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MELVILLE Herman.
Moby Dick or The White Whale.
London:: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. B0000CIMYH . Number 581 in the Collins New Classics series. Introduction by J. N Sullivan. First edition thus. Very good blue cloth binding in a very good two short closed edge tears small chip at the base of the spine age toning along the spine dust jacket.; 480 pages . Collins, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 94047
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MELVILLE Herman.
Moby-Dick; or The Whale.
NY:: Penguin Books. As New. 2013. Hardcover. 9780143124672 . M in the Penguin Drop Caps series. First printing thus. As new in fluorescent teal boards. No dust jacket as issued. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Penguin Books, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 77149 ISBN : 0143124676 9780143124672
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Melville Herman.
Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of The Marquesas Islands; or a Peep at Polynesian Life.
John Murray London: 1846. First edition. Hinges joints and two tears to spine expertly restored near fine thus in custom mylar cover. One half period black leather over marbled boards. True first of Melville's first book with the following issue points not conforming to any of Blanck's variants. Page 19 first line reads Pomarea Blanck's first issue point map appears at A8v T8 brought forward as half-title. John Murray, London: 1846. First edition. hardcover books
Référence libraire : Embry 185127
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Melville Herman.
Narrative of Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or A Peep at Polynesian Life.
London: John Murray 1846. 6/25/16. xvi 1 285 pp. <br /><br />This is a rebound copy of the first London edition of Melville's early best seller - BAL 13652 first issue variant A. It has been trimmed from 7 inches to 6 3/4 and rebound in calf over marbled boards. It has been rebacked with a portion of the old backstrip laid down and a new spine label added. Stationers ticket of J. Whereat on front pastedown. Some foxing on preliminary pages else a very good copy. John Murray hardcover books
Référence libraire : 38218
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MELVILLE Herman.
Omoo.
NY:: Dodd Mead and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. B0006AJFSM . Eight color plates. First edition thus. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a few small chips price clipped dust jacket.; 299 pages . Dodd, Mead and Company, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 87995
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Melville Herman.
Omoo: a Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas.
New York: Harper & Brothers 1847. xv-389 xv-xxiii and 4 ads pp. b/w chart. xvi <br /><br />First American edition of Melvilles popular second novel. Building on the success of his first effort Melville continued his autobiographical portrait of these years. Omoo deals with the mutiny aboard Melvilles ship and his subsequent wanderings about various parts of Tahiti and other islands. BAL 13656 with two sets of terminal ads the last being 4 pp. in length. Original boards rebacked in black calf with title and date on spine in gold. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
Référence libraire : 40218
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MELVILLE Herman.
Piazza Tales.
NY:: Hendricks House. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. B003113FJI . Edited by Egbert S. Oliver. A reprint edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge else very good in blue cloth. No dust jacket. . Hendricks House, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 86228
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Melville Herman.
Redburn His First Voyage; White-Jacket or the World in a Man-of-War; Moby Dick or The Whale.
Thick 8vo. New York: The Library of America 1983. Thick 8vo 9 1436 3pp. Original blue cloth slipcase. As new. § Third printing of this edition the best edited by Tanselle and printed edition. ] The Library of America hardcover books
Référence libraire : 105401
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MELVILLE Herman.
Selected Poems.
Norfolk: New Directions nd. First edition. 30 pp. Very good plus in very good dust jacket one tear to rear panel and two initials inked to front cover. Edited by F.O. Matthiessen. A volume in the 'Poets of the Year' series. Norfolk: New Directions unknown books
Référence libraire : 20227
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Melville Herman.
Selected Poems.
Melville Herman. SELECTED POEMS. Edited by F.O. Matthiessen. Poet of the Year Series. Norfolk Conn. New Directions n.d. Blue printed wrapper. Find condition. <br/><br/> unknown books
Référence libraire : 2708
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Melville Herman.
The Battle-Pieces of Herman Melville.
Thomas Yoseloff 1964. Second printing. Slight crimps to spine tips else fine in near fine lightly toned dust jacket with slight wear to upper spine and a short closed tear in mylar cover. Thomas Yoseloff, 1964. Second printing. unknown books
Référence libraire : Embry 183054
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MELVILLE Herman.
The Poems of Herman Melville.
Kent:: Kent State University Press. Near Fine. 2000. Paperback. 9780873386609 . Edited by Douglas Robillard. Revised edition paperback. Near fine in illustrated wraps.; 349 pages . Kent State University Press, paperback books
Référence libraire : 93324 ISBN : 0873386604 9780873386609
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Melville Herman.
The Works
London: Constable 1922 - 1924. Sixteen volumes various paginations. <br/><br/>This is the first and still the best collected edition of Melville's complete works. Volume XIII is the first publication of "Billy Budd" which was unknown until this time. Volume XVI includes the first publication of many of Melville's poems. The set is limited to 750 copies. Bound in publisher's cloth with slight tonal variation of the backstrips but all in very good condition. Constable hardcover books
Référence libraire : 39296
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Melville Herman.
The Works. Standard Edition.
16 vols. London: Constable 1922-24. 16 vols. 8vo finely bound in full red hard-grain morocco extra two volumes repaired some volumes lightly rubbed along the joints but generally very good. Red morocco bookplate of Lucy Smith Battson in each volume. § A magnificent set of Melville's complete works; the first collected edition limited to 750 sets of which very few came in this de luxe binding. This is set #48. Vol. 12 includes a bibliography of the prose works by Michael Sadleir. Vol. 13 is first printing of Billy Budd. BAL 13680. Constable unknown books
Référence libraire : 122690
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Melville Herman.
Typee
New York: Dodd Mean and Company n.d. circa 1920. viii 2 289 pp. Color frontispiece title page and plates. <br /><br />Illustrated edition of Melville's classic with color plates by Mead Schaeffer. Bound in half green morocco over green cloth with raised bands and gold spine decoration and lettering. Binding lightly rubbed. Dodd, Mean and Company hardcover books
Référence libraire : 41158
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Melville Herman.
Typee A Peep at Polynesian Life; Omoo A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; Mardi and A Voyage Thither.
Thick 8vo. New York: Library of America 1982. Thick 8vo ix 1333 1pp. Original blue cloth slipcase as new. § First printing of this edition the best edited by Tanselle and printed edition. Library of America hardcover books
Référence libraire : 105400
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Melville Herman.
Typee Omoo Mardi.
Library of America 1982. Later printing. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Blue cloth. Library of America, 1982. Later printing. hardcover books
Référence libraire : Embry 186261
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MELVILLE HERMAN.
Typee.
London: Hodder & Stoughton 1924. NEW EDITION. The first edition to contain these illustrations. Significant foxing to preliminary leaves in particular the half title page with additional foxing to page edges. Cloth clean with gilt stamping on covers very bright. In a very good example of the scarce dust jacket slightly soiled with only minor edgewear. Contains eight color illustrations and color endpapers by Schaeffer. Typee was Melville's first novel inspired by the author's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Originally published in 1846 in London as Narrative of a Four Month Residence Among the Natives of the Marquesa Islands; or A Peep at Polynesian Life. Typee was the Melville's most popular title during his own lifetime. <br/><br/> Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
Référence libraire : 29652
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MELVILLE HERMAN.
Typee. Illustrations by Mead Schaeffer
New York: Dodd Mead & Co. n.d. Sq. 8vo pp. iii-viii 4 289; inserted color title-page and frontispiece and 7 color plates; a fine but ex-library copy with small accession numbers stamped in black of jacket small rubberstamp in bottom margin of title-p. and contents-p. and with the last blank flyleaf excised. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co., n.d. unknown books
Référence libraire : 20661
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MELVILLE Herman. EIGNER Edwin M
The Metaphysical Novel in England and America: Dickens Bulwer Melville and Hawthorne
Berkeley University of California Press 1978. 1978. First edition. 8vo. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good-fine. 237 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Eigner on front free endpaper: "To Kay With best wishes and good Laurence memories. Ed". Author's complimentary card also present. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley, University of California Press [1978]. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 4825
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MELVILLE Herman. HILLWAY Tyrus
Herman Melville
New York Twayne Publications Inc. 1963. 1963. First edition. 8vo. Chronology; bibliography. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. 176 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Twayne United States Authors Series 37. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Twayne Publications, Inc. [1963]. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 4827
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Melville Herman. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer
Benito Cereno.
London Nonesuch Press 1926. One of 1650 numbered copies illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer and hand-colored through stencils at the Curwen Press. Bound in full red cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine sunned adhesive stains on end papers otherwise very good. <br/><br/> London, Nonesuch Press, 1926. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 9748
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MELVILLE Herman. Seelye John.
Melville: The Ironic Diagram.
Evanston: Northwestern University Press 1970. First edition. xiv 177 pp w/index. Very near fine in full cloth without dust jacket. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 12347
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MELVILLE Herman. WIDMER Kingsley
The Ways of Nihilsim: The Study of Herman Melville's Short Novels
Los Angeles California State Colleges 1970. 1970. First edition. 8vo. Bibliographical references. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 149 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Designed by Joseph Simon; printed by Anderson Ritchie & Simon; and distributed by the Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [Los Angeles] California State Colleges [1970]. hardcover books
Référence libraire : 4828
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Melville Herman: Duyckinck Evert Augustus and later: CF. Hoffman editors C. F.
THE LITERARY WORLD. A JOURNAL OF SCIENCE LITERATURE AND ART. VOLUME V.
New York: E. A. & G. Duyckinck 1849. 4576pp. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Terminal index leaf from final issue bound up front as intended. Extremities a bit rubbed extreme upper foretip of text block nibbled otherwise a very good volume. The publisher's bound volume for whole numbers 127- 152 7 July through 29 December 1849. Contemporary with its New York publication on triple-column pages 395-7 10 November issue appears a significant selection from Melville's REDBURN and on triple column pages 418-20 17 November issue appears a lengthy review made up largely of excerpts from the text. Duyckinck and his brother George were influential tastemakers in the mid-19th century world of writing and publishing in the U. S. and Evert and Melville were close friends. In these pages Melville is christened the "De Foe sic of the Ocean." In the years 1845-6 Evert served as an editor for Wiley & Putnam's LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BOOKS wherein Melville's TYPEE made its North American appearance. E. A. & G. Duyckinck hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT85104
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Melville Herman: Freeman John
HERMAN MELVILLE
New York: Macmillan 1926. Gilt cloth. First U.S. edition of the first book about Melville originally published in the English Men of Letters series and an important element in his scholarly revival. Endsheets a bit toned edges dusty spine darkened cloth lightly soiled but a good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. Macmillan hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT36709
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Melville Herman: Freeman John
HERMAN MELVILLE
New York: Macmillan 1926. Cloth. First U.S. printing of this essential element in the Melville revival published in the "English Men of Letters" series edited by J. C. Squire. Near fine with shards of the printed dust jacket laid in. Macmillan hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT56453
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Melville Herman: Gilman William H.
MELVILLE'S EARLY LIFE AND REDBURN
New York & London: NYU / Oxford 1951. Large octavo. Cloth. Genealogical table endsheets. Plate. First edition. Light foxing to plate adjacent leaves and fore-edge otherwise a nice copy in dust jacket. NYU / Oxford hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT57898
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Melville Herman: Paltsits Victor Hugo ed
FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE OF HERMAN MELVILLE 1830 - 1904 IN THE GANESVOORT-LANSING COLLECTION
New York: New York Public Library 1929. Large octavo. Heavily decorated pastepaper over boards original wrapper bound in. Portraits. Bookplate scar on front pastedown otherwise about fine. First separate edition reprinted from the NYPL BULLETIN in an edition of five hundred copies. The decorated board binding is much in the style that Carl Van Vechten had many of his wrappered books and periodicals bound - - the removal of the bookplate renders certainty impossible. BAL 13685. New York Public Library hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT84984
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Melville Herman: Ustinov Peter and Dewitt Bodeen screenwriters
Original One Sheet Studio Publicity Poster for BILLY BUDD
New York: Allied Artists 1962. Vintage one-sheet poster 41 x 27". Some smudges and light soiling to blank verso short thin scratch with tiny loss in upper right quadrant else very good. A post release poster emphasizing Terence Stamp's standout performance with reviews and Sheilah Graham's column. 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. The film was released in November and Stamp was nominated for an Oscar. Allied Artists unknown books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT68988
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Melville Herman: Weaver Raymond M.
HERMAN MELVILLE MARINER AND MYSTIC
New York: Doran 1921. Blue gilt cloth. Frontis illustrations. First edition. Spine and edges faded spine extremities a but frayed but a good sound reading copy of the book that is responsible for the Melville revival. Doran hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT61599
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MELVILLE Herman; Antoniio FRASCONI
On the Slain Collegians
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1972. A fine copy with slightest of toning to the jacket. 8vo. Woodcuts by Frasconi. Original black cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First trade edition signed by Frasconi on the title-page. Frasconi was both the editor and illustrator of this volume of Melville's poems. A limited edition had been published the previous year. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
Référence libraire : 406850
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Melville Herman; Brooks Van Wyck Introduction
Omoo
The Heritage Press 1967. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Stone Reynolds. Includes publisher's slipcase. Lacks Sandglass insert. Spine very slightly faded slipcase lightly rubbed. 1967 Hard Cover. xix 272 1 pp. 8vo. Original black & green cloth decorated boards silver titles & rules issued in publisher's slipcase. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. Woodcut engravings by Reynolds Stone. A work of nautical fiction Melville's second work of fiction and a sequel to Typee. It is based on Melville's travels from the Marquesas to Tahiti but also includes events drawn from other sources. The Heritage Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 1954366
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Melville Herman; Busch Frederick
Billy Budd Sailor and Other Stories
Penguin. Very Good. Melville Herman. Billy Budd Sailor and Other Stories. Busch Frederick. New York: Penguin ND. 385pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and rubbing. A few small creases. Penguin paperback books
Référence libraire : UMELBIL00TM
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Melville Herman; Chase editor Richard
Herman Melville: Selected Tales and Poems
Rinehart & Co 1957. Very Good. Melville Herman. Herman Melville: Selected Tales and Poems. Chase editor Richard. NY: Rinehart & Co 1957. 417pp. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges. Rinehart & Co paperback books
Référence libraire : UMELHER00AGG
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Melville Herman; Chase Editor Richard
Selected Tales & Poems
Holt Rinehart and Winston 1961. Very Good. Melville Herman. Selected Tales & Poems. Chase Editor Richard. NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1961. 417pp. 12mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with tiny price marked out on front cover. Holt, Rinehart and Winston paperback books
Référence libraire : UMELSEL00AF
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Melville Herman; Fadiman Clifton
Moby Dick; or The Whale The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written
Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1977. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Robinson Boardman. Spine cocked rear corner rubbed endpaper edges faded. 1977 Full-Leather. xxii 615 pp. 8vo. Original black full leather gilt titles & decorations all edges gilt sky blue ribbon marker bound in silk moire endpapers. Illustrations by Boardman Robinson. Melville's famous 'tale of the whale' in a gorgeously bound volume. The Easton Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2303673
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Melville Herman; Forsythe Robert S
Pierre or the Ambiguities Americana Deserta Series
Alfred A. Knopf 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Spine lightly toned and slightly cocked pencil notes on front free endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. xxxviii 416 pp. "When Pierre Glendinning's lifelong desire for a sister is seemingly realized on the eve of his marriage his world is suddenly turned upside down for he must choose between acknowledging his illegitimate half-sister or perpetuating his unsullied family legacy. Melville unfolds the story of an idealistic young man whose steadfast beliefs lead him to destroy his world and himself. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
Référence libraire : 2298289
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MELVILLE Herman; Henry Chapin intro
John Marr and Other Poems
Princeton: Princeton University Press 1922. First Trade Edition. Octavo 22.5cm.; original brown cloth-backed boards gilt-lettered spine; 205pp. Boards a hint rubbed some foxing to preliminaries else Very Good or better. Collection of Melville's poetry published in an edition of 1675 copies. BAL 13725. Princeton University Press unknown books
Référence libraire : 23185
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Melville Herman; Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer
MOBY DICK or The White Whale
New York: Dodd Mead 1942. Very Good gilt title at spine uniformly dulled end papers with light toning in a Very God dust jacket light wear at spine ends and corners light soiling. With 10 color plates by Schaeffer. . First Illustrated Classics Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Tall 8vo. Dodd Mead Hardcover books
Référence libraire : 008712
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Melville Herman; Kent Rockwell Illustrations
Moby Dick
New York: The Lakeside Press 1930. First Edition Thus. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies. Three volumes in publisher's acetate jackets in aluminum slipcase. Presentation copy signed by Rockwell Kent on the front free end paper of Volume I "Inscribed with affectionate friendship to Putzie - Rockwell Kent 1950." Volumes II and III bear Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplates of Marie Luise Hinrichs. Near Fine. Narrow strips of sunning to spine cloth at ends light rubbing to cloth at extremities and light abrasions to black topstains. Pages toned and with offsetting from illustrations. Acetate wrappers are wrinkled and shrunken with age as is typical and show a bit of chipping and edge wear with some separation starting between the acetate and a paper flap on both volumes II and III; acetate on volume II with light staining. Aluminum slipcase is lightly worn bumped at top and bottom edge. A stunning presentation copy inscribed by Kent and with bookplates designed by him as well. The Lakeside Press unknown books
Référence libraire : 140938372
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Melville Herman; Kent Rockwell Illustrator
Moby Dick
New York: Random House 1930. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Very Good with bumping to edges and corners and pages toned. In a Good dust jacket with a strip of abrasion to the front panel affecting the title chipping edge wear and toning. Melville's classic illustrated by Rockwell Kent uncommon with bright silver stamping and in the dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
Référence libraire : 180902005
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Melville Herman; Kent Rockwell Illustrator
Moby Dick
New York: Random House 1930. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Near Fine with bump to top corner of boards pages toned. Silver stamping rather bright and fresh with just a hint of rubbing. Dust jacket with spine toned a bit of chipping and loss rubbed at folds with tape and mending tissue repairs made from the verso with the front flap formerly completely detached and mended else Very Good. A lovely example of Melville's classic illustrated by Rockwell Kent uncommon with bright silver stamping and in the dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
Référence libraire : 171127003
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Melville Herman; Kent Rockwell Illustrator
Moby Dick or The Whale 3 Volumes
Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. Deluxe Limited Edition. Near Fine. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies. Three volumes. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in silver lacking acetate wrappers in aluminum slipcase. Near Fine with light sunning to spines very light rubbing to cloth at covers and edges offsetting from illustrations. Near Fine aluminum case is only slightly tarnished and while it does not appear dented or pinched one volume takes a little more work to pull out. A crowning achievement of machine age book design it also helped to propel Moby Dick from semi-obscurity into its current fame as perhaps the quintessential American novel. The Lakeside Press unknown books
Référence libraire : 140940351
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Melville Herman; Kent Rockwell Illustrator
Moby Dick; or the Whale
New York: Random House 1930. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Publisher's black cloth binding stamped in silver. Near Fine with the silver stamping very sharp and bright; bump to bottom corner of front boards pages toned rear endsheet soiled. In a Very Good dust jacket with toning to the spine and chipping to the spine ends with short splits starting at the joints rubbing to flap folds with several tape reinforcements made to the verso. A lovely example of Melville's classic illustrated by Rockwell Kent with bright silver stamping and in a descent dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
Référence libraire : 180803002
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Melville Herman; Leyda Jay
The Portable Melville
Penguin 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Wrappers rubbed. 1976 Mass Market Paperback. Contains the full text of Typee Billy Budd and Bartleby as well as selections from his novels and poetry. Penguin paperback books
Référence libraire : 2281603 ISBN : 0140150587 9780140150582
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Melville Herman; Leyda Jay editor
The Portable Melville
Viking 1970. Fair. Melville Herman. The Portable Melville. Leyda Jay editor. New York: Viking 1970. 746pp. Mass Market. Book condition: Fair with creased spine and front cover. Light underlining. Viking paperback books
Référence libraire : UMELPOR00CZC
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Melville Herman; McCurdy Michael illus
The Lightning-Rod Man. A Story from the Piazza Tales
Minneapolis MN: The Daedalus Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine no DJ as issued. Tight bright and unmarred. Printed paper boards paper spine label black ink lettering grey endpages laid in portfolio with 3 numbered loose plates and pink tissueguards each signed by McCurdy. 8vo. 7pp; 25pp. Illus. b/w plates. Limited numbered edition this being II of XX in addition to the 85 copies of the standard edition. Further distinguished with penciled notation at colophon "Printer's Sample". <br/><br/>Originally printed in the Aug. 1854 issue of Putnam's Monthly it appears here with a foreword by Martin Roth Prof. of Literature at the Univ. of MN. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy who signed the work at the colophon. Additional images available upon request.Three additional numbered 20/20 original prints each signed by McCurdy. Boards are decorated by a paper collage by Eileen-Custer Toren. This Printer's Sample also includes an additional untrimmed spine label and a copy of the prospectus. Designed by Dennis Feigenbaum this is the first book of the press. The Daedalus Press hardcover books
Référence libraire : 7314
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Melville Herman; Parker Hershel Editor; Hayford Harrison Editor;
Moby-Dick Norton Critical Editions
W. W. Norton & Company 1999-07-27. Second. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Cover different from pictured. Very light wear. TP HS W. W. Norton & Company paperback books
Référence libraire : 192834 ISBN : 0393972836 9780393972832
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Melville Herman; Plomer William
White Jacket or The World in a Man-of-War The Chiltren Library
Grove Press 1952. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First thus. No jacket. Boards stained spine lightly toned pencil name on front paste-down endpaper. 1952 Hard Cover. xiv 376 pp. New introduction by William Plomer. "White-Jacket; or The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville first published in London in 1850.1 The book is based on the author's fourteen months' service in the United States Navy aboard the frigate USS Neversink actually USS United States. 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.citation needed 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.2 The novel takes its title from the outer garment that the eponymous main character fashions for himself on board ship with materials at hand being in need of a coat sufficient for the rounding of Cape Horn. Due to a ship-wide rationing of tar however White-Jacket is forever denied his wish to tar the exterior of his coat and thus waterproof it. This causes him to have two near-death experiences once when he is reclining among the canvases in the main-top and his jacket blending in with the surrounding material he is nearly unfurled along with the main sail; and once when having been pitched overboard while reeving the halyards he has to cut himself free from the coat in order not to drown. He having done so his shipmates mistake the discarded jacket for a great white shark and harpoon it sending it to a watery grave. 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".3 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 Grove Press hardcover books
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