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195152144London: Boosey & Hawkes 1951. 8vo pp. 64. Libretto only. Paper wraps. Cover worn at spine o/w VG. Music by Benjamin Britten libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier; adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
1965015110Cambridge: MIT Press 1965. 2d Printing. xiv 493p. b/w illus. original black cloth. MIT Press unknown books
1922163351Boston MA: The St. Botolph Society 1922. First edition thus. Hardcover. 580 pages. A clean and tight near fine copy with some toning to the endpapers in a poor dust jacket that is in several pieces and with some chips and wear. But once in a mylar protector a very presentable copy. The St. Botolph Society unknown books
19741341088London: Folio Society 1974. Hardcover. Octavo 515 pages; VG; fully bound in illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; blue top fore-edge; housed in a VG- white slipcase with a crack along the bottom edge; minimal shelf wear pages clean shelved in alcove 1. 1341088. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Folio Society hardcover books
1977TB31530Norwalk: The Easton Press 1977. Easton Press Collector's Edtion. Fine in gilt decorated full black leather covered boards with extensive tooling to the boards four raised raised bands on the spine and gilt edges to the text block. A silk placement ribbon is sewn-in at the head of the spine and matching silk end papers. A collector's edition produced exclusively for subscribers of the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. 615 pages of text and illustrations. With an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson many of which are in color. An extremely handsome copy with no names dates notations or prior owner's book plates. The Easton Press hardcover books
1958WRCLIT67517Culver City: RKO Radio Pictures 1958. 4pp. Folio leaflet 43 x 28 cm. Illustrated. Horizontal fold some corner chips and short tears small tape shadow; a sound copy. The pressbook issued to promote the 1958 film very loose adaptation of Melville's TYPEE based on a script by James Leicester Harold Smith and Albert Stillman. Allan Dwan directed and Dana Andres Jane Powell and Don Dubbins starred in this Technicolor venture into South Pacific exoticism. One of the available posters sets the tone of the undertaking: "He dared to love a cannibal princess!" and suggests the direction in which the parties responsible traveled to give the film some popular draw. RKO was on its last legs at the time and distribution quickly passed to Warner Bros. RKO paper for this film tends to be a bit uncommon. RKO Radio Pictures unknown books
1956WRCLIT83963Japan 1956. 8pp. Quarto 25.5 x 17.5cm. Folded signatures laid into glossy pictorial wrapper. Photographs and stills. Very near fine. A souvenir/promotional booklet for the Japanese distribution of John Huston's film adaptation of Melville's novel based on a screenplay cowritten with Ray Bradbury and starring Gregory Peck Richard Basehart Orson Welles and Leo Genn. There is some English language content but the bulk of the content is in Japanese. The Japanese release was quite early predating by a week even the UK premiere. unknown books
1923291755Chicago.: Regan Publishing. 1923. 1st Thus. Blue cloth orange spine label with black title. Very good pencil name to ffep scattered pencil underlining. 19.5x13.5 cm. Scarce in hardcover. weight: 0.6 lb. Regan Publishing. hardcover books
199751973NY: Simon & Schuster 1997. First printing. 8vo pp. 77. Illustrated with several photographs. Paper over boards with applied small photograph lettering in gilt three-quarter black cloth. A nice copy in scuffed plastic dj. Simon & Schuster unknown books
194752147London: Jonathan Cape 1947. First Edition. 8vo pp. 96. Olive cloth. Cover slightly scuffed at edges o/w a VG tight copy in browned chipped and soiled dj. Jonathan Cape unknown books
192084084London: John Bale Sons & Danielsson 1920. Paperback. Good. text illustrations 29p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Moderately browned. A couple of small chips. Recent label mounted on front identifying this as coming from the library of H. A. R. Gibb. SIGNED on cover "With kind regards" by Hilton-Simpson. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 1920 Vol. XIII. <br/><br/> John Bale Sons & Danielsson paperback books
1978TB23067Franklin Center Penn.: The Franklin Library 1978. Limited Edition. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with gilt text and tool work on the spine and front and rear boards. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" by 6" deep. There are two raised bands on the spine the edges of the text block are gilt the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. The third free end page has the ghost of what may have been a prior owner's book plate. Without a dust jacket. 351 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by J. William Myers. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's series: The Collected Stories of The World's Greatest Wrtiers. Laid-in is the 22 page booklet from the editors describing Melville and many of his works. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1956WRCLIT68002Vienna: Neues Film Programm 1956. Folded leaflet 240 x 160 mm. Highly pictorial outer panels printed in shades of blue. Manuscript date on upper panel a couple of faint spots else very good. Whole number 143. An issue devoted to the German language release of the 1956 John Huston / Ray Bradbury adaptation of Melville's novel starring Gregory Peck Richard Basehart Orson Welles et al. The text incorporates credits commentary and synopsis. Neues Film Programm unknown books
1929WRCLIT84993New 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
9748London Nonesuch Press 1926. One of 1650 numbered copies illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer and hand-colored through stencils at the Curwen Press. Bound in full red cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine sunned adhesive stains on end papers otherwise very good. <br/><br/> London, Nonesuch Press, 1926. 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
19485496Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press 1948. First edn. 8vo pp. 189. A fine copy in sl. worn dj. This journal was a private record not intended for publication. Edited by the author's granddaughter. BAL 13695. Harvard Univ. Press unknown books
19779027702Norwalk: Easton Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Boardman Robinson. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Bound in black composition leather with gilt-stamped decorations on the spine and boards. Four raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. With an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson. <br/><br/> Easton Press hardcover books
1927140993London & Edinburgh Scotland: The Homeland Association Ltd 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 52 pages. A collection of poems. A very good copy and with the front panel and flap of the dust jacket laid in. Signed and warmly inscribed by Balfour on the front free endpaper to his aunt. Uncommon thus. The Homeland Association Ltd unknown books
1969WRCLIT84916Northampton: Gehenna Press 1969. 4pp. Folio leaflet 24 x 17.5"; 61 x 44.5 cm. Light rumpling and soft creases very good or better. One of 1200 printed at the Gehenna Press illustrated with a reproduction of the title image from Piranesi's CARCERI INVENZIONE printed by Meriden Gravure. Distributed in acknowledgement of the 150th anniversary of Melville's birth. The accompanying text by Melville is from CLAREL. The separately printed New Year's presentation slip is not present. Shipped rolled. Uncommon. BROOK 91. Gehenna Press unknown books
1926WRCLIT85105London: The Nonesuch Press 1926. Folio. Cloth. Spine sunned ink name partially erased from front pastedown cloth a bit rubbed but a good sound copy. First edition in this format. Illustrated with stencil-colored drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. Copy #9 of 1650 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1926WRCLIT79331London: The Nonesuch Press 1926. Folio. Cloth. Illustrated with colored drawings by E. McKnight Kauffer. First edition in this format. One of 1650 numbered copies. Spine sunned with some fraying at crown a couple of marginal smudges but a good sound copy. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1922WRCLIT84999Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1922. Cloth and boards. First edition thus regular issue. One of 1500 of 1675 copies. Endsheets foxed with light scattered foxing in the textblock a bit of rubbing at edges very good. BAL 13725. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books
1948WRCLIT64972Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1948. Blue cloth. Endsheets a bit tanned as usual otherwise a very good copy in lightly smudged dust jacket with a few small chips along the top edge. First edition edited by F. Barron Freeman. Includes the first publication of "Baby Budd Sailor" related and unrelated manuscript fragments as well as an authoritative text of the novella. BAL 13696. Harvard University Press hardcover books
