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Pierre or the Ambiguities
de Herman Melville
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 6.5". Maurice Sendak. The Kraken Edition of this work is a reconstruction of the text that Melville delivered to Harper & Brothers in 1852. First edition. As the devastating reviews of 'Moby Dick' were written, the Harper Brothers tried to avoid publishing their latest manuscript from Melville, Pierre. Melville took self-destructive revenge and added the idea that his hero, Pierre, was a juvenile author, thus disparaging American literary life and the world of publishing. Illustrated throughout by Maurice Sendak, with 28 coloured plates. Collated complete. Written by Herman Mellville, an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Unclipped dust wrapper also excellent condition with minor shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Fine
Sinopsis
Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end-a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops." So judged the New York Herald when Pierre was first published in 1852, with most contemporary reviewers joining in the general condemnation: 'a dead failure,' 'this crazy rigmarole,' and "a literary mare's nest." Latter-day critics have recognized in the story of Melville's idealistic young hero a corrosive satire of the sentimental-Gothic novel, and a revolutionary foray into modernist literary techniques.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 840T63
- Título
- Pierre or the Ambiguities
- Autor
- Herman Melville
- Ilustrador
- Maurice Sendak
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Harper Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1995
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 6.5"
- Palabras clave
- Melville Pierre Ambiguities Pierre
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
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