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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...

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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,...

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: 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,...

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...

"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...

Herman Melville's masterpieceof obsession and the untamed sea, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history-a deluxe edition featuring a Foreword by Nathaniel Philbrick and cover art by...

'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,...

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...

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...

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...

If Melville had never written "Moby Dick," his place in world literature would be assured by his short tales. "Billy Budd, Sailor, " his last work, is the masterpiece in...

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: 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...

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...

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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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....

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...

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Secondhand Literary Classics Bargain Book Box SP4140 Twenty classics and Australian titles in mixed editions: Patrick White’s Voss, Henry Kingsley’s Geoffry Hamlyn, We of the Never-Never, Castaneda’s Don Juan, du...

Secondhand Penguin Modern Classics Bargain Book Box SP4149 Twenty-one literary paperbacks, most in vintage Penguin Modern Classics: Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, Christina Stead, Henry Handel Richardson’s Ultima Thule, Patrick White’s...

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MELVIN BEEDERMAN SUPERHERO"From: grateful@fred.comTo: melvin@beederman.comDear Melvin,We need your help. Someone has been sending us threatening letters. We don't know who it is. Please come to our concert tonight, just in...

They're back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet. Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford,...

A beautiful photographic stroll around the bookshops, restaurants, literary locations and authors' neighbourhoods in the Big Apple. Literary Landscapes: New York is the follow-up to Literary Landscapes: Paris and contains...

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...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will' Hailed as one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingThis five-volume set gathers the cornerstones of Western philosophy and political thought, from Plato's "The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew names in the literary canon carry the weight of Sherlock Holmes — the razor-sharp, pipe-smoking detective of 221B Baker Street whose...

An Instant NY Times , USA Today , and Publishers Weekly Bestseller Have you ever looked around and thought, There has to be more than this You're not alone ....

An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the 'laughing devil' of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to HL Mencken.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew names in English literature carry the weight of Thomas Hardy, whose unflinching portraits of rural life, tragic fate,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the height of the Victorian era, Melbourne was one of the richest, most ambitious cities on earth — a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of the Methodist revival that transformed eighteenth-century Britain stands one towering intellect and voice: John...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn the quiet aftermath of World War II, Elizabeth Goudge's The Herb of...