Selected Writings of Herman Melville: Complete Short Stories, Typee [and] Billy Budd, Foretopman (Modern Library Giant #G57.2)
by MELVILLE, Herman
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394607570
- ISBN 13
- 9780394607573
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1970s]. Hardcover. 0394607570 . A selection of writings by Herman Melville in a Modern Library Giant edition. Includes all 15 of his short stories plus his first novel, "Typee" and his last, "Billy Budd, Foretopman." --- In Toledano spine G7 / blue cloth / silver titling & decorations / plain GA style endpapers / jacket style Gh, verso is blank. 1952 date appears in book, but likely published c.1970s. ML #G57.2. --- With conspicuous age-toning to leaves, textblock remains tightly bound and leaves are unmarked. Dust jacket flap price has been removed with a circular snip, with minor chafing to edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; viii, 903 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88249
- Title
- Selected Writings of Herman Melville: Complete Short Stories, Typee [and] Billy Budd, Foretopman (Modern Library Giant #G57.2)
- Author
- MELVILLE, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394607570
- ISBN 13
- 9780394607573
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1970s]
- Keywords
- 0394607570
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