‎Melville herman‎

‎Melville Herman‎

‎THE APPLE-TREE TABLE AND OTHER SKETCHES.WITH AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY HENRY CHAPIN‎

‎Princeton: Princeton University Press 1922. Large octavo. Cloth and boards. Ink name on endsheet spine dull and a bit rubbed at ends short crack to rear inner hinge; a good reading copy. First collective edition thus. One of fifteen hundred ordinary copies from a total edition of 1675. BAL 136881. Princeton University Press hardcover books‎

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‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎The Apple-Tree Table; and other sketches with an introductory note by Henry Chapin‎

‎Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1923. First Edition. 8vo pp. 329. Uncut and partially unopened. One of 1675 copies printed. Cloth backed boards spine darkened A very good copy. BAL 13681. The trade edition. Princeton Univ. Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 51861

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎THE BATTLE-PIECES OF.‎

‎NY: Yoseloff 1964. Second printing. Waud Alfred and William. 8vo pp. 302. Notes works cited index. Illustrated by combat sketches by Alfred and William Waud. Blue cloth. Edges slightly soiled and yellowed o/w a VG tight copy in browned and little chipped dj. Poems about the Civil War with copious notes by the editor. Yoseloff unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 51955

‎Melville Herman‎

‎The Confidence-Man His Masquerade‎

‎Bobbs-Merrill 1967. Good. Melville Herman. The Confidence-Man His Masquerade. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill 1967. 354pp. 8vo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with extensive underlining bracketing and marginalia. Faded and lightly rubbed wraps. Bobbs-Merrill paperback books‎

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‎Melville Herman‎

‎The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles" by Salvator R. Tarnmoor pseud contained in PUTNAM'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SCIENCE AND ART. VOL. III‎

‎New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. 1854. iv654pp. Large thick octavo. Contemporary three- quarter gilt calf and cloth. Illustrations. Cloth modestly soiled scattered foxing and occasional browning chiefly to the first two numbers lower fore corner torn from terminal binder's blank but generally very good. The first appearance of Melville's prose-work pseudonymously published in three installments beginning on pages 311 345 and 460 in the issues for March April and May. The constituent ten sketches was collected in THE PIAZZA TALES. And of note Bayard Taylor's "The Vision of Hasheesh" appears in the April number. This volume of six issues is bound up without the wrappers with the publisher's volume title and index. G. P. Putnam & Co. hardcover books‎

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‎Melville Herman‎

‎THE PIAZZA TALES‎

‎New York: The Elf Publishers 1929. 270pp. Tall octavo. Publisher's 3/4 vellum and boards t.e.g. Frontis and five plates. Pencil ownership signature on front free endsheet otherwise very good. First and only printing of this bizarre little edition accompanied by the mildly suggestive plates by Benjamin Greenstein. One of 750 numbered copies for sale in the UK and the US. The Elf Publishers hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT84993

‎Melville Herman‎

‎The Piazza Tales‎

‎New York: Dix & Edwards 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 1st edition of Melville's first book of short stories the only book of stories he ever got published. Original cloth gilt sharp usually oxidized away slight wear to spine tips very good with almost no foxing surpassing for this cheaply made book. Setup first details to follow. Looking back to the American short story's roots there was Irving's Sketch Book 1819 the invention of the modern short story and the first American book that was a bestseller here and in Europe. 25 years passed while the next generation absorbed Irving's innovation then in a 100-year span came Poe's Tales 1845 Hawthorne's Mosses from an Old Manse 1846 and after The Piazza Tales there was short fiction at the pinnacle by Twain James Crane Bierce and O. Henry then Fitzgerald Hemingway and Steinbeck but Melville touches them all. 6 tales fill the book's 431 pages. The Bell Tower is a psychological gripper of ambiguous devilry that's an advance of Edgar Poe. The Lightning-Rod Man is the shortest but it's a parable of such absorbing invention and depth that it would be a career marker if credited to any other author. The Piazza the delusions of idealism and The Encantadas sketches hellishly reimagining the Galapagos Islands are longer and just as fine. All 4 are half a century ahead of their time and more intricate than most novels but it's the 161 pages of Benito Cereno good versus evil and the 77 pages of Bartleby the Scrivener isolation that soar to the heights and stand tall at the zenith. Every word of atmosphere theme plot and characterization the 4 pillars of short fiction are fused in an unfamiliar manner that is nonetheless easily recognized as truthful seamless symmetrical and readily welcomed but it was all too late for Melville. By 1856 he couldn't believe what wasn't happening to him. He'd already decided that mind is to soul as wave is to ocean and unthreatened by failure he wrote as brilliantly as he could for as long as someone would publish him and dismissed his editor's advice to write down to his readers and enjoy a lucrative commercial career Herman never realized that money is coined liberty. But Melville's martyrdom or the ignorance of 19th century readers does not justify why in the 21st century 100 years after his rediscovery this 1st edition continues to be undervalued beyond reason. In many ways it reads like it was written 65 years ago not 165 and I can cogently argue that it is American literature's finest collection of short stories. The 1st edition that some wrongly speculate may include 3 printings was a small one 2500 copies and sales were slower than bluff erosion 1051 sold. This is ironically though repeatedly the journey of real art so it's not surprising that after one last novel a year later Melville was excommunicated from literature failed to have his prose published again in his lifetime and like so many virtuosos before him he was never rescued. Dix & Edwards hardcover books‎

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‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎The Portable Melville‎

‎New York The Viking Press 1952. 1952. First edition so stated; "January 1952". Small 8vo. Edited and with a 12 page introduction by Jay Leyda. Dust jacket price clipped. Very good. 746 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, The Viking Press, 1952. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 4822

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎THE SEA; Excerpts from Herman Melville‎

‎Berkeley CA: Turtle's Quill Scriptorium 1970. Second edition 1/1000 copies. Alexander Joyce M. 8vo pp. not numbered. Text lettered by Dorsey Alexander woodcuts by Joyce M. Alexander. Paper wraps. A nice copy in scuffed plastic dj. Turtle's Quill Scriptorium unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 51926

‎Melville Herman‎

‎The works of Herman Melville‎

‎London Bombay Sydney: Constable and Co. Ltd 1922. Edition limited to 750 copies this no. 460 signed by the publisher with initials 16 volumes 8vo title pages printed in blue and black original blue cloth gilt-lettered spines; several spines unevenly sunned bookseller's description tipped to front free endpaper of volume I else near fine. BAL 13680 13682 Billy Budd and 13683 Poems. Contains the first printed appearance of Billy Budd as well as 14 other poems fragments etc. <br/><br/> Constable and Co., Ltd hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 52320

‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎The Works of Herman Melville‎

‎London Bombay Sydney: Constable and Company Ltd 1922-1924. The Standard Edition complete. Limited to 750 sets including the first publication of one of Melville's masterworks the novella Billy Budd which was discovered in manuscript among Melville's papers at the time. BAL 13680 noting that the volume containing The Confidence-Man also contains a bibliography of the first editions of Melville's prose works by Michael Sadleir. BAL entries also exist for individual volumes which include first editions: Billy Budd BAL 13682 noting the contents which represent "pieces here first located in book form" including the title story which was "never before published"; Poems: Battle-Pieces John Marr and Other Sailors Timoleon and Miscellaneous Poems BAL 13683 noting that the "Author's Note" p. 162 "Miscellaneous Poems" pp. 297-349 and "At the Hostelry" pp. 351-434 first appear here in book form. Regarding the format of the Constable set BAL specifies: "LP cloth: blue. Maroon-coated endpapers. Top edges gilt." descriptions to which the present set conforms. We are not aware however of another variant printing of the set. The Standard Edition was published episodically with the inevitable consequence that complete sets are rare. Seven of the volumes in the present set are in their original dust jackets which are extremely rare and fragile having been printed on heavy acidic paper. The dust jacketed volumes include the first four volumes: Typee Omoo and Mardi Vols. III-IV and Vols. X-XII: The Piazza Tales Israel Potter and The Confidence Man. Remnants of other dust jackets chiefly inside flaps are included in a few of the other volumes. The set is in exceptionally fine condition with all hinges firm and tight and with no fading to the spines and no wear or tear. 16 volumes tall 8vo original cloth t.e.g. dust jackets. The set is in exceptionally fine condition with all hinges firm and tight and with no fading to the spines and no wear or tear. Constable and Company Ltd unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 21341

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Typee‎

‎Penguin 1981. Very Good. Melville Herman. Typee. Middlesex England: Penguin 1981. 367pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with faintly yellowed cover lightly rubbed edges and publisher's label affixed to rear cover. Penguin paperback books‎

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‎Melville Herman‎

‎Typee‎

‎n.p.: Westvaco Corporation 1962. Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 dark brown leather and printed paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine floral decorated paper end sheets and with the top edge of the text block stained light green. Without a dust jacket as issued; however the book is contained within a near fine illustrated paper covered slip case with modest tanning at its opening and around the outside edges. The book is subtitled: "A Peep At Polynesian Life During A Four Months' Residence In A Valley Of The Marquesas". 324 pages of text illustrated throughout with nautical motif line drawings. The Christmas 1962 issue by Westvaco which is the 5th volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic series. Westvaco Corporation hardcover books‎

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‎Melville Herman‎

‎TYPEE‎

‎West Virginia: West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company. Very Good. 1962. Hardcover. Leather spine with gilt printing with pictorial paper covered boards. The covers show some light discoloration otherwise this is a clean nice copy. Very Good in a slightly soiled but nice slipcase. . West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 68559

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life‎

‎Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Leather bound. Fine. Clean crisp tight unread copy. Darkest navy blue leather/boards; gilt decoration all around. Stunning gilt/orange bird image on front cover. Four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. AEG. Silk moire end papers with matching satin place-holder ribbon. xviii 300 pp. with woodcut illustrations by Elain Raphael and Don Bolognese. From the series The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature a limited edition collection published under the auspices of The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration by The Franklin Library. The Franklin Library hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 161731

‎Melville Herman‎

‎TYPEE A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS‎

‎New York: Limited Editions Club 1935. Large thick octavo. Tapa cloth over boards. Usual faint tanning to spine otherwise about fine in very good slipcase with some wear at the corners. Copy #1348 of 1500 numbered copies printed at the Harbor Press illustrated in color by Miguel Covarrubias and signed by him. With an important Introduction by Raymond Weaver who has inscribed this copy prominently on the free endsheet: "To Eleanor Metcalf with faithful regards Raymond Weaver 22 January 1936." An excellent association copy: the recipient was Melville's granddaughter and for decades a touchstone for Melville scholarship. Limited Editions Club hardcover books‎

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‎Melville Herman‎

‎Typee Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Native of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or a Peep at Polynesian Life‎

‎London: John Murray 1846. First edition first issue p. 19 l. 1 reads "Pomarea". Map at p. xvii. iii-xvi ii 285 1 pp. terminal catalogue not present no priority given by BAL lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Rebound in contemporary blue cloth leather label. Spine faded and worn along ends and rear joint. First edition first issue p. 19 l. 1 reads "Pomarea". Map at p. xvii. iii-xvi ii 285 1 pp. terminal catalogue not present no priority given by BAL lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of Melville's first work. BAL 13652 John Murray unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 261634

‎Melville Herman‎

‎Typee. Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesa Islands; or A Peep at Polynesian Life with: Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas‎

‎London: John Murray 1846. First editions of Melville's first two novels: Typee in first issue p.19 l.1 reading "Pomarea"; Omoo with signature P present on p. 209 BAL state A. Map printed on p. xviii of first work; frontispiece chart in second work. Pp. xviii 285 1 imprint; xiv 321 1 imprint. Bound without ads. 2 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century half green calf and marbled boards gilt spines by Bowron period spine labels. Front joint of Omoo a bit tender else fine. Green cloth clamshell box. First editions of Melville's first two novels: Typee in first issue p.19 l.1 reading "Pomarea"; Omoo with signature P present on p. 209 BAL state A. Map printed on p. xviii of first work; frontispiece chart in second work. Pp. xviii 285 1 imprint; xiv 321 1 imprint. Bound without ads. 2 vols. 8vo. 'Typee' & 'Omoo' in First Issue. Melville's first novel was based upon his experiences living in the Marquesas after he deserted from the whaler Acushnet in 1842. Published in England under the title Narrative of a Four Months' Residence and in America shortly thereafter Typee gained Melville an international reputation that was further cemented by Omoo. BAL 13652 & 13655; for Bowron cf. Ramsden London Bookbinders p. 41; Packer Bookbinders of Victorian London p. 21 John Murray unknown books‎

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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: Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray 1847. Two parts bound in one. xiv1491151- 3071xv-xxiiblankpp. Original publisher's slate blue cloth stamped in blind lettered in gilt. Frontispiece map. Scattered foxing and spotting crown and toe of modestly faded spine slightly frayed small tidemarks in gutter extremities isolated spots to cloth 19th century bookplate and pencil gift inscription. Just a good sound copy. Related to BAL's fourth printing of the revised US edition with the sequel "The Story of Toby." Published as an element in Wiley and Putnam's "Library of American Books." In this copy there is no '.' after 'Street' in the imprint. BAL 13654n. Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray hardcover books‎

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‎MELVILLE Herman‎

‎Typee: A Narrative of the Marquesas Islands‎

‎London: J.M. Dent & Sons 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 16mo. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine. Spine faded light stains on rear board very good lacking the dustwrapper. Everyman's Library series. J.M. Dent & Sons hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 421691

‎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

Bookseller reference : 261846

‎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

Bookseller reference : 54633

‎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

Bookseller reference : 57163

‎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

Bookseller reference : 51836

‎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

Bookseller reference : 129864