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1854432418New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 10 Park Place; Dix & Edwards 10 Park Place 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. First printed appearance of Israel Potter complete in nine installments and Melville’s comic novella The Lightning-Rod Man. Two volumes. Octavos. Vol. IV 1854 pp. i-iii iv-vii 1 2-672; Vol. V 1855: pp. i-iii iv 1 2-668. Publisher’s olive green decorative cloth gilt spine. Fading to the gilt spines and boards modest wear to the spine ends and corners shallow silverfish nibbling to the bottom edge of the first four leaves in vol. V else about near fine.<br /> <br /> Includes the first appearance of Melville’s eighth novel Israel Potter serialized in nine monthly installments from July 1854 through March 1855: Vol. IV pp. 66-75; 135-146; 277-290; 371-378; 481-491; 592-601; Vol. V. pp. 63-71; 176-182; 288-294; and his novella: The Lightning-Rod Man in the August 1854 number pp. 131-134.<br /> <br /> The Lightning-Rod Man as noted by Philip Young “is first in a short special series of stories that have a ‘secret meaning.’ These pieces have surface meaning or apparent meaning acceptable to respectable magazines like Putnam’s. But the author … took primary pleasure in the ‘hidden’ Rabelaisian elements at the heart of things …†Also included is an article on “Negro Minstrelsy – Ancient and Modern†in the January 1855 number. An attractive clean and tight set in the original publisher’s binding. Philip Young College Literature Fall 1989 p. 201. (G.P. Putnam & Co., 10 Park Place; Dix & Edwards, 10 Park Place) hardcover
1854432419New York: G.P. Putnam & Co. 10 Park Place 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. First printed appearance of the first six installments of Israel Potter and Melville’s comic novella The Lightning-Rod Man. Octavo. pp. i-iii iv-vii 1 2-672. Publisher’s olive green decorative cloth gilt spine. Some darkening to the gilt spine scattered foxing about near fine.<br /> <br /> Includes the first appearance of Melville’s eighth novel Israel Potter. Serialized in nine monthly installments from July 1854 through March 1855 this volume contains the first six installments from July through December 1854: pp. 66-75; 135-146; 277-290; 371-378; 481-491; 592-601. Also included is Melville’s novella: The Lightning-Rod Man in the August 1854 number pp. 131-134. Israel Potter was first published in book form by G.P. Putnam in March 1855.<br /> <br /> As noted by Melville scholar Philip Young The Lightning-Rod Man “is first in a short special series of stories that have a ‘secret meaning.’ These pieces have surface meaning or apparent meaning acceptable to respectable magazines like Putnam’s. But the author … took primary pleasure in the ‘hidden’ Rabelaisian elements at the heart of things …â€<br /> <br /> A handsome copy in the original publisher’s binding. G.P. Putnam & Co., 10 Park Place hardcover
186611093JNew York: Harper & Brothers June to November 1866. First Edition. Publisher’s collected volume of six months of the magazine with index. Two issues contain the first appearance in print of Herman Melville’s Civil War poems “Chattanooga†and “Gettysberg.†Modern gilt-stamped half morocco and cloth boards. Neat 19th century library stamp at head of contents page. Very good. Harper & Brothers hardcover
18971322London: Dean 1897. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Scarce. corners bumped covers marked 354p frontis. 20p pubs cat. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall <br/> <br/> Dean hardcover
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. Star Publishing Company, n.d. unknown
188821233Albany New York and Chicago respectively: The Ross Publishing House; Western Publishing House 1888. First Edition. Full Morocco. Elaborately gilt decorated full morocco binding -- the decoration on the boards is inspired by Renaissance bindings more than anything else. This is a publisher's binding and we think quite unusual for a book of this sort especially. 8vo. 23 by 15.5 cm. 776 pp. Two plates one being the frontis each with cameo portraits of the authors and other humorists. Some light scattered foxing mostly in early and final pages. Mostly clean and tight. The publisher's unusual binding has held up well. The Ross Publishing House; Western Publishing House unknown
1892011780Columbus Ohio: The Wabash Publishing House 1892. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 570pp.; HB brwn.w/gilt&blk.-pic.emboss cover; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; slightly loose hinge w/cleantight pgs. Bios.of and/or lectures by Mark Twain Bret Harte Horace Greeley Oliver Wendell Holmes and many others. "Profusely Illustrated <br/> <br/> The Wabash Publishing House hardcover
18501372604New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo i-viii 9-465 6 pages advertisements. In Good minus condition. Bound in brown cloth with faded gilt lettering on spine. Boards show part of spine missing from head edge tail edge of spine chipped off tearing to front joint exposed boards at corners and along edges moderate edge wear and shelf wear. Binding somewhat loose. Text block has moderate foxing to pages rubbing to endpapers and pastedowns and writing in pen on second page. First Printing indicated by pagination and signature collation including missigned Q. BAL 13662. 1372604. Special Collections - Downstairs. Harper & Brothers hardcover
185369111London: Richard Bentley 1853. Full Description:<br> <br> MELVILLE Herman. White-Jacket; or The World in a Man-of-War. London: Richard Bentley 1853.<br> <br> First edition remainder issue second issue. Consisting of the 1850 first edition sheets with the new cancel title-pages. Two octavo volumes 7 5/8 x 4 9/16 inches; 194 x 116 mm. iv 2 contents 322; iv 315 1 blank pp.<br> <br> Later half dark blue calf over marbled boards. Spines elaborately tooled in blind and gilt. Red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edge red. Newer endpapers. Some occasional finger smudging. Otherwise a near fine copy.<br> <br> The manuscript was refused by Murray Colbour and Moxon before Bentley offered two hundred pounds for the English rights to print 1000 copies. The American edition is subsequent to the English. Sometime in 1853 Bentley in an effort to stimulate sales of Melville's books ordered the remainder sheets of Redburn The White Jacket and The Whale bound up in uniform red cloth bindings with cancel title-pages.<br> <br> "The book contains an account of Melville's experiences subsequent to those related in Omoo as a sailor aboard the United States Frigate United States from which he received his discharge in Boston in October 1844" Minnegerode M. Some Personal Letters of Herman Melville and A Bibliography p. 155.<br> <br> The work that immediately preceded Moby Dick.<br> <br> In White-Jacket "Melville reveals his distaste for the brutal and inhumane practices of the ship officers in a realistic account of life aboard a U.S. Navy man-of-war. Some of the flogging scenes later persuaded Congress to abolish that punishment. The white jacket for which the narrator is named symbolic of his isolation and innocence threatens to drown the hero when he falls from the mast into the water. Regaining his buoyancy White Jacket frees himself from the jacket and rises to the surface while the hated garment sinks forever. Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia 1111.<br> <br> BAL 13661 note.<br> <br> HBS 69111.<br> <br> $3000. Richard Bentley unknown
185078076New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition first printing with p.iii containing an extract from Fuller's Good Sea-Captain; p.iv a Note dated New York March 1850; p.361 with the missigned Q; and p.433 with the signature mark T not present. Melville's fifth book which is based on his fourteen months service in the United States Navy aboard the frigate USS "Neversink" actually the USS United States. At the urging of New Hampshire Senator John P. Hale who was inspired by Melville's "vivid description of flogging a brutal staple of 19th century naval discipline" in this novelized memoir the United States Congress banned the practice on all U.S. ships in September 1850. Octavo: 465 1 blank 6 ads pp. The original blind-stamped brown cloth binding has been rebacked with the original spine strip laid down and the yellow coated endpapers intact. Mild foxing to the contents. The boards are edgeworn and showing in places with some darkening along the spine. BAL13662. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1850192491New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. The book which inspired change in the US Navy First US edition. The novel was inspired by Melville's time in the US Navy and was instrumental in the September 1850 act abolishing flogging in the Navy. The novel was published whilst the senate was already debating the use of flogging. The publisher sent a copy of the book to every member of congress and its graphic descriptions of flogging helped contribute to the ban. Melville published the novel in London earlier the same year to protect his copyright. In 1849 he travelled to England aiming to sell the book in person to an English publisher where it was eventually accepted by Richard Bentley. Octavo. With 6. pp publisher's adverts. Original green cloth spine lettered in gilt boards stamped in blind yellow coated endpapers. Bookplate of American banker Albert Henry Wiggin 1868-1951. Spine sunned wear to extremities front inner hinge superficially cracked but sound endpapers marked due to poor quality paper closed tear to inner margin of p. 13/14. A very good copy. BAL 13662. hardcover
18502020014Ownership signature of John A. Cisco son of John J. Cisco Lincoln and Buchanan's assistant treasury secretary. <br /><br />Spine cracked scattered foxing front board just starting otherwise clean. <br /><br />Edition Points: Seven line Note opposite Contents page - bottom margin of page 361 the letter Q with asterisk - on page 433 no letter T on margin - after page 465 six pages of ads with the first four featuring Melville titles. "Harper and Brothers New York" blind-stamped front and back board. Harper and Brothers hardcover
185070941New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1850. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 19.5 x 13 cm. Crown octavo. viii 463pp 6. First American edition first printing with 6 pages of terminal advertisements mis-signatured "Q" on page 361 and other points mentioned in BAL. Bound in publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering 2 white wove fly leaves BAL calls this the second cloth binding. Scattered foxing throughout. Name on front free endpaper. Chipping and a closed tear to head of spine. BAL 13662. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1850144154New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers 1850. First edition first printing with 6pp. of publisher’s advertisements brown cloth with Harper and Brothers New York stamped at center. In very good condition previous ownership inscription bookplates. Harper and Brothers, Publishers hardcover
18504151New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 8"x5.5". 65pp. ads. Brown blindstamped cloth-covered boards. Missing cloth to spine. Corners rubbed and soft. Covers rubbe edges chipped. Previous owner's name to ffep. Textblock edges and interior foxed and toned. Small stain to tail-edge. First American simultaneous with the British edition. Published the year prior to Moby Dick and based on the author's experiences in the US Navy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1850140942137New York: Harper & Brothers 1850. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decorated in blind with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good or better with fraying to spine ends and wear at corners. Former owner bookplate to front paste down and light pencil ownership name to a preliminary blank. Sporadic foxing throughout heaviest at the preliminary and terminal pages. A lovely copy. Harper & Brothers unknown
1885013943Robinson & Stephenson Boston 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Small Octavo. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth over boards all edges gilt patterned end papers 36 pages some black and white illustrations. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn covers rubbed spine sunned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 10 oz. Category: Medicine & Health; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 013943. . Robinson & Stephenson hardcover
1867B36786London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1867. Inaugural edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inaugural edition 1867 hardcover with original cloth boards and rebound new spine small quarto 126pp. 16 plates illustrated in b&w. Book VG with bright gilt letters to new spine edgewear that tears cloth rubbing binding tight with new endpapers endpapers on both ends reinforced with paper strips in gutters inner gutters cracked text toned throughout and shows foxing to edges of pages otherwise unmarked. No DJ. In 1867 Alexander Melville Bell published the book Visible Speech: The Science of Universal Alphabetics. This book contains information about the system of symbols he created that when used to write words indicated pronunciation so accurately that it could even reflect regional accents. A person reading a piece of text handwritten in Melville Bell's system of characters could accurately reproduce a sentence the way it would be spoken by someone with a foreign or regional accent. In his demonstrations Melville Bell employed his son Alexander Graham Bell to read from the visible speech transcript of the volunteer's spoken words and would astound the audience by saying it back exactly as the volunteer had spoken it. Simpkin, Marshall & Co hardcover
1860P2816London c.1860. Very Good backed with acid free paper for long term preservation. Image Size : Platemark Size : Paper Size : 456x329 mm 17.95x12.95 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Steel Engraving Categories: Natural History Botany; unknown
1890FB461 /4B<p>Part of a set. tan calf spine with gilt lettering.</p> Ward Lock & Co. hardcover
185529222<p>James Melville Gilliss's U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the Years 1849 1850 1851 and 1852 was published in Washington by A.O.P. Nicholson in 1855. Issued as the first edition this official government report presents one of the most ambitious American scientific efforts of the nineteenth century. Gilliss an officer in the U.S. Navy and founder of the Naval Observatory organized the expedition while Archibald MacRae recorded extensive field observations. This second volume covers MacRae's journeys through the Andes and the Argentine pampas describing minerals Indian remains mammals birds shells fossils dried plants reptiles and fish. Quarto format measuring 11.75 by 9.5 inches. Collation: ix 3 300 pages. Illustrated with 48 plates including 37 full-page engravings and 11 woodcuts. Bound in leather with marbled boards the volume is Very Good with a secure binding and rubbed corners. Text and plates remain complete and clean. Edition: first edition. Item Number SKU: #29222. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> A.O.P. Nicholson hardcover
184734423London: John Murray 1847. First Edition early issue preceding the American edition. With the Appendix ending on p. 285 and with the Sequel the advertisements at the end of the volume undated with the Preface only the Revised Preface issued with later printings is not present in this volume the listing of Books Already Published listing only 27 titles. Illustrated with a full-page map at the beginning of the text. 8vo publisher's original red cloth stamped in blind on the upper and lower covers the spine panel rebacked sympathetically with near matching red cloth lettered in gilt. xvi2 301 16 ads. pp. A well preserved copy the binding strong the text-block in pleasing condition lightly mellowed. FIRST EDITION EARLY ISSUE. TYPEE was Melville's first book and his most popular during his lifetime. It was published when Melville was just 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature the narrative is based on Melville's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842 supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books. The title comes from the valley of Taipivai once known as Taipi. <br> From the beginning there were questions about Melville's romantic tale. The London publisher John Murray wanted reassurance that Melville's experiences were first-hand before he included the book in the Home and Colonial Library series which was nonfiction by or about foreigners in exotic places. Warm but sometimes skeptical reviews also challenged Melville's account.<br> 'Not long after the book's publication however many of the events described were corroborated by Melville's fellow castaway Richard Tobias Greene "Toby". Researchers later discovered an affidavit from the ship's captain that corroborated that Melville and Greene did indeed desert the ship on the island in the summer of 1842.'<br> Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals". <br><br>See Howard Leon and Christian F.W. for more on the work. John Murray hardcover
186122902London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1861. Hardcover. Inscription on front endpaper "Fort Manaia 13-11.82". "Fort Manaia with its watch tower was built in 1880 to the south east of the town and provided accommodation for militia and later a detachment of the Armed Constabulary." - Stuff news article "Arthur Fryer: The Manaia Octagon" at stuff.co.nz accessed July 2021. Previous owner's name on front endpaper "Beryl Gudgeon". Rubber stamp on page 1: "W. E. Gudgeon Capt. A. C.". Inscription on page 1"read aloud november 1882". Boards with heavy rubbing and fading. Spine very faded. Gutter split at front hinge and partly at rear hinge. Hinges weak and loose. Moderate foxing.; "Murray's Colonial and Home Library" blind-stamped on front and rear boards. "New Edition" printed on title page. xvi 301 1 pages 1 full page map Marquesas Islands. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine blind-stamped cloth boards. Gilt price "3/6" on spine. Page dimensions: 179 x 120mm. . John Murray hardcover
1847314433London: John Murray 1847. hardcover. very good-. Small 8vo red cloth with blind-stamped design spine faded & chipped at the extremes; 2 book-plates. . London: John Murray 1847.<br/> <br/> Early edition of Melville's first book. Catalogue in the back dated 1848 lists this title under Mr. Murray's Home and Colonial Library as "The Marquesas Islanders"<br/> <br/> John Murray unknown
1847028023London.: John Murray. 1847. Hard. Good-. 12mo. 7 1/4". Good-. Publishers red blind embossed cloth a touch damp-stained to front cover edge and spine as pictured. Covers slightly dust marked. Armorial bookplate house Hamilton to front pastedown. Minor foxing to first few leaves. Half of the last leaf of the publishers advertising catalogue to the rear is missing. <br/> <br/> John Murray. unknown
