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Harper & Row, 1967-01-01. Paperback. Good.

Harper & Row, 1967. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harper & Row, 1967. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Perennial Library. Used - Good. Good condition. Slightly dampstained.

UsedGood. Harper Perennial paperback; underlined; name inside front; s

Perennial Library, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Random House Value Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Perennial Library, January 1969. Mass Market Paperback . Used Good. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

Perennial Library, 1969-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: Constable, 1922. Standard. Hardcover. Very Good. [First edition of Billy Budd] Standard Edition, limited to 500 sets. 10 volumes; 24 cm. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. Contents: V. 1. Typee; v. 2. Omoo : a narrative of adventures in the South Seas; v. 3-4. Mardi : and a voyage thither; v. 5. Redburn : his first voyage; v. 6. White jacket, or, The world in a man-of-war; v. 9. Pierre, or, The ambiguities; v. 10. The Piazza tales; v. 11. Israel Potter : his fifty years of exile; v. 12. The confidence-man : his masquerade; <br> " This set's publication is the result of the Melville revival amidst the rise of Modernism. Volume 13 contains the first edition of "Billy Budd," the first publication of nine sketches, and the first book publication of ten other stories and sketches. "Billy Budd" was left unfinished by Melville at his death; his widow attempted to put the manuscript in some order but eventually… Read More

19. MELVILLE, Herman. THE WORKS OF HERMAN MELVILLE. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1922(-1924). 15 of 16 volumes, lacking volume 13 (Blly Budd and Other Prose Pieces ). The Standard Edition, #324 of 750 sets numbered and signed on behalf of the publisher in Volume I. Octavos, all in the publisher's original blue cloth bindings: all sides decoratively blocked in blind, gilt lettering on spines, maroon coated endpapers, top edges trimmed and gilt, others untrimmed. Title-pages printed in blue and black. Bookplate to front pastedown in nine of the volumes. Some spines faintly sunned, yet attractive and near fine overall.

London, Bombay, Sydney: Constable and Co., Ltd, 1922. Edition limited to 750 copies (this, no. 460), signed by the publisher with initials, 16 volumes, 8vo, title pages printed in blue and black, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines; several spines unevenly sunned, bookseller's description tipped to front free endpaper of volume I, else near fine. BAL 13680, 13682 (Billy Budd) and 13683 (Poems). Contains the first printed appearance of Billy Budd as well as 14 other poems, fragments, etc.

London:: Constable and Company Ltd.,, 1922-1924.. Standard, Edition; No. 639 of 750 copies (Vol. XVI has been supplied from another set).. publisher's blue blind-stamped and gilt-lettered cloth, t.e.g. 14 of the 16 volumes are in printed dust jackets.. The untrimmed fore-edges are lightly foxed; first few and last few leaves of Billy Budd (Vol. XIII) and Poems (Vol. XVI) also lightly foxed.. All the volumes are bright and unworn, except for Vol. XVI, Poems, which is slightly dulled at the spine. The dust jackets are sunned at the spine; some with a few tiny chips. . 8vo,. Additional postage applicable for this multiple-volume set.

London: Constable, 1922. First. hardcover. fine. 16 volumes. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth with ornately blind-stamped covers and gilt-lettered spines; burgundy endpapers, uncut edges, top edges gilt. London: Constable & Company, 1922-1924. First Collected Edition.<br/><br/> The Standard Edition, limed to 750 sets signed by the publisher. Includes the first publication of Billy Budd, found posthumously in Conrad's papers. A fine solid set, with spines just a touch sunned.<br/><br/>

London: Constable. 1922-24. Complete in 16 volumes. Original blue cloth. The shade of blue of several volumes is lighter than that of the others-a manufacturing difference. No. 511 of 750 sets with a notation below that is indiscernible. This set is important because it contains so many first printings (including the important Billy Budd and all of the poems except "Battle Pieces," "John Marr," and "Timoleon), a number of first book printings, and the First British Printing of Clarel. Previous owner's name in pencil in Vol. 16. All volumes Near Fine except Vol. 6, which has a slight bump and fading on the spine and is Very Good. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1922.

London, Bombay, Sydney: Constable and Company Ltd, 1922-1924. The Standard Edition, complete. Limited to 750 sets, including the first publication of one of Melville's masterworks, the novella Billy Budd, which was discovered in manuscript among Melville's papers at the time. BAL 13680, noting that the volume containing The Confidence-Man also contains a bibliography of the first editions of Melville's prose works by Michael Sadleir. BAL entries also exist for individual volumes which include first editions: Billy Budd, BAL 13682, noting the contents which represent "pieces here first located in book form", including the title story, which was "never before published"; Poems: Battle-Pieces, John Marr and Other Sailors, Timoleon and Miscellaneous Poems, BAL 13683, noting that the "Author's Note", p. 162, "Miscellaneous Poems", pp. (297)-349, and "At the Hostelry", pp. (351)-434, first appear here in book form. Regarding the format of the Constable set, BAL specifies: "LP cloth: blue. Maroon-coated… Read More