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1898m2360London: Ward Lock & Co. n.d. ca. 1898. Reprint of the 1858 edition. Octavo gilt-stamped blue cloth uncut viii 352 pp. Plates. Very Good; endpapers are mildly foxed. Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. [ca. 1898.] hardcover books
187972850Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. Very Good. 1879. Hardcover. Riding recollections /G J Whyte-Melville 1879 Copyright ed.English Book Book 296 p. ; 16 cm.Leipzig : B. Tauchnitz 1879.6 1/4" X 4 1/2" in a publisher's pebble morocco with gilt ruling and beveled edges.Few scuffs and handling wear a bit warped but fairly nice condition - complete and clean internally.With the signature of Blanch Willis Howard on the half title page. . Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover books
189510230New York 1895. 8vo. 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>Robert C. Winthrop 180994 was a prominent Boston citizen Whig party leader president of the Massachusetts Historical Society and chairman of the Peabody Education Fund's Board of Trustees. Signed in type on p. 7: Melville W. Fuller William A. Courtenay Joseph H. Choate. Original wrappers torn and chipped at inner edge wrappers separating. Pages clean and free of chips or tears. unknown books
18803292New York: F.H. Melville Manufacturers' Agent 1880. Handbill 14.3 x 8.25 cm. single leaf printed recto only. Illustrated advertisement for Spring Brass Coffee and Spice Scoops. "They make goods show up to a good advantage". With size options and price list. Offered by F.H. Melville a New York manufacturers' agent. Fine. F.H. Melville, Manufacturers' Agent unknown books
181039458London: J.J. Stockdale 1810. 66 pp. <br/><br/>Plea by the First Lord of the Admiralty on the eve of the War of 1812 for more armed troop ships. Cites historical examples including the battle of Flushing the year beforein which the need was demonstrated. Very good condition in later plain wrappers. J.J. Stockdale unknown books
18724770NY: Sheldon & Company 1872. 1st edition. 8Vo. Blind stamped decorative red-orange cloth black lettering gilt spine title. 249 pgs sub-title Fun Love Society & Satire. Illustrated with 200 photo etchings by Arthur Lumley 1837-1912 who was the first artist sent to the Army of the Potomac by Leslies to cover the Civil War. Landon 1839-1910 was among the foremost humorists of his day although Twain disliked him as a writer. Supposedly a series of letters written in the future from Saratoga NY. Many appearing first I the NY Commercial Advertiser and here "pruned enriched with suitable additions." Corners spine cap are only slightly frayed front fly leaf with a one inch piece missing at top corner almost no foxing. OW a bright tight and Good scarce and humorous title. No markings. Wright American Fiction #1505. Sheldon & Company hardcover books
189221192New York: A.L. Burt n.d. 1892. 8vo pp. 374; frontispiece; a good sound copy in orig. red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Reprinting of the United States Book Co. edition of 1892 the year following Melville's death under the renewed copyright by Elizabeth Melville. <br/><br/> A.L. Burt, n.d. hardcover books
189269845Boston:: Dana Estes & Company. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Four black and white plates. First edition thus. Moderate edge wear and aging previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering and illustration. ; 365 pages . Dana Estes & Company, hardcover books
190067672Chicago: The Werner Company. Very Good. 1900. Hardcover. 570 pages 10 3/4" x 7 1/4" green cloth covers with gilt stamping. The covers are slightly soiled and rubbed with bumped spine ends and cover corners. The contents are bright complete and nice. Very Good. . The Werner Company hardcover books
1872702011872. Bigelow Melville M. A Treatise on the Law of Estoppel and its Application in Practice. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1872. lxiv 656 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Ex-library early 20th century brown buckram with upper red and lower black gilt lettered spine lettering pieces gilt property stamps at foot of spines and embossed property stamps on front covers along with small bar code labels. Spine title: Herman on Estoppel. $50. unknown books
181115786Boston 1811. Second American Edition 28 7 1 pp. Disbound and loosening. Good. unknown books
188354927Chicago: Star Publishing Company n.d. 1883. 8vo pp. 4 9-774 32 full-page illustrations in the text including the frontispiece; page of facsimile signatures; contemporary full sheep black leather labels on spine; scuffed and rubbed the rear joint partially cracked clean tear in p. 516-17; a good sound copy. See BAL 3633 listing one contribution by Twain but according to the index there are 9; other contributors listed include Robert J. Burdett BAL 1966; Bret Harte BAL 7325; also Mary Mapes Dodge James Russell Lowell Eugene Field Susan B. Anthony Poe Turgenev Uncle Remus and Oliver Wendell Holmes. BAL lists the publisher as Western Publishing House but this is a reprint likely ca. 1890. <br/><br/> Star Publishing Company, n.d. hardcover books
18997723Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone and Company 1899. First edition 8vo 2 volumes xi 302 6 & 345pp. 46 plates; spines faded pages partially unopened corners slightly bumped else fine in orig. red cloth gilt brown calf label on spine t.e.g. <br/><br/> Herbert S. Stone and Company hardcover books
1899WRCLIT58836Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone and Co. 1899. Two volumes. Large octavo. Gilt cloth gilt spine labels t.e.g. others untrimmed. Portraits plates and illustrations. First U.S. edition. Spine extremities darkened with slight fraying at tips bookplates else a very good set. KRAMER 223. Herbert S. Stone and Co. hardcover books
1855184742New York: Harper & Bros 1855. 6th Edition. Hardcover. VG Cover has fading coner and edge damage. Bookblock has age toning and foxing. Inerior pages have age toning and foxing. Brown decorative cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. xv 17-389 pages map. Sequel to Typee. Harper & Bros hardcover books
18922298291D.D. Nickerson Co 1892. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Austin Henry; Shute A. Burham. No jacket. Minor loss to spine head and to spine base boards very lightly soiled. 1892 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii 365 pp. Frontispiece by Henry Austin; 4 plates by A. Burham Shute. "Following the commercial and critical success of Typee Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover or someone who roams from island to island Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville D.D. Nickerson Co hardcover books
1893WRCLIT84990London: John Murray 1893. xxviii23011pp. Small octavo. Blue cloth lettered in gilt gilt pictorial vignette on upper cover adapted from the frontis. Frontis illustrations and maps. Extremities a trifle shelf-rubbed otherwise very good and bright. Denoted a "New Edition" though clearly reprinted using plates from an earlier edition to which have been added the illustrations and Henry S. Salt's important extended memoir of Melville. John Murray hardcover books
1882W09317Cambridge: Deighton Bell and Co. 1882. Original brown cloth corners bumped two mends on spine. Text strong. Gilt spine titling and blind rules on boards. Two lines of notes on ffep by previous owner. 303 pps. of text and 8 pps. of advertising at the back of the book. The subtitle is "chiefly refering to the character and chronology of the reaction which followed the Council of Nicaea." A very scholarly presentation by a fellow of Cambridge University. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No D.j. 8vo. Trade. Deighton, Bell, and Co. Hardcover books
18605528London: John W. Parker & Son 1860. 8vo. 2 vols. I: Frontis. 3 ff. 325 pp. II: 2 ff. 344 pp. 3 1 pp. ads. <br><br>By a "Sporting" Novelist. First book edition complete with color lithographic frontispiece. First chapter a loving portrayal of "Hounds and horses and sportsmen" by this writer who died on the hunting field. "The Pytchley hounds have had a run. Io triumphe!" First published in Fraser's Magazine. Publisher's cloth. Signatures split from bindings at several places one more reading and this will very likely achieve "binding now a portfolio" status though it will be readable and shelvable even then. John W. Parker & Son hardcover books
185850674London: Ward Lock. Very Good. 1858. Hardcover. London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited no date 1858. 352pp. some light foxing very light use wear to covers overall a Very Good copy. . Ward Lock hardcover books
18803283New York: F.H. Melville 1880. Tri-fold pamphlet 14 x 24.1 cm. Illustrated. Promotional brochure for a New York paper warehouse with products that serve grocers and general stores. Features descriptions and prices for available items including satchel-bottom and old-style paper bags flour sacks twines paper butter dishes spring brass tea coffee and spice scoops and more. Very fine condition. F.H. Melville unknown books
18906040141890. "Melville D. Landon" in black fountain pen ink n.d. ca. 1890. 5" x 3"; 1 page recto only. Very good. "And my heaven continue to protect you from Yours truly' "Eli Perkins" Melville D. Landon Fifth Ave. Hotel New York.". No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1849WRCLIT85104New 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
189553863Washington DC: The Volta Bureau 1895. First edition 8vo pp. 25 3; printed paper self-wrappers including "with the Author's Compliments" printed at the head of title; light soiling to covers. A speech covering errors in elocution education and a brief aside on Bell's universal system of visible speech. Alexander Melville Bell father of the more famous Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist and inventor in his own right and is aside from being a prominent teacher of elocution invented the precursor to the international phonetic alphabet called the Universal System of Visible Speech. A scarce piece of neographic history. One of two variants the other lacking the compliments of the author and with a tipped in slip reading "compliments of the Volta Bureau." <br/><br/> The Volta Bureau unknown books
186234279London: Parker Son and Bourn 1862. First edition 2 vols; 8vo pp. 4 304; 2 254; marbled endpapers some very light foxing on prelims edges a bit rubbed else a very good set in contemporary black morocco over marbled boards marbled edges; neatly rebacked in olive morocco with red morocco label and gilt-decorated spine with raised bands. <br/><br/> Parker, Son, and Bourn hardcover books