‎Melville herman‎

‎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

Bookseller reference : UMELTYP00HMR

‎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

Bookseller reference : TB25189

‎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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT84995

‎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

Bookseller reference : 234587

‎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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT82296

‎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

‎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

Bookseller reference : 2276222

‎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

Bookseller reference : 18785

‎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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT72051

‎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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69114

‎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

Bookseller reference : 89854

‎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

Bookseller reference : 11093J

‎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

Bookseller reference : 22940