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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Creased spine ith minor creasing on cover. Part of the renowned Writers and Critics series, this...

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Author: Professor Aaron Sachs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 472 Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most important writers in American history-the novelist and...

Herman Melville was born into a family that in the fledgling republic had lost both money and status. Toughened at sea as a young man, he returned home to chronicle...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis essential anthology gathers four of Herman Melville's most celebrated works into a single volume, presenting readers with the full...

Author: Herman MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis classic adventure narrative transports readers to the lush, untamed Marquesas Islands, recounting the captivating experiences of a young sailor...

"Melville at his best invariably wrote from a sort of dream self, so that events which he relates as actual fact have indeed a far deeper reference to his own...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A comprehensive reference work for scholars and enthusiasts of American literature,...

In his introduction, Stephen Matterson discusses Melville's literary career, the role of the trickster in American literature, and themes of satire and religious allegory in this unusual novel Onboard the...

'I love Melville' Donna Tartt 'The ultimate fish story' Bob Dylan 'The ultimate fish story' Bob Dylan When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day,...

A new Penguin Classics black spine edition of Herman Melville's virtuosic short stories--American classics wrought with scorching fury, grim humor, and profound beauty A new, definitive edition of Herman Melville's...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws,...

Herman Melville's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history.Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Overa century and a half...

Famous and beloved classics are reinterpreted to capture the attention of young audiences in this engaging book series. This magnificently illustrated edition Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings new life to...

When the young Ishmael gets on board Captain Ahab's whaling ship, little does he suspect that the mission on which he is about to embark is the fulfilment of his...

Excellent examples of American fiction of the 19th and 20th centuries, these stories have been chosen for their timeless relevance and enduring popularity. Arranged in chronological order, they include Herman...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn one of the most viscerally honest accounts of maritime life ever committed to paper, Two Years Before the Mast chronicles Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s harrowing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the grand sweep of American literary history, few eras crackle with as much creative electricity as the mid-nineteenth century, and Van...

Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of...

Author: James MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Imperial Way plunges readers into a gripping mystery set aboard a...

This study investigates the importance of theatre in the works of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, William Dean Howells, Louisa May Alcott and Henry James. Whether as critics, playwrights, actors or...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Format: Paperback...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Slipcase: goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsOmoo is a sequel to Melville's first novel, Typee, and follows the adventures of a sailor who escapes from a South...

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...

A new translation of this counterculture classic by David Horrocks A new translation by David Horrocks. At first sight Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality he...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the pen of one of Britain's most beloved comic writers comes Merely Melville, a sparkling collection of witty observations, comic sketches,...

An exploration of the "Pacific Rim" in the American imagination and of how the concept has been variously adapted and resisted in Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia....

Author: Robert MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on corners. All...

Author: Pauline Melville Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 408 What could a ballerina, an anarchist, an Islamic terrorist and a banker possibly have in common? Our narrator, the enigmatic, piano-playing,...

Author: James MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg London, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsSayonara, Sweet Amaryllis transports readers to the intricate world of Japanese crime, where...

The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick's monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA classic entry in the British detective fiction tradition, A Sort of Samurai chronicles the investigations of Superintendent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before Australia had a literary tradition to call its own, Henry Savery — convict, bankrupt, and inveterate observer — was quietly laying its...

The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire, claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of...

A reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor 'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare...

Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous authors on the journeys which inspired their greatest works in this beautiful illustrated atlas. Some truly remarkable works of...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsFrank Clune’s Captain Melville recounts the thrilling escapades of...

A collection of Wilde's most charming and well-loved tales, as part of a new series of five Oscar Wilde titles A collection of stories, including two of Wilde's most famous-...

A reimagining of Moby Dick from the perspective of a cross-dressing female sailor. Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor 'Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange' Philip Hoare...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: pages can have notes/underlining. In one of the most pointed intellectual rebuttals of the...