Herman Melville Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent 1849-1850 edited by Eleanor Melville Metcalf 1st UK Edition
by Melville, Herman; Metcalf, Eleanor Melville (ed)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cohen & West, 1949. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations 1st UK Edition of the journal kept by Herman Melville during the years 1849-1850, when he was visiting London in search of a publisher for 'White Jacket', and also including a short time in Paris, Belgium and the Rhineland; edited by Melville's grand-daughter; small name-label to front pastedown, medium-heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, and with medium foxing, loss to head and tail of spine, and with minor loss to centre of spine.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22011
- Title
- Herman Melville Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent 1849-1850 edited by Eleanor Melville Metcalf 1st UK Edition
- Author
- Melville, Herman; Metcalf, Eleanor Melville (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cohen & West
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 172pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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