A.L. Burt n.d. 1892. 8vo pp. 374; frontispiece; a good sound copy in orig. red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Reprinting of the United States Book Co. edition of 1892 the year following Melville's death under the renewed copyright by Elizabeth Melville. <br/><br/> A.L. Burt, n.d. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 21192
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Melville Herman
WHITE-JACKET; OR THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
New York & London: Harper & Brothers . London: Richard Bentley 1850. vii19-46516pp. 19th century 3/4 brown calf and marled boards. Bound without the adverts edges rubbed scattered foxing somewhat pronounced in a few places otherwise a sound set. First U.S. edition BAL's first printing. The London edition in two volumes appeared in late January; this edition followed up in March and includes an author's 'Note' dated New York March 1850. BAL 13662. WRIGHT I:1871. Harper & Brothers ... London: Richard Bentley hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT72051
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Melville Herman
WHITE-JACKET; OR THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
New York & London: Harper & Brothers . London: Richard Bentley 1850. vii19-46516pp. Brown cloth sides ornately stamped in blind with frame and publisher's device spine lettered in gilt yellow coated endsheets. Crown of spine and extremities a bit frayed clean horizontal tear no loss in last text page verso blank some modest soiling to the cloth; just a good sound copy. First U.S. edition BAL's first printing first cloth binding form 'A' of the end gatherings. The London edition in two volumes appeared in late January; this edition followed up in March and includes an author's 'Note' dated New York March 1850. BAL 13662. WRIGHT I:1871. Harper & Brothers ... London: Richard Bentley hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT72050
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Melville Herman
WHITE-JACKET; OR THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR
New York & London: Harper & Brothers . London: Richard Bentley 1850. vii19-46516pp. Gray-green cloth sides ornately stamped in blind with frame and publisher's device spine lettered in gilt yellow coated endsheets. Usual darkening offset to coated endsheets light foxing a bit heavier in prelims and terminal leaves shallow loss at extreme crown and toe of spine neat engraved bookplate otherwise a very good copy. First U.S. edition BAL's first printing first cloth binding form 'B' of the end gatherings. The London edition in two volumes appeared in late January; this edition followed up in March and includes an author's 'Note' dated New York March 1850. BAL 13662. Harper & Brothers ... London: Richard Bentley hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT69114
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MELVILLE Herman
White-Jacket; or The World of a Man-of-War
New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's slate blind-embossed "A" cloth gilt spine yellow glazed endpapers; vii8-46516adspp. Some general shelf wear with brief exposure at corners spine rather sunned and gilt faded a few signatures a bit loose else a Very Good and sound copy. Contemporary gift inscription to a Henry Frost on front free endpaper. BAL 13662. Harper & Brothers unknown books
Référence libraire : 24197
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MELVILLE Herman
WORKS OF HERMAN MELVILLE. 15 OF 16 VOLS. THE STANDARD EDITION
19. MELVILLE Herman. THE WORKS OF HERMAN MELVILLE. London: Constable and Company Ltd. 1922-1924. 15 of 16 volumes lacking volume 13 Blly Budd and Other Prose Pieces . The Standard Edition #324 of 750 sets numbered and signed on behalf of the publisher in Volume I. Octavos all in the publisher's original blue cloth bindings: all sides decoratively blocked in blind gilt lettering on spines maroon coated endpapers top edges trimmed and gilt others untrimmed. Title-pages printed in blue and black. Bookplate to front pastedown in nine of the volumes. Some spines faintly sunned yet attractive and near fine overall. unknown books
Référence libraire : 89854
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MELVILLE Herman
Works Standard Edition
The Best Set of Herman MelvilleÃs Works and in the Original Cloth MELVILLE Herman. The Works of Herman Melville. London: Constable and Company 1922-1924. Standard Edition. Limited to 750 numbered copies this being number 319. Sixteen octavo volumes 9 x 5 3/4 inches; 228 x 150 mm. Title-pages printed in blue and black. Volume XII The Confidence-Man contains a ìBibliography of the First Editions of the Prose Works of Herman Melvilleî by Michael Sadleir. Volume XIII Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces contains the first printing of ìBilly Budd Foretopman.î Original uniform blue blindstamped cloth ruled and lettered in gilt on spines. Top edge gilt others uncut. Maroon-coated endpapers. A few spines very slightly faded as usual. Some very light rubbing to head and tails of spines. Previous owner's bookplates on front pastedowns. Overall an excellent copy of this set. BAL 13680 13682 and 13683. HBS 67786. $7500 Constable and Company hardcover books
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MELVILLE HERMAN
“Chattanooga†and “Gettysburg†In Harper’s Monthly Magazine. Volume 33
New York: Harper & Brothers June to November 1866. First Edition. Publisher’s collected volume of six months of the magazine with index. Two issues contain the first appearance in print of Herman Melville’s Civil War poems “Chattanooga†and “Gettysberg.†Modern gilt-stamped half morocco and cloth boards. Neat 19th century library stamp at head of contents page. Very good. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 11093J
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Melville Herman 1819 1891
TYPEE : A NARRATIVE OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY NO. 180
London: J.M. Dent & Sons 1943. Hardcover. 12mo; First published in this edition 1907 reprinted 1943; G; Hardcover; Spine red with gold print; Boards in red cloth with gold print wear to corners and spine caps with small portion of spine head torn away pencil lines on front else clean and strong; Text block has light tanning to endpapers else clean and tight; x 286 pages. 1334123. FP New Rockville Stock. J.M. Dent & Sons hardcover books
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MELVILLE Herman contr. SMITH JEA. J. E.
The History of Pittsfield Berkshire County Massachusetts from the Year 1734 to the Year 1800 together with The History of Pittsfield Berkshire County Massachusetts from the year 1800 to the year 1876
Boston: Lee and Shepard 1869 1876. First Edition. Large thick octavo 23.5cm.; contemporary half dark brown gilt-tooled morocco over cloth gilt spine in six compartments all edges marbled marbled endpapers; xii518pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece of Rev. Thomas Allen plates and text illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed upper hinge broken but holding else About Very Good.<br/><br/>TOGETHER WITH:<br/><br/>J.E.A. SMITH. The History of Pittsfield Berkshire County Massachusetts from the year 1800 to the year 1876. Springfield: C.W. Bryan & Co. 1876. Large thick octavo 23.5cm.; contemporary half dark brown gilt-tooled morocco over cloth gilt spine in six compartments all edges marbled marbled endpapers; xi1725pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece folding map plates and text illus. throughout. Some edge-wear front hinge cracked but holding else Very Good. Includes contributions by Herman Melville pp. 206-208 and pp. 399-400. BAL 13675. <br/><br/>A nice set in similar albeit not uniform bindings. Lee and Shepard unknown books
Référence libraire : 22940
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MELVILLE Herman 1819 1891
Moby Dick or The Whale
New York: Harper & Brothers 1851. 12mo. 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches. xxiii 1 635 1 6pp. Publisher's ads in the rear. Foxing. Publisher's red cloth cover bordered in blind and with central Harper & Brother's circular stamp in blind spine lettered in gilt rebacked retaining the original spine original brown/orange coated endpapers. Housed in a cloth box.<br/> <br/>Rare first American edition of arguably the greatest work in American literature.<br/> <br/>The first American edition followed the three-volume English edition by a month and contained some thirty-five passages which had been edited out of the English edition. "Melville's great book Moby Dick was a complete practical failure misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all of his books and most of the copies remaining in stock only about sixty copies survived the fire . 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" Dictionary of American Biography. "Moby Dick is the great conundrum-book. Is it a profound allegory with the white whale the embodiment of moral evil or merely the finest story of the sea ever written" Grolier American. This example complete with the six pages of advertisements in the rear and in the publisher's red "A" cloth.<br/> <br/>BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57; Wright II:1701. Harper & Brothers unknown books
Référence libraire : 36148
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Melville Herman 1819a1891
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither
2 volumes. xii-365 pages; xii-3878 ad pages. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" Original blind stamped plum cloth gilt title to spines Harpers gilt logo at base of spine with yellow coated end-papers in a three quarter leather in custom made half leather over marbled boards slipcase. BAL 13658 First American edition.<br /><br /><i>Mardi</i> the Polynesian word meaning "the world" is Melville's first pure fiction work while featuring fictional narrators his previous novels were heavily autobiographical. It details much like <i>Typee</i> and <i>Omoo</i> the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. Unlike the first two however <i>Mardi </i>is highly philosophical and said to be the first work to show Melville's true potential. The tale begins as a simple narrative but quickly focuses upon discourse between the main characters and their interactions with the different symbolic countries they encounter. While not as cohesive or lengthy as <i>Moby-Dick</i> it shares a similar writing style as well as many of the same themes.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Plumb coloring has faded and spine sunned with gilt dulled some foxing through out corners bumped with some light rubbing previous owner's name in pencil on title else about very good in a fine slipcase. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
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Melville Herman author; Hayford Harrison; Parker Hershel; Tanselle G. Thomas editors; Howard Leon historical note
TYPEE : A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE THE WRITINGS OF HERMAN MELVILLE THE NORTHWESTERN-NEWBERRY EDITION VOLUME ONE
Evanston: Northwestern University Press Newberry Library 1968. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine tan with black and red print; DJ is tan with black and red print tears at spine ends and flap corners long tear along top of rear spine hinge toning to spine mild smudging shelfwear; Boards in black cloth with gold print on red banner clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xiv 374 pages 1 b&w plate port. 1316689. FP New Rockville Stock. Northwestern University Press, Newberry Library hardcover books
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Melville Herman Cestre Charles Parisot Henri
Herman Melville. Mardi : Roman traduit de l'anglais par Charles Cestre. Avant-propos de Henri Parisot. Couverture de Max Ernst
Référence libraire : DND38JR ISBN : 172
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Melville Herman Everett Edward
Autograph Letter signed "Edward Everett" as Secretary of State to novelist John Pendleton Kennedy then Secretary of the Navy
1852. 2 pp. pen-and-ink on folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. Fine. 2 pp. pen-and-ink on folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. Secretary of State Trying to Help the Disgraced Oakes Shaw. Secretary of State Edward Everett writes to Secretary of the Navy John Pendleton Kennedy on Justice Lemuel Shaw's behalf to recommend his son John Oakes Shaw for a position in the Navy. Oakes Shaw as he was known was the eldest son from his father's second marriage to Hope Savage. He became the brother-in-law of Herman Meville when the author married Justice Shaw's daughter Elizabeth from his first marriage. In fact Oakes had truly disgraced his family when in 1844 he married an "inopportunely preganant Caroline Caro Sarah Cobb."<br/>Reading in full "Mr. John O. Shaw of Boston a son of Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw of Massachusetts is desirous of being appointed a pursor in the Navy. His father equally respectable as a Magistrate & a citizen desires me to speak a good word for him. I have no knowledge of the young man but I am sure the Chief Justice would not recommend him if he did not think him fully qualified for the place". Parker Herman Melville Volume 1: 1819-1851 pp. 341-343 unknown books
Référence libraire : 256467
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Melville Herman Hillway Tyrus
HERMAN MELVILLE
New York: Twayne Publishers 1963. Octavo pp. 176 boards. First edition. "Twayne's United States Authors Series" number 37. Short critical study with select bibliography. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with some mild rubbing at edges and dust soiling. #142247 Twayne Publishers unknown books
Référence libraire : 142247
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Melville Herman Lecloux François
Herman Melville. Taïpi : Traduit de l'anglais par Théo Varlet et François Lecloux
Référence libraire : DNC61JR ISBN : 171
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Melville Herman Melville Thomas
Customs declaration for the port of Boston and Charlestown accomplised and signed "T. Melvill" for the importation of one hogshead of Claret on the packet Lyon
Boston 1807. Printed customs declaration accomplished in pen and ink with blindstamp seal. 5 1/8 x 10 in. Repaired 5 in. closed tear else fine. Printed customs declaration accomplished in pen and ink with blindstamp seal. 5 1/8 x 10 in. Customs declaration accomplished and signed by Thomas Melvill Inspector of the ports of Boston and Charlestown Revolutionary War hero and grandfather to Herman Melville. The "e" was added to the surname by Herman's mother after the death of her husband. unknown books
Référence libraire : 245236
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Melville Herman Pierre Leyris Trans. Patrick De Manceau Illus.
Benito Cereno
Paris: Lafarge Editeur. 1946. Softcover. No. VII of 11 copies with an extra suite of woodcuts on Japanese paper from an edition of 380; loose gatherings laid into wraps. 11 woodcuts by Patrick de Manceau. Spine of chemise taped by former owner in somewhat damaged slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Lafarge Editeur paperback books
Référence libraire : 22237
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Melville Herman Robinson Boardman
Original gouache of "Caught in the Line" from Herman Melville's Moby Dick published by the Limited Editions Club
New York: Limited Editions Club 1943. Pencil and gouache on masonite. Signed with initials "BR" Exhibition label of Kraushaar Galleries 32 East 57th. Street New York 22. 1 vols. 16 x 11.5 inches. Framed. Pencil and gouache on masonite. Signed with initials "BR" Exhibition label of Kraushaar Galleries 32 East 57th. Street New York 22. 1 vols. 16 x 11.5 inches. Moby Dick. This illustration was drawn for use in the last chapter of Moby Dick Chapter 135<br/><br/>Lewis Mumford: No one else has come so close to the spirit of Melville and Melville's character as Robinson has. His pictures would remain as precious evidence of Melville's genius even if the words that had prompted them were destroyed. Christ-Janer Boardman Robinson p. 66 Limited Editions Club unknown books
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Melville Herman sourcework
Original Studio Lobby Cards for BILLY BUDD
New York: Allied Artists 1962. Nearly complete set of seven original 11 x 14" pictorial color lobby cards lacking only #8 for completeness. Light use and staple holes at extreme corners otherwise very good and bright. Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Melville's novella was based on a screenplay by Ustinov and De Witt Bodeen and starred Robert Ryan Ustinov Terence Stamp and David McCallum. Allied Artists unknown books
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Melville Herman sourcework
Original Studio Publicity Campaign Pressbook for: ENCHANTED ISLAND
Culver City: RKO Radio Pictures 1958. 4pp. Folio leaflet 43 x 28 cm. Illustrated. Horizontal fold some corner chips and short tears small tape shadow; a sound copy. The pressbook issued to promote the 1958 film very loose adaptation of Melville's TYPEE based on a script by James Leicester Harold Smith and Albert Stillman. Allan Dwan directed and Dana Andres Jane Powell and Don Dubbins starred in this Technicolor venture into South Pacific exoticism. One of the available posters sets the tone of the undertaking: "He dared to love a cannibal princess!" and suggests the direction in which the parties responsible traveled to give the film some popular draw. RKO was on its last legs at the time and distribution quickly passed to Warner Bros. RKO paper for this film tends to be a bit uncommon. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
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Melville Herman sourcework and James Leicester et al screenwriters
Studio One Sheet Poster for: ENCHANTED ISLAND
Culver City: RKO/Warner Bros. 1960. Original 41 x 27" 104 x 69cm pictorial one sheet poster. Folded. Tiny tear at upper blank margin a small slit at right center margin and two small paper tape repairs to closed tears on verso else about very good. A two-color adaptation "for distribution and use at U.S. Military Establishments only" of the one sheet issued to promote the 1958 film very very loosely adapted from Melville's TYPEE based on a script by James Leicester Harold Smith and Albert Stillman uncredited. Allan Dwan directed and Dana Andres Jane Powell and Don Dubbins starred in this Technicolor venture into South Pacific exoticism. Herman Melville's novel is credited as "The Mightiest of Adventures by the Author of Mighty 'Moby Dick!'" The sensationalized promotional text screams: "He dared to love a cannibal princess!" "The dread 'Typee' cannibal love rites!" "War of the Headhunters!" and "Sacred secret taboos!" RKO/Warner Bros. unknown books
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Melville Herman sourcework and Ray Bradbury and John Huston screenwriters
French Language 'Grande' Poster for: MOBY DICK
France: Printed by: Ste Expl. ets Lalande Courbet 91 Wissous for: United Artists 1970. Large folio 155 x116cm; 61 x 45.75". Folded as issued neat ink manuscript captions on two outer panels of blank verso otherwise very good to fine. A superb highly visual French language 'grande' poster for an early 1970s European rerelease of John Huston's 1956 film adaptation of Melville's novel based on a screenplay cowritten with Ray Bradbury and starring Gregory Peck Richard Basehart Orson Welles and Leo Genn. Printed by:] Ste Expl. ets Lalande Courbet 91 Wissous [for:] United Artists unknown books
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Melville Herman sourcework and Ray Bradbury and John Huston screenwriters
Japanese Theatrical Program for: MOBY DICK
Japan 1956. 8pp. Quarto 25.5 x 17.5cm. Folded signatures laid into glossy pictorial wrapper. Photographs and stills. Very near fine. A souvenir/promotional booklet for the Japanese distribution of John Huston's film adaptation of Melville's novel based on a screenplay cowritten with Ray Bradbury and starring Gregory Peck Richard Basehart Orson Welles and Leo Genn. There is some English language content but the bulk of the content is in Japanese. The Japanese release was quite early predating by a week even the UK premiere. unknown books
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Melville Herman sourcework: Bradbury Ray and John Huston screenwriters
Original Pictorial Paste-up for the One Sheet for the Post-JAWS Foreign Re-release of: MOBY DICK
Los Angeles: United Artists 1976. Original b&w paste-up for reproduction 53.5 x 34 cm mounted to much larger mat board with acetate overlay. Some tanning and rubber cement stains some minor loss of letterpress at lower margin but in good state. An example of the production artwork for the highly pictorial one-sheet issued to promote the 1976 re-release of the 1956 Warner Brothers production directed by John Huston based on a screenplay by Ray Bradbury and Huston and starring Gregory Peck Richard Basehart Orson Welles et al. This poster features a vivid reconception of the artwork for the original release and adds the tag- line: "Before the Shark There was the Whale." The main artwork is partially affixed to the matboard while the larger letterpress and the pictorial vignette of Peck with harpoon in hand are laid down on the overlaid acetate sheet. Particulars in smaller font are affixed in strips below the main image on the matboard and a large caption "6-0937 1 SH FOREIGN PROOF is written in black felt-tip in the lower left corner. Accompanied by an example of the domestic color one-sheet corresponding to this release. United Artists unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT70880
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Melville Herman sourcework: Lawrence Jerome and Robert E. Lee screenwriters
THE STRANGE MR. BARTLEBY" . FREELY BASED ON A STORY BY HERMAN MELVILLE
Hollywood: ZIV Television Programs Inc. 1952. 152 leaves plus two revised pages. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only with dated revises on blue paper. Bradbound in mimeographed wrapper. Portion of opening page of the second act crossed through small ink 'b' on upper wrapper but very good. A "Final Master Script" of this adaptation of Melville's story prepared by Lawrence and Lee as an early episode of the television series to which they would frequently contribute the FAVORITE STORY series. An important and relatively early serious literary contribution to the new medium by the dramatists this television production was preceded by a 1948 radio adaptation in the analogous 'Favorite Story' radio program. John Laurie was cast in the role of Bartleby in this production. Uncommon. ZIV Television Programs, Inc. unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT84988
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Melville Herman sourcework: Leicester James et al screenwriters
Original Studio Half Sheet Poster for: ENCHANTED ISLAND
Culver City: RKO/Warner Bros. 1958. Vintage original 22 x 28" 56 x 71 cm pictorial color half sheet poster. Tiny tears along extreme left margin not approaching text some dustiness crayon numerals on verso Quebec censor stamp on recto else very good. Issued to promote the 1958 film very very loosely adapted from Melville's TYPEE based on a script by James Leicester Harold Smith and Albert Stillman uncredited. Allan Dwan directed and Dana Andres Jane Powell and Don Dubbins starred in this Technicolor venture into South Pacific exoticism. Herman Melville's novel is credited as "The Mightiest of Adventures by the Author of Mighty 'Moby Dick!'" The sensationalized promotional text screams: "Captured by Cannibals!" "Slave to the blue-eyed princess of the dread 'Typee' headhunters . and to her savage code of love and taboo!" One is also invited to hear the hit song "Enchanted Island." RKO was on its last legs at the time and Warner Bros. took over distribution. RKO/Warner Bros. unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT70364
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MELVILLE Herman.
Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces.
NY:: Russell & Russell. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Volume XIII of the Standard Edition of The Works Herman Melville. Edited by Raymond W. Weaver. First edition thus. Very good or better in tan cloth with black and red lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. . Russell & Russell, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 93153
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Melville Herman.
Billy Budd Sailor; The Piazza Tales.
Franklin Library 1982. First printing thus. Fine. Illus. by Alan Price. Full green leather decoratively gilt. Part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series. Publisher's pamphlet laid in. Franklin Library, 1982. First printing thus. hardcover books
Référence libraire : Embry 156841
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Melville Herman.
Billy Budd Sailor; The Piazza Tales.
Franklin Library 1982. First printing thus. Fine. Illus. by Alan Price. Full green leather decoratively gilt. Part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series. Franklin Library, 1982. First printing thus. hardcover books
Référence libraire : Embry 142849
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Melville Herman.
Billy Budd; Benito Cereno.
Norwalk.: The Easton Press. Full black leather raised bands gilt decorations all edges gilt silk endpapers ribbon marker. . Near fine boards slightly bowed. 27.2x18 cm. Unused Easton Press bookplate laid in. The Easton Press. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 289710
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MELVILLE Herman.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile.
NY:: Russell & Russell. Very Good. 1963. Hardcover. Volume XI of the Standard Edition of The Works Herman Melville. First edition thus. Very good or better in tan cloth with black and red lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. . Russell & Russell, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 93151
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Melville Herman.
Journal of a visit to London and the Continent by Herman Melville 18491850 edited by Eleanor Melville Metcalf.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1948. 8vo. xx 189 1 blank p. 1 blank f.; 5 plts. <br><br>The plates include a photograph of the first page of the journal portraits of Melville alone and with his wife a deleted passage from the journal and a photograph of a hand-written list of books obtained by Melville in London. Very good. Publishers cloth with a black spine label gilt-lettered. Complete with original dust jacket lightly browned with a few abrasions. Harvard University Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2317
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Melville Herman.
Mardi: and a Voyage Thither.
2 volumes. New York: Harper 1849. 2 volumes 8vo 365; xii 9-387 8 ads pp. Original black cloth backstrips lettered in gilt small chip to vol. I covers blind-stamped bookplate in each volume of Walter Leon Sawyer dated Boston 1897. Foxing in both volumes as usual dark stains on end-papers from paste-down glue. Enclosed in a cloth box. A remarkably good copy untouched in its box for the better part of a century. § First edition. A pleasant copy of this important work of American literature. BAL 13658. Note: contains what "seems to be the only direct reference in Melville's writings to the California gold rush" Minnigerode p.27. Harper hardcover books
Référence libraire : 106346
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MELVILLE Herman.
Moby Dick ML 119.
NY:: Modern Library. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. B073VXFKJ8 . Modern Library number 119. Introduction by Raymond Weaver. Stated first Modern Library edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in dark green leatherette binding with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 566 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 91264
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