Pierre, or the Ambiguities
by Melville, Henry; Parker, Hershel (editor)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0061180092
- ISBN 13
- 9780061180095
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: HarperCollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0061180092 . Signed by Sendak and Parker in black marker on half-title.The Kraken Edition, edited by Melville scholar Hershel Parker. Illustrated in color by the late Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak. xlvi, 449pp. An illustrated reconstruction of the text that Melville delivered to Harper & Brothers early in January 1852, just as some of the most devastating reviews of Moby-Dick were appearing, which Melville spitefully revised with criticism of American literary life after receiving a less-than-rosy contract with his publishers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43079
- Title
- Pierre, or the Ambiguities
- Author
- Melville, Henry; Parker, Hershel (editor)
- Illustrator
- Maurice Sendak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061180092
- ISBN 13
- 9780061180095
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0061180092, Maurice Sendak, Herman Melville
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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