Sales catalogue 444: Maggs Bros

Date:
1923
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/25
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 444: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2010 MELVILLE (Herman). A Remarkabie Goliection of Criginal Editions of his Works. Comprising 14 volumes, crown 8vo and post 8vo, zm the original cloth, uncut, as issued. 1849-1800. £105 Comprising :— THE PIAZZA TALES. First Edition, crown 8vo, London, 1856. PLERRE: or, the Ambiguities. First Edition, crown $vo. New York, 1852. THE WHALE. First Edition, 3 vols, crown 8vo. London: Bentley, 1851. MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER. First Edition. 2 vols, post 8vo. New York, 1849. REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. First Edition. 2 vols, post 8vo. London: Bentley, 1849. BATTLE PIECES AND ASPECTS OF THE WAR. First Edition. Post 8vo. New York, 1866. THE CONFIDENCE-MAN : His Masquerade. First English Edition. F’cap. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1857. WHITE-JACKET: or, The World in a Man-of-War. First Edition. Post 8vo. New York, 1850. WHITE-JACKET: or, 'The World in a Man-of-War. First English Edition. 2 vols, bound in one, thick crown 8vo, original cloth. London: Bentley, 1853. THE REFUGEE. First Edition with this title. Post 8vo, original cloth. Philadelphia, n.d. (This is a Pirated Edition of “‘ Israel Potter ”’). - Works. Standard Edition. Complete Set, forming 12 vols. 8vo, original cloth, uncut, t. e. g. London, 1922-3. £10 16s One of 750 copies. Contains :—Typee; Mardi, 2 vols.; Moby Dick, 2 vols.; Redburn; Omoo; White Jacket; The Piazza Tales; Pierre; The Confidence Man; Israel Potter. ZOII 2012 MELVILLE (G. J]. Whyte). Kate Coventry, an Autobiography. FIRST EDITION. Post 8vo, ovzginal cloth, uncut. London, 1856. £5 5s 2013 MENPES (Mortimer). The Durbar. With numerous full-page coloured illustrations. EDITION DE LUXE. 4to, ovzginal white buckram, uncut, ¢. e. g. London, 1903. £1 10s *** Only 1,000 Copies printed of this Edition de Luxe, ali numbered and signed by the Artist.