LIMITED EDITION 16 VOLUME SET OF "THELIMITED EDITION 16 VOLUME SET OF "THE WORKS OF HERMAN M...Limited Edition 16 Volume Set of "The Works of Herman Melville", numbered 311/750 of the standard edition, published in 1922 and 1924, to include Typee, Omoo, The Confidence Man, Israel Potter, Clarel (two), Pierre, Poems, The Piazza Tales, Billy Budd, White Jackets, Moby Dick (two), Mardi (two), and Redburn. Provenance: Estate of Cyril H. Moore Jr, Kent, Connecticut.
7 BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE TO INCLUDE7 BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE TO INCLUDE ROMANCESOF HERMAN MELVILLE, 1928, LEATHER BOUND, GOOD CONDITION. MOBY DICK, 1930, ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT. MOBY DICK PHOTOPLAY TITLED THE SEA BLAST, 1925, NICE DUST JACKET, SHOWS REPAIR. TYPEE, LIMITED EDITION CLUB, NY, 1935, VELLUM BOARDS AND SLIPCASE, EXCELLENT CONDITION. OMOO, 1961 WITH SLIPCASE. EXCELLENT CONDITION. 2 COPIES OF MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE, ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT, 1937, GOOD CONDITION. FROM IPPOLITO COLLECTION.
BINDER CONTAINING WHALING ITEMS TO INCLUDETIMEBINDER CONTAINING WHALING ITEMS TO INCLUDETIME MAGAZINE OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR MOBY DICK. CLASSIC COMIC MOBY DICK. TWO CLASSIC COMICS FOR TYPEE. DELL THE NATURE OF THINGS. WARNER BROS. MOBY DICK COMIC. COVER IS DAMAGED. PROGRAM - MOBY DICK. FROM IPPOLITO COLLECTION.
(35) LIBRARY OF AMERICA SERIES - AMERICAN(35) LIBRARY OF AMERICA SERIES - AMERICAN AUTHORS(lot of 35) Collection of Library of America Series, Library Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, 20th c., highlights include: (1) "Herman Melville: Typee, Omoo, Mardi," edited by G. Thomas Tanselle, 1982, 1,326 pages, (1) "Thomas Jefferson: Writings," edited by Merrill Peterson, 1984, 1,597 pages, (1) "Mark Twain: Mississippi Writings," edited by Guy Cardwell, 1982, 1,084 pages, (1) "Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales," edited by Patrick Quinn, 1984, 1,408 pages; some books with water damage to pages, largest: approx 8"h, 5.25"w, 63.5lbs
[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately 56 volumes, some in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to American literature, comprising:
HARTE, Bret. The Writings. -- MERWIN, Henry Childs. The Life of Bret Harte. Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin Company et al, [1906]-1911. 21 volumes. Contemporary half red morocco gilt, top edge gilt, stamp-signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. “Riverside edition.” -- [PORTER, William Sydney]. HENRY, O. [The Works]. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1924-1929. 11 volumes. Original red limp calf gilt-lettered. Later edition. -- HARTE, Bret. The Writings. Boston & NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [1903]. 19 volumes. Publisher’s brown roan-backed boards gilt. “Standard Library edition.” -- MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick. -- Omoo. -- Typee. -- White-Jacket. Boston: The St. Botolph Society, [1922]. Together, 4 volumes. Uniformly bound in 20th-century half tan roan gilt, top edges gilt. Eighth impression; fifth impression; fourth impression; seventh impression. -- HARRIS, William T., et al. Appleton’s School Readers. The Third Reader. NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. Publisher’s original cloth-backed printed boards. Later edition. -- Together, 9 works in approximately 56 volumes, various 8vo sizes, condition generally good.
[Literature Fine Press] Four titles[Literature Fine Press] Four titles published by the Limited Editions Club each limited to 1500 copies 1) D. C. Peattie An Almanac for Moderns illus. by Asa Cheffetz (Washington: 1938) signed by artist 4to. pict. cloth slipcase; 2) H. Melville Typee: A Romance of the South Seas illus. by Miguel Covarrubias (NY: 1935) signed by artist 8vo. printed paper; 3) S. V. Benet John Brown's Body illus. by John Steuart Curry (NY: 1948) 4to red cloth; 4) Charles Kingsley Westward Ho! illus. by E. A. Wilson (NY: 1947) sgd. by artist 2 vols. 4to. cloth and printed boards slipcase Estimate $ 200-300