That Lonely Game: Melville, "Mardi" and the Almanac (University of Missouri studies) Unknown - 1975

Columbia MO: Univeristy of Missouri Press, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 281 pages. with a foreword by Hennig Cohen. dj is price clipped. ; 8 3/4 x 10 1/4

Columbia : University Of Missouri Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 281 pages; Description: xxv, 281 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [271]-274. Subjects: Melville, Herman (1819-1891) . Mardi. Polynesia --In literature. Series: University of Missouri studies ; v. 63.

University of Missouri Press, 1976-10. Hardcover. Good.

University of Missouri Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. VG/G. 1975. ........ Decorative Cloth w/DJ. Sm 4to., 281 pp., DJ price-clipped,shelfwear .

University of Missouri Press, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Book is in excellent condition, in green cloth covers, large graphic in black on front cover, gilt lettering at spine. Many b&w illustrations on heavy cream colored paper, top page ends colored. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, is price clipped, no tears. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. From the flyleaf ""Irked by the derogatory reaction of British critics who doubted that such books as Typee and Omoo could have been written by a common American sailor, Melville created Mardi -- on the surface, the record of an odyssey through imagined South Sea world. For the first time, Moore unravels the puzzle Melville created in Mardi, designed to dupe his elitist British readers, by exploring Melville's knowledge of astronomy,… Leer más