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Washington D.c.: Library of Congress, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Tells the story of the publication of Melville's Moby Dick in the three volume limited edition issued in an aluminum slip case with Rockwell Kent's illustrations, also Walden, Two Years Before the Mast and The Tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Kent's illustrations are featured in this 67 page softcover volume. Chapters include, Marketing Conditions, The Campaign Plan, The Process of Illustration, Establishing Authoritative Texts, Producing the Type Pages and Distribution and Marketing. Also fascinatiing notes that include re: Moby Dick that the aluminum slipcase was made to small, often damaging the bindings of the three books. A must for any owner of that limited edition Moby Dick or the other rare books studied. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Hofstra University, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition.. Includes works by Robert K. Wallace and Elizabeth Schultz and John Bryant. Very important for the Melville Scholar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Melville Society, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft Wraps. First Paperback Edition.. 90 pages, an important Melville resource. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Melville Society, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft Wraps. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 90 pages, an important Melville resource..

Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Coral Gables: University of Miami Press, 1972. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Typical library markings, so pencil underlining..

New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Spinner Pubns Inc, 2005. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Important notes, index and works cited for the Melville scholar. Illustrations throughout. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mount Kisco, NY: Tyler Graphics Ltd., 1993. Book. Very Fine. Pictorial Cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The complete catalog of Stella's Moby Dick series, with an essay by Jacquelynn Bass. Softcover.

Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1962. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 8, Number 3. Part of the Modern Fiction Series. Contributions include, Allen Hayman, Kingsley Widmer, Harrison Hayford and others. Important Melville literary criticism. Minor pencil marks on a few pages..

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1963. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. very clean ex-lib edition of the US Author's series, without the usual library markings. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B&W illustrations throughout including a list of books obtained in London. The DJ is unclipped with edgewear, otherwise tight and clean..

Briston, RI: The Current Company, 1980. Book. Good. Stapled Softcover. First Edition.. Lists 375 auction items, books, reviews and criticism and includes the laid in sheet with prices realized by item for the auction, The Lakeside Press Edition of Moby Dick went for $1250. The covers are a bit soiled, front shows a Rockwell Kent drawing of the white whale. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second state printing with brown cloth binding and yellow endpapers. The heading to chapter 14 is the correct XIV. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. True first edition first state with Chapter 14 mis-stated as XVI. Reddish purple cloth binding with the spine initials ornamented with pendants. Previous owner contemporary bookplate on the front pastedown. First blank page has a neat previous owner Peter Grant, Farmingdale, March 19, 1855 noted neatly in ink. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes selections from authors Bullen, Melville, J. Ross Browne, William Hussey Macy, Owen Chase, Dana, Aldrich, and more. The editors were from Kent State Univ..

New Bedford: Spinner Publications, 2018. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition.. A new perspective on Nantucket's history and the people who forged its future. Like new. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Bedford: Spinner Publications, 2005. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition.. Poems in the voice of Herman Melville. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1962. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes essays by Robert Penn Warren, F.O. Matthiessen, Alfred Kazin, Newton Arvin and others. No internal marks or writing..

Ashland, Ohio, U.S.A.: Kent State Univ Pr, 2001. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Edited by Sanford E. Marovitz and AC Christodoulou. Like New, appears unread. Important contemporary Melville literary criticism. Very Scarce. Articles include Melville's Medusas by Dennis Berthold and Seeing Moby Dick Globally by Elizabeth Schultz. A must for any Melville scholar or fan..

Columbus OH: C. E. Merrill Pub Co, 1969. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Important Melville Literary criticism. Includes articles by Horace Greeley, Archibald MacMechan, Lincoln Colcord, DH Lawrence, Howard C. Horsford, Leon Howard and others..