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Herman Melville : Pierre, Israel Potter, The Piazza Tales, The Confidence-Man, Tales, Billy Budd (Library of America)
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0940450240
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450240
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Library of America, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. First Library of America Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($27.50 price intact). Published by The Library of America, 1984. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold with patterned blue endpapers and sewn-in satin bookmark. Book is like new with no writing. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight. Dust jacket is like new. A lovely copy of the third volume of Herman Melville s fiction; Pierre, Israel Potter, The Piazza Tales, The Confidence-Man, Uncollected Prose, and Billy Budd.1478 pages. ISBN: 0940450240. 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.
Synopsis
Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92420
- Title
- Herman Melville : Pierre, Israel Potter, The Piazza Tales, The Confidence-Man, Tales, Billy Budd (Library of America)
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0940450240
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450240
- Publisher
- Library of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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