Annapolis: US Naval Institute Press. New. 1988. Hardcover. 0870217887 . New book not a remainder. No DJ as issued.; Classics of Naval Literature; 1.75 x 8.5 x 5.86 Inches; 452 pages . US Naval Institute Press hardcover
W. Hyde 1851. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover no DJ. Covers show edge wear soiling and a small tear along spine. Pages show tanning and light soiling. Title page is torn. Binding secure.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! W. Hyde hardcover
Chicago: The Werner Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Later Printing. Hardcover. This is the third printing by this publisher originally published by Belford-Clark in 1890. Green decorative cloth cover with gilt lettering and gilt with black decoration is clean with light wear at head tail of spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. ; Drawings photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 570 pages . The Werner Company hardcover
Saddleback Publsihing California USA 1999. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. PB pictorial card covers 77pp. This is a new copy in pristine condition. These classics are designed specifically for students of limited reading ability staying within the level of the less fluent reader but still retaining the 'flavor' of the original. Ideal as teaching aid in remedial classes. 190g when packed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature; Literature & Literary; ISBN: 1562542583. ISBN/EAN: 9781562542580. Inventory No: GHE0018918. 9781562542580 Saddleback Publsihing paperback
Books on Tape Inc 1984-08-01. Audio Cassette. Very Good. Very good audio cassettes in plastic folder. Cassettes and folder are clean and crisp.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Books on Tape, Inc unknown
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
Edinburgh: Seton & Mackenzie; London: Houlston & Stoneman 1855. Printed by Schenk & McFarlane Edinburgh. Dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester. Chromolithographic title page and 13 other numbered plates with black and white lithographic vignette and chromolithographed text and borders printed on stiff cards by Schenck & McFarlane after illustrations by Mrs. Wolfe Murray. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in full contemporary pebbled green morocco gilt sides with bevelled edges edges gilt and gauffered. Slight rubbing to corners and joints inscriptions on flyleaf the earliest dated "Gertrude Hope 1856. Murray Wolfe. Printed by Schenk & McFarlane Edinburgh. Dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester. Chromolithographic title page and 13 other numbered plates with black and white lithographic vignette and chromolithographed text and borders printed on stiff cards by Schenck & McFarlane after illustrations by Mrs. Wolfe Murray. 1 vols. Small 4to. Scottish Chromolithography. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 408 Seton & Mackenzie; London: Houlston & Stoneman unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers 1849. First American edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth covers stamped in blind spines in blind and gilt. Spines somewhat faded neat repairs to head and foot of both volumes preliminaries slightly foxed. All in all a very good copy of Melville's third book. First American edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Preceded by the English edition of the same year. BAL 13658 Harper & Brothers unknown
New York: Harper & Brothers 1849. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth covers stamped in blind spines in blind and gilt. Head and foot of volume I brown cloth chipped endpapers darkened scattered foxing; volume II purple cloth faded flyleaf and portion of front pastedown torn away rear endpapers darkened title page soiled. 2 vols. 8vo. Preceded by the English edition of the same year. BAL 13658 Harper & Brothers unknown
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
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 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
New York: Edward J. Clode Publisher 1908. Octavo pp. iii-iv v-vi 1-302 303-304: blank notes: 1 text complete despite gap in pagination; front free endpaper is used as the half-title leaf with book title printed on recto and publisher's page count treats the free endpaper as pages i-ii; 2 first signature is a gathering of ten leaves; 3 last leaf is a blank title page printed in black and orange original pictorial red cloth front panel stamped in black white and gold spine panel stamped in black and white bottom edge rough-trimmed. First edition. Thirteen short stories. The third volume of Randolph Mason short stories. "In this book Randolph Mason reforms using his legal knowledge to aid justice." - Queen The Detective Short Story p. 90. Hubin 1994 p. 652. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 P-541. The fragile white enamel of the globe is mostly perished from the spine panel a bright near fine copy. #115599 Edward J. Clode Publisher unknown
New York: D. Appleton & Company 1927. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-143 144 145: blank 146: ads original decorated blue cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition first printing with code "1" on page 144. Horror story set in the China Sea concerning an island that is swarming with insects because the birds have been frightened away. Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 630. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 177. Bleiler 1978 p. 160. Reginald 11826. Gold stamping tarnished as is usually the case else a fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket with several closed tears and associated wrinkles at bottom edge of the front panel. #107060 D. Appleton & Company unknown
New York London: D. Appleton and Company 1923. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-286 287 288: blank 289-290: ads original orange cloth front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition first printing with "1" at base of text on page 287 first state with pages 62-63 transposed. "The collection of twelve stories . is in several ways next in quality to UNCLE ABNER. These stories most of which are principally concerned with the activities of a shrewd French detective are of a moderately uniform quality throughout the book. The plots with few exceptions are well contrived with paradoxical features that contribute to the suspense element and most skillfully conclude with a catchy twist or surprise ending." - Norton Melville Davisson Post p. 161. Queen The Detective Short Story p. 90. Hubin 1994 p. 652. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 P-544. Private owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Some light dust soiling to cloth else a clean tight very good copy. #95590 D. Appleton and Company unknown
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1901. Octavo pp. 1-4 i-iv v-vi vii-viii 1-278 279-282: ads 283-284: blank note: first and last leaves are blanks original pictorial cloth front panel stamped in black orange yellow and gold spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. A West Virginia western scornful of those recent newcomers raising cattle out on the western plains whereas the West Virginians have been cattlemen and drovers for seventy-five years. Sort of a western adventure/romance written before gentrification set in but with most of the earmarks. Men horses cattle women. And there's a legend that dwarfs lived in these hills before men. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 P-542. Owner's signature on front free endpaper newspaper clipping Post obituary 23 June 1930 affixed to front paste-down. Top edge dusty else a clean tight very good copy with bright cover stamping. #105660 G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown
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