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Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Volume 2 only. First edition. Cover shows bumped corners, wear, rubbing, chipping on the corners and spine ends, fading. Name of former owner on the front free endpaper, stamp on the title page. Pages are tanned and foxed.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Herman Melville. Mardi; And a Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, 1849.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall, From the library of ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely. Light brown embossed cloth covered boards; backstrip missing; edges and covers worn with boards exposed along edges and at corners; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall, no jacket. Foxing throughout; no internal markings; 387 pages.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$454.99 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. First American edition of Melville's third novel. Title pages dated 1849, 8 pages of ads at the end of volume II. Green blind stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering, xii, 13-365p; [5], x-xii, [1], 10-387p, 8p ads. First volume in fair condition; second volume good. Volume I has a badly chipped spine, front hinge partially internally cracked front free endpaper removed, text block sound, residue of an old tan paper makeshift dustjacket remaining on pastedown endpapers, pages uniformly lightly foxed throughout, chips to upper corners of dedication and preface pages affecting only blank areas, no names or other markings. Volume II had a sunned spine, good hinges, sound text block, similar paper residue inside covers, pages uniformly foxed throughout, no names or markings. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
MELVILLE, Herman. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition, Scarce. Complete in 2 volumes. Octavo. Original blindstamped cloth over boards, gilt lettering on spine, yellow pastedowns and free end pages. Good, slight discoloration to covers and spines, ex-library with library ink crossed out on title pages and top and bottom edges, pages clean with spotting.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. null First edition. Green cloth, gilt. Wear to spine ends and corners, moderate foxing throughout, as usual. Two volume set. Melville's first attempt at fiction.
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The is the First American Edition. Size: 12mo. This is a mixed set of the First American Edition with Volume I being three quarters gilt stamped leather and black pebbled cloth over boards, and the second volume green gilt stamped and blind stamped cloth over boards. Volume I has marbled end papers, XII, 13-365pages; Volume II has yellow glossy end papers, XII, 9-387 pages, 8 pages advertisements. Leather along side of spine of Volume I is worn, pages lightly toned; otherwise interior is clean with no writing, marks or foxing, and the binding is sound. Volume II is bumped with some wear at head of the spine, foxing on end papers, interior pages lightly toned; otherwise, interior is clean with no writing, marks or foxing, and the binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 1 oz. Category: Fiction; Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006466.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. 8vo. Preceded by the English edition of the same year. BAL 13658 Original cloth, covers stamped in blind, spines in blind and gilt. Head and foot of volume I (brown cloth) chipped, endpapers darkened, scattered foxing; volume II (purple cloth, faded), flyleaf and portion of front pastedown torn away, rear endpapers darkened, title page soiled
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: And A Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$770.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Mardi, (the Polynesian word meaning "the world") is Melville's philosophical novel recounting a voyage through fictional South Sea islands; it was a precursor to Moby Dick. This was first published in London, printed by Richard Bentley the same year. Two vols, sml 8vo, xii, 365pp; xii, 387pp, ads (8). Original blind stamped plum cloth, gilt title to spines, publishers gilt logo at base of spine. Spines & covers sunned to brown, spine tips chipped. Internally, small owner initial stamps at ffep, some light foxing early. Notations of an early owner inside the cover of volume one tracking the value from 1927 to 1932 at booksellers such as Goodspeed, Stone, Dawson and C.T. Johnson, from $20 - $225.
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
MELVILLE, HERMAN. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. , 1849.
Price: US$787.50 + shipping
Description: MELVILLE, HERMAN. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. 2 vols. 365 p.; [5], x-xii, [1], 10-387, [1], 8 p. Original purple cloth, stamped in blind. Spines faded and largely chipped off at ends. Endpapers discolored, scattered foxing, as usual with this book. A contemporary signature across the title page of vol. 1 has bled, leaving a rather unattractive stain. Modern slipcase. Withal, a good copy. First American edition of Melville's third book. BAL 13658.
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers , New York 1849, 1849.
Price: US$915.00 + shipping
Description: 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches, xii, [13]-365; [v]-xii, [9]-387 pages, publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, moderate spotting to covers of Volume I, light wear to tips of Volume I, moderate wear to tips, spine ends and joints of Volume II, front free endpaper torn from Volume II, First American edition. BAL 13658. Two volumes. 8-page publisher's catalogue bound at end of volume II. The bindings, although both are brown publisher's cloth, do not match. Volume I is in Blanck's TZ cloth, with orange-yellow coated endpapers, whereas Volume II is in A cloth with yellow coated endpapers. The stamping on Volume I is a simpler pattern than that on Volume II. Volume II's binding is the earlier, corresponding to that described by Blanck in the "Note" contained in the entry. Stenciled in brown ink in gothic letter on the front free endpaper of Volume I is the name "Thomas Melville." Though we cannot be sure, this volume could have belonged to one of the author's brothers, who lived between 1830 and 1884. edition. Good: some light stain to Volume I, becoming more pronounced toward rear of volume, substantial foxing to Volume II, stain to rear endpaper of Volume II. Good: some light stain to Volume I, becoming more pronounced toward rear of volume, substantial foxing to Volume II, stain to rear endpaper of Volume II
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither [2 volumes]. Harper & Brothers, 1849.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes, complete as issued. A very good copy of this classic Melville, in unfaded original green cloth stamped in gilt and blind (Volume II has some dampstaining to upper third of text extending from gutter, and spine has some puckering to foot of spine; bookplates expertly removed from front pastedowns; minor wear to cloth, light occasional foxing). BAL 13658, 'T' cloth with blind rule 1/8 inch from top of spine (no priority). PROVENANCE: With ownership inscription of noted poet (and Melville critic) William Matchett on front endpaper of each volume.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vol., first state with the correct collation [i-ix]x-xii, [13]-365 [388]; [i-v]x-xii, [9]10-387 [388], [1]2-8 catalogue. Expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, and new endpapers. Wear to edges and corners. [Loc.Rare]
Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Preceded by the English edition of the same year. BAL 13658 Original brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, spines in blind and gilt. Spines somewhat faded, neat repairs to head and foot of both volumes, preliminaries slightly foxed. All in all, a very good copy of Melville's third book
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Herman Melville. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, 1849.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Mardi: and a Voyage Thither" by Herman Melville. Harper & Brothers, 1849 first American edition,complete in two volumes, 8pp. adverts at the end of vol.2, lacking final blank to vol.1, modern pen markings to title verso with some show-through, vol.1 modern cloth in the style of the original, vol.2 original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked and recorners preserving original spine strip, new endpapers, [BAL 13657].
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Melville, Herman.. Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. In Two Volumes.. New York: Harper & Brothers., 1849.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two Volumes. 8vo., Vol. I: 364 pp., Vol. II: 387 pp., Very Good, Gilt Quarter Leather On Grey Boards (modern rebinding); edge wear on boards; pencil scribbles on end papers; light staining & foxing throughout text, on end papers and edges of text block; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle (bookplate). Bibliographic analysis suggests this is a First Edition, Second Printing, but may, however, be a Mixed State.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volumes. [xii]-365 pages; [xii]-387+[8 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") Original blind stamped plum cloth, gilt title to spines, Harpers gilt logo at base of spine with yellow coated end-papers in a three quarter leather in custom made half leather over marbled boards slipcase. (BAL 13658) First American edition. Mardi (the Polynesian word meaning "the world") is Melville's first pure fiction work (while featuring fictional narrators, his previous novels were heavily autobiographical). It details (much like Typee and Omoo) the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. Unlike the first two, however, Mardi is highly philosophical and said to be the first work to show Melville's true potential. The tale begins as a simple narrative, but quickly focuses upon discourse between the main characters and their interactions with the different symbolic countries they encounter. While not as cohesive or lengthy as Moby-Dick, it shares a similar writing style as well as many of the same themes. Condition: Plumb coloring has faded and spine sunned with gilt dulled, some foxing through out, corners bumped with some light rubbing, previous owner's name in pencil on title else about very good in a fine slipcase.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing. Two volumes bound in publisher's plum cloth, decorated in blind with titles in gilt on spines; yellow coated endsheets. Very Good with fading to spine and wear at spine ends and lighter so to corners. Endsheets offset or browned at centers; Previous owner name to front free endpapers of both volumes, and to rear endpaper of Volume II. A rather lovely set of Melville's third book, housed in a custom folding case.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi / And A Voyage Thither. Harper & Bros; NY; 1849/1849, 1849.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; 365+387 pp.; ; VG; The two volume first American edition, preceded by the British. In BAL's Brown "T" cloth, which is somewhat worn. BAL notes the presence of a blind rule 1/8" down from the top of the spine."Do not confuse with normal wear at the top of spine, nor with the blindstamped ornamented fillet which is about 3/4" from top of spine".the normal wear on this copy has extended 1/8" down eliminating any evidence of any embossment. . . [kwA_ 1st Ed. noisbn ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two volumes. First American edition. Original publisher's blue-green blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spines. A very good or better set with some light wear, some toning to spine, scattered spotting and small stains to cloth, former owner ink signature to first blank of volume II, usual scattered foxing to text. Overall, a very attractive and tight copy without any repair or restoration. Much nicer than usually found. BAL 13658. Mardi is Herman Meville's third book and marks a departure from his first two works, Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847), which are more autobiographical in nature. Mardi begins like Melville's preceding novels with a fictional South Seas whaling adventure story, but quickly changes into a more allegorical and experimental text when the main characters abandon their vessel and travel to a variety of fictional, symbolic countries. Melville's use of poetry and song also makes this text unique. While it was heavily criticized upon publication, Mardi is best understood within the greater context of his entire body of writing. Rather than continue to produce variations of his first two successful novels, Melville pushed himself to improve on his own writing, and, while perhaps not fully recognized in Mardi, this laid the groundwork for his later novels, including White-Jacket (1850) and Moby Dick (1851). This first American edition, published April 14, 1849, was preceded only by the three volume first British edition, published on March 16th of the same year.
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MELVILLE, Herman. MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: Two volumes in publisher's brown cloth; eight pages of terminal ads in the second volume. BAL 13658. Melville's third book, issued about a month after the three-volume London edition, and his first major full-length fiction, a novel based on his whaling voyage experiences in the South Seas. MOBY DICK would be published two years later. Early small book label of S. S. Boyd on the front pastedown of each volume. Text quite clean with only light, even foxing. Cloth fresh with gilt bright on the spines. The first volume has some loss to the head and heel of the spine with a portion toward the bottom reattached; the second volume has some loss of cloth to the front joint. Very Good set
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. 8vo, original green cloth. Vol. 1: 365 pp.; Vol. 2: 387, [1 blank] pp., 8 pp. of ads. First American edition of Melville's third book. His first two books, Typee and Omoo, were a blend of fact and fiction, inspired by his experiences as a sailor in the South Seas. Mardi, on the other hand, marks Melville's first wholesale excursion into fiction, following the protagonist, Taji, as he travels through mythical South Sea archipelagoes in search of transcendental beauty in the form of his lost love, Yillah. An experimental novel combining metaphysics, allegory, and a satire of modern nations, literature, religion, etc., it was poorly received by critics and general readers alike. Today it is seen as an important transitional work leading to the mature style found in his masterpiece, Moby Dick. REFERENCES: BAL 13658. PROVENANCE: With the ownership inscription of Frederick Halstead Teese (1823-1894), a New Jersey attorney and politician who served one term in the U. S. House of Representatives (1875-1877). CONDITION: Good, minimal rubbing, spines faded, small breaks at head and foot of spine on each volume, closed and scarcely noticeable 1.5" split in gutter along back cover of vol. 1, areas of discoloration to endpapers and the usual occasional foxing, which is more pronounced on the first and last few leaves of each volume; early ownership inscription in ink on endpapers of "F. H. Teese."
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
MELVILLE, HERMAN.. Mardi: And A Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Bros., 1849, 1849.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition; two volumes; publisher's cloth. BAL 13658. Spines faded; bookplates; top quarter inch of the spine of the first volume chipped; some foxing; a very good set. While intended for simultaneous publication, the English edition was published a month earlier than the American. Mardi is an allegorical romance set in the South Seas, based, as most of Melville's work was, on his own experience sailing the Pacific. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
MELVILLE, HERMAN.. Mardi: And A Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Bros., 1849, 1849.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition; two volumes; original publisher's cloth. Spines chipped; some cloth fading and wear; Barton Currie's bookplate in one volume; a good to very good set. While intended to be published simultaneously, the English edition was published a month earlier. Mardi is an allegorical romance set in the South Seas, based therefore, as most of Melville's work was, on his own experience sailing the Pacific. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: And a Voyage Thither.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BAL 15638. Two volumes. Foxing as usual with this paper. A pleasant set, a little aged but not much worn.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, 1849.
Price: US$2890.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: For backward or forward, eternity is the same; already have we been the nothing we dread to be. ***Melville's third novel. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, spine gilt. 8 pages of ads in the rear of volume II as called for. Bindings a touch skewed, corners and spine ends lightly bumped, usual scattered foxing, endpapers discolored by binder s glue per usual, rear blank leaves excised from volume one and second rear blank leaf almost completely so from volume two - these excisions a seemingly common binder practice in this edition. Overall, a solid and bright Near Fine set.*** 'Presented as narratives of his own South Sea experiences, Melville's first two books had roused incredulity in many readers. Their disbelief, he declared, had been "the main inducement" in altering his plan for his third book, Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Melville wanted to exploit the "rich poetical material" of Polynesia and also to escape feeling "irked, cramped, & fettered" by a narrative of facts. "I began to feel . . . a longing to plume my pinions for a flight," he told his English publisher. Mardi began as a sequel to Typee and Omoo, but changed radically while he was writing it and emerged as an altogether independent and original work. In its combination of adventure, allegorical romance, realistic portraits of characters and scenes from nature, philosophical speculation, and travelogue-satire, Mardi was Melville's first attempt to create a great work of fiction.' (Northwestern)*** [Bibliography of American Literature, 13658]***Please email us for better pricing.
Seller: Anniroc Rare Books, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Herman Melville. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$2898.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1849. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Two volumes, complete. Melville's third novel. Original brown cloth. 8pp of ads to the rear. Some rubbing and wear to the boards, the usual offsetting from the glue and some foxing. [10870, Hyraxia Books].
Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom
MELVILLE, HERMAN.. Mardi: And A Voyage Thither. New York: Harper & Bros., 1849, 1849.
Price: US$3750.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition; two volumes; original publisher's cloth. Some foxing and cloth wear at the extremities, but a very good, better than usual set. While intended for simultaneous publication, the English edition was published a month earlier than the American. Mardi is an allegorical romance set in the South Seas, based therefore, as most of Melville's work was, on his own experience sailing the Pacific. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Melville, Herman. Mardi: and a Voyage Hither. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$3800.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Melville's third book, containing the first glimpses of the rich symbolism and allegorical style that would later be more fully developed in Moby Dick. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Octavo, original brown blind-stamped cloth. Two volumes. Provenance: with bookplates of Albert Henry Wiggin, the noted book collector and famous Boston and New York banker who was considered for Time's Man of the Year for 1930 for his work during the Depression; also with attractive bookplates of Sydney Ansell Gimson and Fowler Booksellers. Very light wear at spine ends, usual scattered occasional foxing, pastedowns toned and foxed. Cloth very clean and gilt exceptionally bright: a beautiful copy.
Seller: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
MELVILLE, Herman. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither. , 1849.
Price: US$3850.00 + shipping
Description: MELVILLE, Herman. Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. Orig. cloth. New York: Harper & Bros., 1849. 2 vols., 8vo. First American edition. BAL 13658. Spines lightly faded. A very good set.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4186.85 + shipping
Description: First American edition of Melville's third book, his first major full-length fiction, an allegorical romance set in the South Seas based on his own experiences there. This is an exceptionally fresh copy in the original cloth. Mardi was originally published in London earlier the same year. BAL 13658 Two volumes, octavo. Original purple cloth, titles and publisher's device to spines gilt, spines and covers elaborately blocked in blind, yellow surface-paper endpapers. Housed in a navy blue morocco backed bookform slipcase and chemises. 8 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of vol. II. An exceptionally sharp copy, cloth fresh with only the slightest rubbed, endpapers with some oxidisation to the photographic endpapers as usual, only a little and very faint spotting within, both volumes entirely sound, excellent condition overall.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Melville, Herman. Mardi (two volumes). Harper & Brothers, New York, 1849.
Price: US$11000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing of both books in the two volume set. A beautiful copy bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth. The books are in great shape. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. A wonderful copy in collector's condition. We buy Melville First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.