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Published by Warner, New York, 1974
ISBN 10: 0446592870ISBN 13: 9780446592871
Seller: Blue Awning Books, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
mass_market. Condition: Very Good. 1st ptg. 217 pp.
Published by Sagamore Press, New York, NY., 1957
Seller: river break books, Fort benton, MT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Reprint; American Century Series, # S13 on spine. Introduction by Lewis Leary. Entire book is very clean and unmarked, square along the edges and corners, and tightly bound. Only mark to book is v light rub wear to the cover edges.
Published by Northwestern University Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0810105535ISBN 13: 9780810105539
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Published by Northwestern Newberry, 1982. Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Covers have shelf wear and fading to spine. Offsetting to inner covers. 400 pages. ISBN: 0810105535. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.
Published by The St. Botolph Society, Boston, 1925
Seller: Pilchuck Books, Everett, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Frank T. Merrill (illustrator). 1st Edition. lettering faded on spine tear near top of spine bookplate on inside front cover slight stain on a few pages near end.
Published by Penguin Classics, 2008
ISBN 10: 014310523XISBN 13: 9780143105237
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Special order direct from the distributor.
Published by Albert & Charles Boni, New York, New York, 1924
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Cover presents with rubbing/fading with age, edge wear along length of spine, slight splitting, and corner bumping. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by The Library of America, U.S.A., 1984
ISBN 10: 0940450240ISBN 13: 9780940450240
Seller: ShiroBooks, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF / NF. Stated 1st Printing of the 1984 LOA 1st Edition thus, selected and edited, with notes, by Harrison Hayford. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and free of markings and blemishes. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket (reflecting original USD $27.50) are clean and bright, with sharp corners and joints, straight heads, tails, spine / backstrip, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and Author image. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0940450240. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. ADDITIONAL CHARGE (DUE TO APPROX 2.5# SHIPPING WEIGHT) WILL APPLY IF SHIPPED OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL US; CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING or for more information, details or photos.
Published by The St. Botolph Society., Boston.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Spine faded, edgewear, o/w very good. Cloth 8vo. Embossed and decorated blue boards and spine. xv, 301pp. B/w frontis, five plates. 1st ed. thus. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |.
Published by L. C. Page & Co., Boston, 1950
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition Thus. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold. Spine shows some darkening, but is certainly readable. This is one in the publisher's Uniform Edition from the middle of last century that comprised a matching set. 301 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Northwestern University Press, 1982
ISBN 10: 0810105527ISBN 13: 9780810105522
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 6.5 X 9.5 inches. 403 pages. Black cloth hardcover with gilt Herman Melville signature on front cover,; red block on spine with gilt type. No DJ. Withdrawn library copy with blacked out labels on cover and stamps and pocket on inside covers. Inside sheets all clean and VG. Solid square binding. Very slight musty oder.
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Published by The St. Botolph Society, Boston, 1925
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill (illustrator). 1st Impresson. Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. Boston: The St. Botolph Society, (1925). Stated First Impression. 8vo. [x],301 pages + 12pp of ads. Decorated title and 6 plates. Original blue cloth stamped in silver, white, and blind, image of sailing ship on front cover. Slightly worn, few light spots to lower front cover, spine moderately soiled dulling the gilt letters, interior in very good condition, no owner's name, faint toning to text block. Lacks dj. ; 6 plates, decorated title.
Published by Northwestern, 1997
ISBN 10: 0810115913ISBN 13: 9780810115910
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1997 Northwestern University Press Paperback 1st Edition thus. Like new clean tightr copy.
Published by Russell & Russell,, NY:, 1963
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume XI of the Standard Edition of The Works Herman Melville. First edition thus. Very good or better in tan cloth with black and red lettering on the spine. No dust jacket.
Published by Constable [through 1924], London, 1923
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine-. First Edition thus. Limited Edition (one of only 750 copies printed) of Melville's eighth book, first published in serial form in Putnam's Monthly magazine between July 1854 and March 1855, then in book form by G. P. Putnam & Co., in March, 1855. Royal 8vo (226 x 142mm): x,225,[1]pp. Publisher's slate-blue cloth, spine and covers paneled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, coated maroon end papers, title page in French blue and black. An excellent, virtually pristine example (small blank label to fly leaf, address label to rear end paper), tightly bound and crisp throughout. BAL 13680. Volume XI of the 16-volume Works of Herman Melville, Standard Edition, publication of which marked a key event in the Melville revival of the 1920s, rescuing the neglected writer from obscurity and securing him a prominent place in the American literary canon. Israel Potter is loosely based on a pamphlet Melville acquired in the 1840s, Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter [Providence, Rhode Island, 1824]. Potter had been a veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill, a sailor in the Revolutionary navy, a prisoner of the British, a secret agent and courier in France, and a 45-year exile from his native land as a laborer, pauper, and peddler in London. Melville's plot combines a number of Potter's actual encounters (with King George III and Benjamin Franklin) with some he never had (including those with Ethan Allen and John Paul Jones). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by G.P. Putnam & Co., New York, 1855
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good (Minus). No Jacket. First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855. This novel of the Revolutionary War was a commercial failure for Melville, as was "Moby Dick." Later critics have been more kindly. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition (First State, with the mis-numbered Chapter XIV). A scarce title. Tan cloth binding, heavily stamped with ruling and a decorative device on both covers. Clean text; 276 pages. Penciled names on the front paste-down and free endpaper; bookbinder chop on the FFEP. The text has occasional smudges and floodmarks, but remains clear and fully legible; unfoxed. Bumped to a fray; faded, particularly the spine and margins. The original gilt lettering on the spine is faint but still readable, due to the blindstamping. Certainly not a beauty, but basically a sound copy of this scarce title that might benefit from a bit of restoration. In an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by G.P. Putnam & Co., New York, 1855
Seller: Wayward Books, South dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Second state printing with brown cloth binding and yellow endpapers. The heading to chapter 14 is the correct XIV. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by London Constable & Co. 1923, 1923
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Rare First Edition in the Constable printing of Melville's Works. One of 750 copies only Large 8vo, publishers original blue cloth lettered in gilt and stamped in blind, t.e.g. x, 225 pp. A superior copy of this very scarce book, fine and bright and unusually well preserved, without wear or blemish, as pristine and essentially mint. RARE FIRST EDITION OF ISRAEL POTTER, HIS FIFTY YEARS OF EXILE, IN THE CONSTABLE COLLECTION, A HIGHLY REGARDED PRINTING OF MELVILLE'S WORKS. Between 1875 and 1920 Melville had fallen deep into obscurity. William P. Trent's A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1903, gives Melville but three pages out of 593, and Wendell and Greenough's A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN AMERICA, 1904, gives him nothing at all. The author's star began to rise in 1921 with the publication of Weaver's biography. The first volume of the collected works was published the following year and did much to expand American awareness of Melville's art. It stands alone as a truly important edition with the inclusion of all of Melville's work known at the time including 'The Poems' and 'Billy Budd,' both of which were here published separately for the first time. ISRAEL POTTER, His Fifty Years of Exile appears as Volume XI of the Standard Edition set. Potter's story is according to Howes "purported autobiography, of dubious authenticity" and tells of the life of Potter an American injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill who was taken prisoner by the English, conveyed to England where he was forced to remain scratching a livelihood for himself and his family by crying "old chairs to mend" through the streets of London. With the assistance of Congress, he finally succeeded (at the age of 79) in returning to his native county in 1823 after 48 years of exile. According to Potter's account he had been a veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill, a sailor in the Revolutionary navy, a prisoner of the British, an escapee in England, a secret agent and courier in France, and a 45-year exile from his native land as a laborer, pauper, and peddler in London. This very scarce, and somewhat obscure, piece was read by a young Herman Melville, who eventually turned it into his only historical novel, "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile", published in 1855. Melville's plot combines a number of Potter's claimed encounters, such as King George III, Horne Tooke, and Benjamin Franklin, with some he never had, such as Ethan Allen and John Paul Jones.
Published by G. P. Putnam & Co, New York, 1855
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 8vo, 276pp; brown cloth. Mixed state, with ornamented letters in the spine title and Chapter Fourteen correctly identified. Slight lean; tips bumped; cloth a bit rubbed and with a touch of wear to spine ends.
Published by G. P. Putnam & Co., New York, 1855
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
276 pp. 12mo, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. First edition, first printing. BAL 13667; first printing; first binding. Area of abrasion (as from rough removal of a bookplate) on front pastedown; light staining to the text; some corners creased; cloth sunned and worn but tight and sound.
Published by New York, G.P. Putnam & Co., 1885., 1885
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, second printing. 8vo. 276 pages. Original full brown cloth, gilt stamped and blind ruled spine, covers stamped and bordered in blind, pale yellow endpapers (spine faded to tan, slight rubbing). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. BAL #13667, with all second printing issue points present. Spine title: Fifty Years Exile.
Published by G. P. Putnam, New York, 1855
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Published by G. P. Putnam in 1885, mixed state bound in the uncommon red cloth binding. First letters to spine titling ornamented but the heading for Chapter Fourteen correctly reading ' XIV '. A very gooid copy with wear to the spine ends and a small unobtrusive perforation to the rear gutter.
Published by G.P. Putnam & Co, New York, 1855
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1 vols. 8vo. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition, first issue. Melville based this work on the "Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter," 1824, which purports to be the true story of a soldier in the American Revolution who was captured by the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Melville has ably sketched such contempoary figures as George III, Dr, Franklin, John Paul Jones and Ethan Allen. BAL 13667 Original tan cloth boards both stamped in blind with decorative motif, (first binding as appropriate to first printing), titles ruled in gilt on spine; some fraying on spine and edges with slight cocking, foxing throughout; a very good first issue.
Published by G.P. Putnam & Co., New York, 1855
Seller: Wayward Books, South dartmouth, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. True first edition first state with Chapter 14 mis-stated as XVI. Reddish purple cloth binding with the spine initials ornamented with pendants. Previous owner contemporary bookplate on the front pastedown. First blank page has a neat previous owner Peter Grant, Farmingdale, March 19, 1855 noted neatly in ink. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.