Three Stories: Bartelby, Benito Cereno, Billy Budd by Melville, Herman - 1967

The Folio Society, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. 1967. No edition stated. 210 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Wood engravings by Garrick Palmer. Three Stories comprise Bartleby, Benito Cereno & Billy Budd. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Slight sunning to spine. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.

Folio Society, 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations and slipcase. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with very slight crushing to spine ends. Slipcase has moderate edge wear with markings to panels and scuffing to edges.

The Folio Society, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Folio Society. Used - Good. Good condition. Slipcase Good. (fiction, classic, melville) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

London, Folio Society 1967.. 210pp. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth in slipcase. Name on ffe. A very good copy.. Includes Bartleby, Benito Cereno and Billy Budd with engravings by Garrick Palmer.

London, Folio Society 1967.. 210pp. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth in slipcase. . A very good copy.. Includes Bartleby, Benito Cereno and Billy Budd with engravings by Garrick Palmer.

Folio Society. 1967 Folio Society first thus edition hardback; Very Good clean and little-used copy, illustrated boards, in very good slipcase; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus.. 1967.

London: The Folio Society, 1967. Book. Illus. by Garrick Palmer. As New. Hardcover. 3rd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with slipcase. 210 pages with three short stories; Bartleby, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd. Slipcase slightly worn with small white stain on back. Top edge gilt. Wood Engravings. Previous owner's name written insdie front cover.

London: Folio Society, 1967. 1st thus. hardback. Near fine, 1st thus, Folio, blue slipcase, blue boards (spine slightly faded), dark blue impressed design, gilt spine titling; text block reasonably firm, pages unmarked and crisp; top edges blue. Owner's initials neatly inscribed on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). ÔStruck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!Õ It is the end of the eighteenth century, and the navy recruits the eponymous hero Ð the ÔHandsome SailorÕ Ð to its fleet. Accused of mutinous behaviour, Billy Budd is forced to defend himself, but his fearful, silent response soon gives way to a terrible act of violence. The consequences are disastrous, and nothing can prevent the force of judgment and eventual justice upon him. Discovered among MelvilleÕs papers after his death and published posthumously in 1924, ÔBilly BuddÕ is a powerful tale of guilt and innocence, crime and punishment, and the cost of adhering to duty. From the author of ÔMoby DickÕ, MelvilleÕs… Read More

London : Folio Society, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, in a very good slipcase. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 210p. : ill. ; 23cm. Subjects: Sea stories, American. Wood engravings ; Illustration.