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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...

Author: Melville HenryBinding: HardbackPublished: Melanie Publications, Hobart, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Number 48 of 200 copies....

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...

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...

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...

The tales in this selection of Melville's shorter works were all written after the publication of "Moby-Dick" and after "Pierre", his first commercial failure. They are products of Melville's complex...

With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd, Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury and co-editor of 'Poetry Review'. 'Moby Dick' is the...

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...

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...

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,...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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,...

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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,...

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...

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,...

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...

Author: O. HenryBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books Limited, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis collection, Treasury Of World Masterpieces: O. Henry, presents the quintessential works of a master American storyteller. It...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. From the shadows of civil war emerged...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical biography, Henry VIII And His Court, chronicles the tumultuous reign of one...

Author: Henry Roth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 0

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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: Henry Lawson; compiled by Colin RoderickBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1947Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection features twenty stories and seven poems by...

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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean and bright copy. This gripping espionage thriller, A Sort...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — pages secure, binding intact. Henry Adams — historian, memoirist, philosopher, and reluctant celebrity —...

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...

Author: Walter Stonebinding: SoftbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd, 1978Condition: book: Good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Yellowed, markings: No markingsThis book is a collection of works by the renowned Australian...

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...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed, large corner cut out of FEP. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. Myself When Young is...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis Treasury Of World Masterpieces presents a captivating collection of O. Henry's most celebrated short stories, showcasing his unparalleled mastery of the...