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Melville's Mardi, first U.S. edition
Melville's Mardi, first U.S. edition
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Heading:
Author: Melville, Herman
Title: Mardi: And A Voyage Thither
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Date Published: 1849
Description:

2 volumes. xii, [13]-365 pp.; [5]-xii, [9]-387, 8 ad pp. 18x12 cm (7x4½"), full dark blue cloth titled in gilt on spines, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. First American Edition.

Melville's allegorical romance in Swiftian satirical style. BAL 13658.

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Touch of shelfwear; light foxing, near fine.
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