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195151940Princeton 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
199152135Albuquerque 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
197552128NY: 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
194063440London: Stanley Paul & Co. Good. 1940. Hardcover. 260 pages plus 32 pages of ads. 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" blue cloth with white printing to spine. Spine ends and corners are slightly scuffed contents are justy lightly toned with some foxing at endpages. Overall a Good copy in a clipped chipped and torn dj. . Stanley Paul & Co. hardcover books
192462832Boston: The St. Botolph Society. Very Good. 1924. Hardcover. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. First Impression. 314pp. blue pictorial cloth with gilt stamping. Spine is sunned and scuffed contents show a light tone but are clean and complete. A Near Very Good copy. . The St. Botolph Society hardcover books
16428Printed wraps pp. 280!193 printed wraps. Inscribed by the author to Melville's great-grandson Paul Metcalf: For Paul with all good wishes from Mert. unknown books
28000offprint 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 Includes an unpublished Melville Letter.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
19149NY: Brazillier n.d. Uncorrected proof. 8vo pp. 455. Paper wraps. VG. A biography depicting the delicate balance between Melville's daily life and his creativity. Brazillier unknown books
19671335395Norwalk: The Easton Press 1967. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 273 pages; VG-; bound in fine Blue genuine leather with Gilt text; gilt textblock; silk bookmark; silk endpapers; color fading to endpapers minor shelfwear; collector's notes inside; Shelved in Easton Press. 1335395. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover books
1922WRCLIT71754Princeton: 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
194351301London & NY: Dent Dutton 1943. 12mo pp. x 286. Red cloth. Everyman's Library No. 180. Edges and pastedown slightly soiled ownership signature of poet William Jay Smioth on flyleaf o/w a VG tight copy. Dent, Dutton unknown books
19792307090Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1979. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Raphael Elaine; Bolognese Don. Edges faintly foxed otherwise an excellent copy. 1979 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. 299 1 pp. 8vo. Full navy blue leather with orange accents gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Woodcut illustrations by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. "Typee 1846; in full: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva which Melville spelled as Nukuheva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; for 19th century readers his career seemed to go downhill afterward but during the early 20th century it was seen as just the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick 1851. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1982Embry 156841Franklin Library 1982. First printing thus. Fine. Illus. by Alan Price. Full green leather decoratively gilt. Part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series. Publisher's pamphlet laid in. Franklin Library, 1982. First printing thus. hardcover books
1982Embry 142849Franklin Library 1982. First printing thus. Fine. Illus. by Alan Price. Full green leather decoratively gilt. Part of the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series. Franklin Library, 1982. First printing thus. hardcover books
1962WRCLIT68988New York: Allied Artists 1962. Vintage one-sheet poster 41 x 27". Some smudges and light soiling to blank verso short thin scratch with tiny loss in upper right quadrant else very good. A post release poster emphasizing Terence Stamp's standout performance with reviews and Sheilah Graham's column. Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Melville's novella was based on a screenplay by Ustinov and De Witt Bodeen and starred Robert Ryan Ustinov Terence Stamp and David McCallum. The film was released in November and Stamp was nominated for an Oscar. Allied Artists unknown books
19302298289Alfred A. Knopf 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Spine lightly toned and slightly cocked pencil notes on front free endpaper. 1930 Hard Cover. xxxviii 416 pp. "When Pierre Glendinning's lifelong desire for a sister is seemingly realized on the eve of his marriage his world is suddenly turned upside down for he must choose between acknowledging his illegitimate half-sister or perpetuating his unsullied family legacy. Melville unfolds the story of an idealistic young man whose steadfast beliefs lead him to destroy his world and himself. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1910865685428John Lane The Bodley Head 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With 2 Photogravure Portraits & Numerous Other Illustrations. Two volumes. London First edition. Written a decade after his first biography of William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-63 this entirely new work takes full advantage of the numerous first-hand accounts and Thackeray letters including many previously unpublished which Melville managed to collect in the intervening years. Green cloth bindings with gilt and light green stamping. A very good set. <br/><br/> John Lane, The Bodley Head hardcover books
195217264New 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
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
2002156580Chicago IL: Thomas McCormick Gallery 2002. First edition. Oblong softcover. 49 pages. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Barbara G. Price. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers with laid in complimentary sheet from the gallery. Thomas McCormick Gallery unknown books
1904WRCLIT58674Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co. 1904. Small octavo. Light green cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed. Spine sunned as often otherwise a near fine bright copy. First edition. Contributions most reprinted by Artemus Ward Josh Billings Mark Twain Bill Nye Josiah Allen E.W. Townsend John Kendrick Bangs Henry M. Blossom Jr. George Ade Mr. Dooley Hayden Caruth George V. Hobart and Billy Baxter. KRAMER 303. Herbert S. Stone & Co. 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
20661New York: Dodd Mead & Co. n.d. Sq. 8vo pp. iii-viii 4 289; inserted color title-page and frontispiece and 7 color plates; a fine but ex-library copy with small accession numbers stamped in black of jacket small rubberstamp in bottom margin of title-p. and contents-p. and with the last blank flyleaf excised. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co., n.d. unknown books
20021342549Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2002. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine purple with yellow and black print; DJ in mylar light edgewear else clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and white cloth to boards clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xvii 997 pages frontispiece port. illustrated b&w plates. 1342549. FP New Rockville Stock. The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
193951924Cambridge 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
