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192251860Princeton: Princeton University Press 1922. First Edition. 8vo pp. 205. One of 1850 copies. Bound in cloth backed boards uncut and unopened a fine copy. BAL 13725. Princeton University Press unknown books
195152006NY: Harcourt Brace 1951. First Edition. Two volumes. 8vo pp. xxxiv 494; 496-899. Sources index. Illustrations are in Vol. II. Blue cloth. Covers slightly bumped on upper corners spines little darkened and slightly scuffed at ends edges little soiled o/w a VG tight set in some worn slip case. See BAL Vol. VI p. 180. Harcourt, Brace unknown 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
195744182Torino: S.A.I.E. Editrice 1957. Large 8vo pp. 150 2; original green pictorial boards; edges and corners bumped and rubbed else mostly very good. Pressue stamp of whaling collector Barbara Johnson. Abridged Italian translation by Mario Giussani. Not in OCLC as of December 2013. <br/><br/> S.A.I.E. Editrice hardcover books
19816788Westmoreland NH: H.H. Hurley 1981. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. miniature. Tight bright and unmarred. Red leather boards gilt lettering in blind decorative elements frontispiece. 2 1/16x2 13/16. 14pp. One of 350 copies 24 copies on paper handmade by Henry Morris plus three copies on Morris paper with Cock & Bull Press name at title page this one of an unknown number of deluxe in gilt leather. <br/><br/>Printed letterpress. H.H. Hurley paperback books
18833285New York: F.H. Melville Commission Merchant 1883. Broadside 29.8 x 21.5 cm. Illustrated advertisement for the "Perfection" paper bag wrapping paper and twine holder. Includes description dimensions and directions. Stamped with the name and location of "F.H. Melville Commission Merchant" the purveyor of the holder. Fold creases and small spot of discoloration otherwise fine condition. OCLC locates no copies. F.H. Melville, Commission Merchant unknown books
1940012530London: Fortuen Press 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo black cloth gilt spine titles in fine original dustjacket sides untrimmed leaves uncut 100 pages frontispiece by Picasso. Trace foxing largely too prelims/ title and rears. An obviously unread copy. Fortuen Press hardcover books
1923899581923. MELVILLE Herman. ISRAEL POTTER: HIS FIFTY YEARS OF EXILE. London: Constable and Company Ltd. 1923. Issued as The Works of Herman Melville Standard Edition Vol. XI. Limited to 750 copies . 8vo. 225pp. Blue cloth. Blindstamped to front back and spine. Lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Front and bottom edge untrimmed maroon coated endpapers. A fine copy. unknown books
1922WRCLIT85000Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press 1922. Cloth and marbled boards. for and bottom edges untrimmed. Foretips bumped and worn shelfwear to lower and top edges of boards minuscule nick in rear inner hinge. First edition thus deluxe issue. Copy #67 of 175 numbered copies printed on French handmade paper and specially bound. No longer common in this deluxe format. BAL 13725. Princeton Univ. Press hardcover books
1971WRCLIT32866New York: Farrar 1971. Large octavo. Cloth. Edited and illustrated with woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Fine in slightly edge-darkened dust jacket. First edition thus limited to one thousand numbered copies signed by Frasconi. Farrar hardcover books
1923899601923. MELVILLE Herman. PIERRE OR THE AMBIGUITIES. London: Constable and Company Ltd. 1923. Issued as The Works of Herman Melville Standard Edition Vol. IX. Limited to 750 copies. 8vo. 505pp. Blue cloth blindstamped to front back and spine. Lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed maroon coated endpapers. A fine copy. unknown books
1935WN67933New York: Limited Editions Club 1935. Original binding with some split mended to upper joint near bottom of spine. #1220 of 1500 copies signed by Covarrubias on the limitation page. The slip case is not present. The illustrations are rich in color and plentiful in number happily since Tahitian maidens never to stale. A delightful book which preceded the great Moby Dick. By Artist. First Thus. Paper Covered Boards. Good/No Dj as Issued. Illus. by Miguel Covarrubias. 8vo. Limited. Limited Editions Club Hardcover books
1892WRCLIT85106New York: United States Book Company 1892. xxxvi389pp. plus portrait and plate. Blue gray pictorial cloth stamped in black and brown. Armorial bookplate of Robert Henry Herbert "Ung Je Serviray" with clipped manuscript gift inscription affixed below illegible small nicks and frays at spine ends two blank lower fore-corners neatly clipped but a good sound copy. The first posthumous printing of the text one of four of Melville's proseworks prepared for reprinting by the United States Book Company by Arthur Stedman and of those four the only one to include an Introduction by Stedman. Melville authority Merton Sealts has called the Introduction "the best short Life of Melville written in the nineteenth century." Stedman commissioned La Farge's imaginative depiction of Fayaway which appears before the first page of text. The four titles appeared in several different colors of cloth. OMOO and TYPEE shared the same cover illustration. These editions are not uncommon but they are difficult to find in agreeable edition. United States Book Company hardcover books
182775846Edinburgh 1827. hardcover. very good. Large paper edition thick 4to 3/4 red calf rubbed. Edinburgh 1827. Very good.<br/><br/> Maitland Club Edition.<br/><br/> unknown books
18944511London: Harrison and Sons Ltd 1894. Octavo 52 pages. Advertisements with thirteen plates mostly chromolithographs of various whole animal and prime cuts. Second and last printing. This small military guidebook is mostly aimed at providing an outline for detecting substandard meat through inspection. The detailed chromolithograph illustrations include various sides and cuts of ox bull heifer old cow whether and ewe. A few neat ink notes to one of the black and white plates. Fine in publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped dark green cloth. OCLC locates ten copies of this printing just two in the US. Harrison and Sons, Ltd hardcover books
1943W2706BWashingtion D.C.: National Geographic Society 1943. Original blue paper wraps gilt. Wraps dog eared at corners joints worn with some splitting and some soiling on ffep. Gilt has become a little obscure. Edition prepared at the request of the U.S.Navy during the War in the Pacific. 30 plates in full color and 257 photographs accompany this collection of articles on the Southwestern Pacific. First Edition. Paper Wraps. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Trade. National Geographic Society Paperback books
19351681141935: Limited Editions Club 1935. Hardcover. VG/VG slipcase. With an Introduction by Raymond Weaver and Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Color plates and text illus. 409pp. 4to coarse fiber boards with decorated spine in matching board slipcase. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1935. Very good . One of 1500 numbered copies #773 signed by the illustrator. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
189553862Washington DC: The Volta Bureau 1895. First edition 8vo pp. 25 3; printed paper selfwrappers; light soiling to covers with tipped in slip reading "compliments of The Volta Bureau." 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 slip and with the cover title reset to include "With the Author's Compliments." <br/><br/> The Volta Bureau unknown books
196044184Firenze: Bemporad-Marzocco 1960. Settima edizione large 8vo pp. 207 4; 4 color plates; original white and blue pictorial boards some minor soiling; edges a bit scuffed else very good and sound. Abridged Italian translation. This edition not in OCLC as of December 2013. <br/><br/> Bemporad-Marzocco hardcover books
1900005290New York: W. S. Sterling & Co. 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Paper pastedown. Cloth spine. . Very Good. Clever Columbiana an ABC for the college student and alum capturing college life there in the early days of the Morningside Heights campus -- this was written shortly after the university had moved from Midtown. Oblong 4to 21 by 29 cm. Unpaginated but 30 pages including title page. Illustrations on every page. A light dampstain affects every page but given the good paper quality the dampstain we believe is not especially obtrusive. Soiling on the cloth spine. <br/><br/> W. S. Sterling & Co. hardcover books
1885022295Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company; Cambridge Riverside Press 1885. 1st Edition. xv 497p. plus ads maps b/w illus. original cloth very lightly rubbed on the extremities former private owner's 1885 signature on front endpaper. Houghton, Mifflin & Company; Cambridge, Riverside Press unknown books
1935WRCLIT71541New York: Published by The Colophon 1935. Large octavo. Marbled cloth gilt leather label. Portrait. Edited by Raymond Weaver. First edition. One of 650 copies printed. An excellent copy in somewhat frayed and snagged tissue wrapper. BAL 13690. Published by The Colophon hardcover books
1847WN55722New York: Harper & Brothers 1847. Red morocco spine and tips 5 raised bands gilt lettering and rules. Marbled paper covered boards. Joints corners and edges worn a bit. Some browning of endpapers and foxing throughout. Third edition with South Seas map facing red and black title page. No adverts at rear. Nice copy of an early Melville classic. Third Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Harper & Brothers Hardcover books
1854WRCLIT85034New York: G. P. Putnam & Co. 1854. iv654pp. Large thick octavo. Contemporary three- quarter gilt calf and cloth. Illustrations. Cloth modestly soiled scattered foxing and occasional browning chiefly to the first two numbers lower fore corner torn from terminal binder's blank but generally very good. The first appearance of Melville's prose-work pseudonymously published in three installments beginning on pages 311 345 and 460 in the issues for March April and May. The constituent ten sketches was collected in THE PIAZZA TALES. And of note Bayard Taylor's "The Vision of Hasheesh" appears in the April number. This volume of six issues is bound up without the wrappers with the publisher's volume title and index. G. P. Putnam & Co. hardcover books