New York: Heritage Press. Fine. (1965). Hardcover. Cloth cover with upper half white and lower half black is clean and unworn. The white cloth over the spine is faintly sunned. Corners sharp, binding sound and tight and spine straight. The previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. No other ownership or other marks in book. Publisher's pamphlet "the Sunglass" laid in. Original slipcase is sound and has a small rubbed area along back edge, otherwise as new. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages .

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Bookseller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16760
Title: Billy Budd and Benito Cereno
Author: Melville, Herman & Illus. by Robert Shore
Illustrator: Robert Shore
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Publisher: Heritage Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: (1965)
Bookseller catalogs: American Literature;

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.

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James F. Balsley, Bookseller

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Williamsburg, Virginia

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My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.

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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....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...