The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches
by Herman Melville
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
"The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches" by HERMAN MELVILLE. 1922 1st edition; Princeton University Press; Princeton. Limited edition of only 1,500 trade copies printed (not including an additional 175 that were hand-numbered). The book is a collection of Melville's prose works - please see the photos for the complete list.
Condition:
Clean covers. There are some light scuff lines to the cloth on the spine. Small tear at the bottom-right corner of the front cover. Tiny cloth tears at the top edge of the spine. Tight binding with no loose pages. There is a crack at the front hinge between the end paper and pastedown resulting in the front cover being shaky. There is a tiny stain on the front end paper and pastedown by the spine. The text pages are in nice condition - clean with no notable issues found. The front end paper has a small tear at the top edge. Most of the pages are still attached along the top edge. Overall the book is in Good condition.
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- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7952
- Title
- The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches
- Author
- Herman Melville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- herman melville, moby dick, the white whale, omoo, typee, billy budd, white jacket, clarel, piazza tales, redburn, confidence man, pierre ambiguities, apple tree table
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- Literature / Fiction;
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