Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140390537
- ISBN 13
- 9780140390537
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Classics, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Trade paperback. 385 pages. Introduction by Frederick Busch. Penguin Classics reprint. Includes: Billy Budd; Bartleby; The Encantadas; Benito Cereno and The Piazza. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, unmarked copy with sharp corners. Mild toning to margins as per usual with this edition. Near fine. .
Synopsis
Billy Budd is a novella begun around 1886 by American author Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891 and not published until 1924. The work has been central to Melville scholarship since it was discovered in manuscript form among Melville's papers in 1924 and published the same year. It has an ignominious editorial history, as poor transcription and misinterpretation of Melville's notes on the manuscript marred the first published editions of the text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020252
- Title
- Billy Budd and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140390537
- ISBN 13
- 9780140390537
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- 19th Century American Fiction, Herman Melville
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...