New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1931. Complete and unabridged stories, including: Moby Dick: That amazing creation, forged in the white heat of Melville's genius; Typee: All the savage witchery of the South Sea Islands revealed and made to live forever; Omoo: Completes the picture of a wondrous world till then unknown; Mardi: The mystic Polynesian idyll of Mardi's enchanted isles; White Jacket: The world in a man-of-war, a book that made history; Israel Potter: The stirring tale of a revolutionary patriot; and Redburn: The story of the youth who ran away to sea "with a devil in his heart." Colored frontispiece before each story. 1660 pp. Black cloth boards with gilt title and ship embossed motif on front cover. Green top page edge. Black slipcase in Good condition with illustrated face, bumped and exposed corners and rubbed edges. Some very small white smudges on front cover, and corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's name stamped on front inside cover and on a few internal pages. Some dirt smudges to page edges, but does not interfere with text. Interior is tight and Very Good +. Wonderful collection of some of Melville's best stories.. Cloth. Very Good +. Illus. by Colored Frontispiece. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Fiction.

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Bookseller: Bee Creek Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005217
Title: THE ROMANCES OF HERMAN MELVILLE
Author: Melville, Herman
Illustrator: Colored Frontispiece
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Publisher: Tudor Publishing Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: Famous Authors, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Bookseller catalogs: Famous Authors;
Size: Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4"

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