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1950424055American Literature 1950. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint. Stapled wrappers. Offsetting on front wrapper with light wear and bumped corner a very good to near fine copy. Inscribed in pencil by Hoffman to his mother. Hoffman served as the Consultant in Poetry of the Library of Congress the equivalent of the United States Poet Laureate in 1973-1974 and published several additional books of poetry and literary scholarship. American Literature unknown books
192563244Boston: The St. Botolph Society 1925. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 301 p. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. First edition. Based on the life of an actual soldier who claimed to have fought at Bunker Hill Israel Potter is unique among Herman Melville's books: a novel in the guise of a biography. In telling the story of Israel Potter's fall from Revolutionary War hero to peddler on the streets of London where he obtained a livelihood by crying "Old Chairs to Mend" Melville 1819-91 alternated between invented scenes and historical episodes granting cameos to such famous men of the era as Benjamin Franklin and John Paul Jones and providing a portrait of the American Revolution as the rollicking adventure and violent series of events that it really was. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt black and white stamping. Exceedingly faint stain to the spine heel. The dust jacket is moderately browned more so along the spine and folds with some general minor edgewear; otherwise very good. The St. Botolph Society hardcover books
1922WRCLIT84998Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1922. Cloth and boards. Very faint shelfwear at extremities top edge slightly dust speckled otherwise very good or better. First edition thus regular issue. One of 1500 of 1675 copies. With the handsome bookplate of poet/publisher James Laughlin on the front pastedown. In 1944 Laughlin's New Directions published an edition of Melville's selected poems in its Poet of the Month series. BAL 13725. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books
1922WRCLIT71753Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1922. Cloth and boards. First edition thus regular issue. One of 1500 of 1675 copies. Bookplate on pastedown a bit of rubbing and occasional finger smudging; very good. BAL 13725. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books
1944220480Norfolk Connecticut New Directions 1944. 1944. First edition. 8vo. Edited with a biographical introduction by F.O. Matthiessen. Title vignette by Norman Kent; book design by Margaret B. Evans. Title page printed in green and black. Original brown stamped aqua blue boards. Dust jacket unclipped. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. F. Hardcover. Norfolk, Connecticut, New Directions [1944]. hardcover books
192691264NY:: Modern Library. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. B073VXFKJ8 . Modern Library number 119. Introduction by Raymond Weaver. Stated first Modern Library edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down else very good in dark green leatherette binding with gilt lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 566 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
195394047London:: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. B0000CIMYH . Number 581 in the Collins New Classics series. Introduction by J. N Sullivan. First edition thus. Very good blue cloth binding in a very good two short closed edge tears small chip at the base of the spine age toning along the spine dust jacket.; 480 pages . Collins, hardcover books
192611446New York: J.H. Sears & Company Inc 1926. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. The 1926 1st edition. Solid and VG with light offsetting at the inner hinges in a bright price-intact VG- dustjacket with soiling at the panels and mild bleaching along the front panel's lower-edge. Thick octavo 348 pgs. <br/><br/> J.H. Sears & Company, Inc hardcover books
190124283New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1901. First Edition. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's dark green pictorial cloth embossed in orange red black and gilt; 2vi22784adspp. Textblock a bit shaken in binding light edge wear contemporary gift inscription on early leaf else a Very Good quite brilliant copy. HANNA 2917: "The mountaineers of West Virginia." SMITH P-542. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
19239131New 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. A clean tight very good copy. #9131 D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1927107060New 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 books
19749026187Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1974. Hardcover. Fine. Published exclusively for subscribers to the Franklin Library collection : The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Bound in the publisher's original black composition leather spine stamped in gilt. Five raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. Silk moire end papers. <br/><br/> Franklin Library hardcover books
193551857NY: The Colophon 1935. First Edition. 8vo pp. 182. Bound in paper boards with leather label on the spine lacks the edge not affecting any print A very nice bright copy. BAL 13690 quotes Johnson as saying 650 copies were printed. The Colophon unknown books
192351861Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1923. First Edition. 8vo pp. 329. Uncut and partially unopened. One of 1675 copies printed. Cloth backed boards spine darkened A very good copy. BAL 13681. The trade edition. Princeton Univ. Press unknown books
19241235805New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. First thus. Quarto 148pp. Hardcover without jacket in G condition. Bumping and shelf-wear. Vellum over boards. Head edge gilt. Rubbing and soiling to boards. No markings or creases to the text. Boards bowed. Binding is sturdy. Includes numerous tipped in plates. TJ CONSIGNMENT.<br /> <br /> <p><br /> Shelve:<br><br /> CASE #0<br /> <p><br /> Spine is vellum with gilt text. 1235805. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1929261030Slide Mountain Press 1929. Limited. hardcover. very good. Cane Mary. Title page decoration by Mary Cane. Thin 8vo gold-flecked purple boards with blue cloth spine; light edgewear. Slide Mountain Press 1929. A very good copy.<br/><br/> One of Sixty number copies signed by Melville Crane. Correction on the first page done in the author's own hand.<br/><br/> Slide Mountain Press 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
1962TB25189n.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
1970WRCLIT84970France: Printed by: Ste Expl. ets Lalande Courbet 91 Wissous for: United Artists 1970. Large folio 155 x116cm; 61 x 45.75". Folded as issued neat ink manuscript captions on two outer panels of blank verso otherwise very good to fine. A superb highly visual French language 'grande' poster for an early 1970s European rerelease of John Huston's 1956 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. Printed by:] Ste Expl. ets Lalande Courbet 91 Wissous [for:] United Artists unknown books
1958WRCLIT70364Culver City: RKO/Warner Bros. 1958. Vintage original 22 x 28" 56 x 71 cm pictorial color half sheet poster. Tiny tears along extreme left margin not approaching text some dustiness crayon numerals on verso Quebec censor stamp on recto else very good. Issued to promote the 1958 film very very loosely adapted from Melville's TYPEE based on a script by James Leicester Harold Smith and Albert Stillman uncredited. Allan Dwan directed and Dana Andres Jane Powell and Don Dubbins starred in this Technicolor venture into South Pacific exoticism. Herman Melville's novel is credited as "The Mightiest of Adventures by the Author of Mighty 'Moby Dick!'" The sensationalized promotional text screams: "Captured by Cannibals!" "Slave to the blue-eyed princess of the dread 'Typee' headhunters . and to her savage code of love and taboo!" One is also invited to hear the hit song "Enchanted Island." RKO was on its last legs at the time and Warner Bros. took over distribution. RKO/Warner Bros. 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
1970573New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1970. 4to. 368pp. Index. With 846 illustrations including 32 mounted color plates. Brown cloth gilt. D.j. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
1901105660New 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 books
1908115599New 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 books
43466London New York and Melbourne: Ward Lock and Co n. d. "New" edition ca 1893. Cf. Topp II 1591. Original publisher's color-printed glazed white paper binding "yellowback" style. Advert eps. General shelfwear. Prior owner signature & book label to front board. A respectable VG copy. 6 363 13 pp. 12 page publisher catalogue at rear. Crown 8vo. 7" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/> Ward Lock and Co unknown books
