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Pierre: or The Ambiguities : The Kraken Edition
by Melville, Herman (Hershel Parker, editor)
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- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine in Archival Plastic Cover
- ISBN 10
- 0061180092
- ISBN 13
- 9780061180095
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine in Archival Plastic Cover. Sendak, Maurice. A handsomely bound First Edition (so stated) signed for Parrish Books by the late Maurice Sendak on the half-title page on February 1, 2004 at his home in Connecticut. This Kraken edition represents the text that Herman Melville submitted to the Harper & Brothers publishers in 1852 but which they were hesitant to publish because of the bad reviews being given to "Moby Dick." It took Melville scholar Hershel Parker and Maurice Sendak, long a Melville fan, to bring this edition to light. Sendak told us that it was his goal to ensure that Melville's "other" work received the attention that Melville as an author deserved.
In fine dark red cloth with a fine dark green colorful dustjacket, the Sendak illustrations are disturbing but superb. Protected by an archival dustjacket.
Maurice Sendak has been awarded countless awards for illustration of children's books, including the Caldecott Medal, 1964 (for Where the Wild Things Are); Hans Christian Andersen International Medal, 1970; Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, 1983; Jewish Cultural Achievement Award, 1988; National Medal of Arts, 1996.
In fine dark red cloth with a fine dark green colorful dustjacket, the Sendak illustrations are disturbing but superb. Protected by an archival dustjacket.
Maurice Sendak has been awarded countless awards for illustration of children's books, including the Caldecott Medal, 1964 (for Where the Wild Things Are); Hans Christian Andersen International Medal, 1970; Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, 1983; Jewish Cultural Achievement Award, 1988; National Medal of Arts, 1996.
Synopsis
'Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end-a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops." So judged the New York Herald when Pierre was first published in 1852, with most contemporary reviewers joining in the general condemnation: 'a dead failure,' 'this crazy rigmarole,' and "a literary mare's nest." Latter-day critics have recognized in the story of Melville's idealistic young hero a corrosive satire of the sentimental-Gothic novel, and a revolutionary foray into modernist literary techniques.
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- Bookseller
- Parrish Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1295
- Title
- Pierre: or The Ambiguities : The Kraken Edition
- Author
- Melville, Herman (Hershel Parker, editor)
- Illustrator
- Sendak, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine in Archival Plastic Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0061180092
- ISBN 13
- 9780061180095
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
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