The Portable Melville

Herman Melville

earliest edition we have, 1957 Penguin Books, 1978 paperback 746 pages

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Two Complete Novels - Typee and Billy Budd Self-contained excerpts of four other novels Stories, including "Bartleby, the Scrivener" Selections from travel journals Letters, poems, marginalia, and other writings specially arranged with editiorial comments that tell the story of Herman Melville's life in relation to his work.

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The Portable Melville hardcover · 1986 · Viking Press · 746 pages · 9780517610640
The Portable Melville paperback · 1978 · Penguin Books · 746 pages · 9780140150582
The portable Melville edition · 1968 · Chatto & Windus · 768 pages
The Portable Melville hardcover · 1957 · Viking Adult · 9780670010585

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