Southborough MA 1989. Twenty 8-1/2x11 sheets in a paper binder. VG. "Full text of a paper presented for the Melville Society at the Modern Language Association convention Washington D.C. December 29 1989. unknown
New Haven: Yale 1952. First edn. Yale studies in English v. 119. 8vo pp.240. VG in little torn dj. A fully-documented account of the genesis slow growth and completion of the novel. Yale unknown
NY: Grove Press London: Evergreen Books 1960. First edn. small 8vo pp. 190. Illustrated throughout. A very nice copy. Inscribed by historian Stefan Lorant to Melville's granddaughter and literary executor Eleanor Melville Metcalf. A critical biography. Grove Press London: Evergreen Books unknown
NY: Blue Moon Press 1975. First Edition. 4to pp. 4 132 4 p. Some toning to the top of some of the leaves in 35 loose folders 11.25" x 9.25" each enclosed in wrap-around folder with author and title on cover printed on Crane Artificial Parchment rag paper by Yorktown Printing Corporation Yorktown Heights August 1975 Sixty-five copies of this edition included an original lithograph; 15 of these also included an original drawing. Issued in an edition of 365 copies this an "imperfect" copy because it was issued without a box. Signed by the artist. Inscribed by the artist: "To David sic Metcalf Greetings Wallace Putnam To Herman Melville a world of thanks". Also signed on the colophon noting that this is a "HC" copy. This was actually given to Paul Metcalf writer and poet Metcalf was Herman Melville's great grandson. Rare OCLC locates just two copies. A portfolio of drawings and text responding to the novel Moby Dick. Blue Moon Press unknown
London: Jonathan Cape 1947. First Edition. 8vo pp. 96. Olive cloth. Cover slightly scuffed at edges o/w a VG tight copy in browned chipped and soiled dj. Jonathan Cape unknown
London: Martin Secker 1911. original cloth hardcover illustrated 285 pages small name on flyleaf spine a little faded some internal spotting otherwise very good. box 81. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Martin Secker
NY: Knopf 1983. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 354. Notes index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in little chipped and soiled dj. Knopf unknown
Référence libraire : 51941 ISBN : 039450609X 9780394506098
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1913. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Ex-library 2 volumes. <br/> <br/> John Lane The Bodley Head Limited hardcover
Chicago: Univeristy of Chicago 1960. 8vo pp. vii 282. Index. Gray cloth. Cover slightly scuffed at ends of spine and corners o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and little soiled and chipped dj. Univeristy of Chicago unknown
NY: Harcourt Brace 1951. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo pp. xxxiv 494; 496-899. Sources index. Illustrations are in Vol. II. Blue cloth. Covers slightly bumped on upper corners spines little darkened and slightly scuffed at ends edges little soiled o/w a VG tight set in some worn slip case. See BAL Vol. VI p. 180. Harcourt, Brace unknown
: Jaffe 1976. First edn. With a foreword by Jay Leyda. 8vo pp. 76. Paper wraps. Cover little faded o/w a nice copy. A discussion of the influence that Charles Wilkes' Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition . . .1838-1842 might have had on the writing of Moby Dick. Jaffe unknown
Northwestern Univ. Press 1970. . 1st Ed. xii 239pp. Original cream cloth browned to spine & edges. Inscribed to Malcolm Bradbury from the Author on half title page and to an Ex-libris book plate on front free end paper. US$16 Northwestern Univ. Press 1970. hardcover
London: Adam and Charles Black 1905. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 8vo. Bumped spine. Wear to spine ends and corners.Small tear to top of spine. Marks to front board and spine.Label to front pastedown and presentation stamp.Name in ink to top of ffep.Fold out map to rear.Foxed. Adam and Charles Black unknown
NY: Aperture 1980. Strand Paul. 4to pp. 256. With photographs by Paul Strand preface by Paul Metcalf. Gray cloth stamped in silver. Remainder mark on bottom edges slightly soiled o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and soiled dj. Photographs with selections from writings ranging from those of Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet to Herman Melville and Robert Frost. Aperture unknown
NY: Grove Press London: Evergreen Books 1960. First edn. small 8vo pp. 190. Illustrated throughout. A very nice copy. Inscribed by historian Stefan Lorant to Melville's granddaughter and literary executor Eleanor Melville Metcalf. A critical biography. Grove Press London: Evergreen Books unknown books
Chicago: Univeristy of Chicago 1960. 8vo pp. vii 282. Index. Gray cloth. Cover slightly scuffed at ends of spine and corners o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and little soiled and chipped dj. Univeristy of Chicago unknown books
London: Boosey & Hawkes 1951. 8vo pp. 64. Libretto only. Paper wraps. Cover worn at spine o/w VG. Music by Benjamin Britten libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier; adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
NY: Macmillan 1949. First printing. 8vo pp. xiii 305. Index. Blue cloth. Cover slightly worn at ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy in chipped scuffed and faded dj. Macmillan unknown books
Princeton NJ: Princeton 1951. 8vo pp. 56 plus notes on the play. Foreword by Brooks Atkinson. Paper wraps. Cover slightly yellowed and scuffed o/w a VG tight copy. Princeton unknown books
New Haven: Yale 1952. First edn. Yale studies in English v. 119. 8vo pp.240. VG in little torn dj. A fully-documented account of the genesis slow growth and completion of the novel. Yale unknown books
Cambridge MA: Harvard 1939. One of 300 copies. Small 8vo pp. 76. Notes bibliography. Paper wraps with attached patterned paper dj. Harvard honors theses in English Number 12. Dj little chipped and rippled o/w VG. Harvard unknown books
offprint from Scholarly Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1983. Printed wraps. pp. 85-95. VG. (offprint from Scholarly Journal of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) unknown books
Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota 1961. 8vo pp. 48. Paper wraps. University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers No. 13. Cover little scuffed o/w a VG tight copy. University of Minnesota unknown books
: Jaffe 1976. First edn. With a foreword by Jay Leyda. 8vo pp. 76. Paper wraps. Cover little faded o/w a nice copy. A discussion of the influence that Charles Wilkes' Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition . . .1838-1842 might have had on the writing of Moby Dick. Jaffe unknown books
NY: Simon & Schuster 1994. First printing. 8vo pp. 460. Notes index. Illustrated. A nice copy in very slightly soiled dj. Melville and Hawthorne James and Wharton Porter and Welty Bishop and Lowell. Simon & Schuster unknown books
NY: Harcourt Brace 1951. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo pp. xxxiv 494; 496-899. Sources index. Illustrations are in Vol. II. Blue cloth. Covers slightly bumped on upper corners spines little darkened and slightly scuffed at ends edges little soiled o/w a VG tight set in some worn slip case. See BAL Vol. VI p. 180. Harcourt, Brace unknown books
NP: The Melville Society 1975. First edn. 8vo pp. 90. Printed wraps a very nice copy. Covers little faded. A listing of newspaper and periodical reviews of Melville's writings. The Melville Society unknown books
offprint from American Literature vol. 9 no. 1. March 1937. 8vo pp. 26-48. Self wraps embossed stamp on self wrap cover o/w fine. Includes an unpublished Melville Letter. Not in BAL. Rare. unknown books
Mamaroneck NY: Paul Appel 1972. Second edn. 8vo pp. 269 Inscribed by the author and Mr. Vincent. A fine copy without the dj. Paul Appel unknown books
NY: Grove 1960. First Edition. Small 8vo pp. 190. Translated by John Ashberry. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Several loose signatures good. Grove unknown books
Albuquerque NM: University of New Mexico 1991. First Edition. 8vo pp. 100. Edited and annotated by Metcalf. Red cloth. About as new in dj. Spark working on a doctoral dissertation on Melville wrote to Paul Metcalf Melville's great grandson with questions about his relationship to his famous forebearer and about his own upbringing and literary work. University of New Mexico unknown books
Référence libraire : 52135 ISBN : 0826312993 9780826312990
NY: Braziller 1975. First Edition. 8vo pp. xiv 15-382. Illustrated with portraits. Ivory cloth. Edges little soiled corners of cover slightly bumped o/w a VG copy in chipped and soiled dj. Braziller unknown books
Référence libraire : 52128 ISBN : 0807607878 9780807607879
NY: Literary Guild 1929. Book Club edition. 8vo pp. vi 377. Index. Frontis portrait. Blue cloth. Owner's signature on flyleaf cover little worn at edges o/w VG. Literary Guild unknown books
NY: NY Public Library 1965. Periodical. 8vo pp. viii 633-694. Paper wraps. Cover slightly soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Included are Gansevoort Melville's 1846 London Journal Part I; and some reminiscences of Herman Melville by his granddaughter Mrs Frances Thomas Osborne. NY Public Library unknown books
NY: Aperture 1980. Strand Paul. 4to pp. 256. With photographs by Paul Strand preface by Paul Metcalf. Gray cloth stamped in silver. Remainder mark on bottom edges slightly soiled o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and soiled dj. Photographs with selections from writings ranging from those of Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet to Herman Melville and Robert Frost. Aperture unknown books
NY: Blue Moon Press 1975. First Edition. 4to pp. 4 132 4 p. Some toning to the top of some of the leaves in 35 loose folders 11.25" x 9.25" each enclosed in wrap-around folder with author and title on cover printed on Crane Artificial Parchment rag paper by Yorktown Printing Corporation Yorktown Heights August 1975 Sixty-five copies of this edition included an original lithograph; 15 of these also included an original drawing. Issued in an edition of 365 copies this an "imperfect" copy because it was issued without a box. Signed by the artist. Inscribed by the artist: "To David sic Metcalf Greetings Wallace Putnam To Herman Melville a world of thanks". Also signed on the colophon noting that this is a "HC" copy. This was actually given to Paul Metcalf writer and poet Metcalf was Herman Melville's great grandson. Rare OCLC locates just two copies. A portfolio of drawings and text responding to the novel Moby Dick. Blue Moon Press unknown books
London: Jonathan Cape 1947. First Edition. 8vo pp. 96. Olive cloth. Cover slightly scuffed at edges o/w a VG tight copy in browned chipped and soiled dj. Jonathan Cape unknown books
Southborough MA 1989. Twenty 8-1/2x11 sheets in a paper binder. VG. "Full text of a paper presented for the Melville Society at the Modern Language Association convention Washington D.C. December 29 1989. unknown books
NY: Knopf 1983. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 354. Notes index. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in little chipped and soiled dj. Knopf unknown books
Référence libraire : 51941 ISBN : 039450609X 9780394506098