The Piazza Tales

New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856. Hardcover. Octavo, [iv], 431, [1] pages, [7] ads. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt titling and ornamentation to spine. Discoloration to front cover and spine, with most of gilt on spine still bright. Mild bumping to corners. Yellow endpapers with bookplate to front pastedown. Bookseller embossed… Read more about this item

New York: Dix and Edwards, 1856. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 431pp., [7pp.] Original blind-embossed red cloth with cream endpapers. Small offsetting and stains on a few pages, extremities worn with some loss of the spine ends, spine title faded, a good only copy without dustwrapper if issued. The first book appearance of many of Melville's classic shorter works… Read more about this item

New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856. Hardcover. Octavo, [iv], 431, [1] pages, [7] ads. In Fair condition. Bound in publisher's blind-stamped red cloth with gilt titling and ornamentation to spine. Boards have half of spine missing from tail edge, tearing to front joint from tail edge, tearing to bottom corner and fore edge of both covers, cloth repair on… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1923. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. Fine-. Limited Edition (one of only 750 copies printed) of Melville's massive narrative poem, comprising more than eighteen thousand lines (the length of Paradise Lost) of iambic tetrameter. The poem is divided into four parts: the first volume contains parts I and II (Jerusalem and the Holy Land); the second,… Read more about this item

Constable and Co Limited, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. First Edition. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription sticker to front paste down. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable… Read more about this item

New York: The Elf Publishers, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. Half parchment and papercovered boards. Frontispiece drawing by Ben Greenstein. Slight soiling, about fine in moderately worn very good slipcase. Copy 126 of 750 numbered copies.

Hendricks House, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [A fine collection of six stories] Bound in blue cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Stamped on edges. Pages unmarked. xii, 256 p., 21 cm.

Modern Library, 1996. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($14.50 price intact). Published by Modern Library, 1996. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in gold with patterned endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Very light spotting to… Read more about this item

Modern Library, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Metropolitan, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket/Very Good.

Modern Library, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Northwestern University Press, 1987. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust… Read more about this item

Richard R. Smith, Inc.. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. 1st American edition. In protective mylar cover. (Short Stories, Literature)

Broadview Press Inc, 2018. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Publisher: Hendricks Date of Publication: 1948 Binding: Hardcover Condition: This is the only stated Hendricks Edition from 1948.Other than a back cardholder flyleaf (ex libris), both the mylar-covered DJ and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, etc.---and the pages and binding are tight as a drum .*Note: For no understandable reason (I don't… Read more about this item

Modern Library, 1992. First Modern Library Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover..

Alma Classics. Very Good. 2018. Paperback. 1847497225 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Remainder mark on top edge. Creasing to spine. ; 5.13 X 1.07 X 199.14 inches; 224 pages .

UsedVeryGood. Slight sun fading, however, pages are clean! The cover has visible markings and wear. This is a paperback copy Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Northwestern University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Elf, 1929. Limited edition. Owner's inscription, corner clipped from ffep, light rubbing extremities, light fading to paper boards, usual toning/speckling to vellum, still near fine.. Drawings by Benj Greenstein.. Three quarter vellum-backed light blue boards. No dust jacket.