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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0826513824. ISBN/EAN: 9780826513823. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26305. …

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Hardback. Condition: New. Based on more than a half-century of research, Herman Melville's Whaling Years is an essential work for Melville scholars. In meticulous and thoroughly documented detail, it examines one of the most stimulating periods in the great author's life--the four years he spent aboard whaling vessels in the Pacific during the early 1840s. Melville would later draw repeatedly on these experiences in his writing, from his first successful novel, Typee, through his masterpiece Moby-Dick, to the poetry he wrote late in life.During his time in the Pacific, Melville served on three whaling ships, as well as on a U.S. Navy man-of-war. As a deserter from one whaleship, he spent four weeks among the cannibals of Nukahiva in the Marquesas, seeing those islands in a relatively untouched state before they were irrevocably changed by French annexation in 1842. Rebelling against duty on another ship, he was held as a prisoner in a native calaboose in Tahiti. He prowled South American ports while on liberty, hunted giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, and explored the islands of Eimeo (Moorea) and Maui. He also saw the Society and Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands when the Western missionary presence was at its height.Heflin combed the logbooks of any ship at sea at the time of Melville's voyages and examined nineteenth-century newspaper items, especially the marine intelligence columns, for mention of Melville's vessels. He also studied British consular records pertaining to the mutiny aboard the Australian whaler Lucy Ann, an insurrection in which Melville participated and which inspired his second novel, Omoo.Distilling the life's work of a leading Melville expert into book form for the first time, this scrupulously edited volume is the most in-depth account ever published of Melville's years on whaleships and how those singular experiences influenced his writing.…

Vintage studio still photograph from the 1956 film. Based on the 1955 teleplay of the same name by Rod Sterling. The head of a corporation adds a new-hire to the team to replace his second-in-command, who he is attempting to force out by worsening his working conditions. Set in and shot on location in Manhattan. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.…

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnBased on more than a half-century of research, Herman Melvilleas Whaling Years is an essential work for Melville scholars. In meticulous and thoroughly documented detail, it examines one of the most stimulating periods in the grea.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Based on more than a half-century of research, Herman Melville's Whaling Years is an essential work for Melville scholars. In meticulous and thoroughly documented detail, it examines one of the most stimulating periods in the great author's life--the four years he spent aboard whaling vessels in the Pacific during the early 1840s. Melville would later draw repeatedly on these experiences in his writing, from his first successful novel, Typee, through his masterpiece Moby-Dick, to the poetry he wrote late in life. During his time in the Pacific, Melville served on three whaling ships, as well as on a U.S. Navy man-of-war. As a deserter from one whaleship, he spent four weeks among the cannibals of Nukahiva in the Marquesas, seeing those islands in a relatively untouched state before they were irrevocably changed by French annexation in 1842. Rebelling against duty on another ship, he was held as a prisoner in a native calaboose in Tahiti. He prowled South American ports while on liberty, hunted giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, and explored the islands of Eimeo (Moorea) and Maui. He also saw the Society and Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands when the Western missionary presence was at its height. Heflin combed the logbooks of any ship at sea at the time of Melville's voyages and examined nineteenth-century newspaper items, especially the marine intelligence columns, for mention of Melville's vessels. He also studied British consular records pertaining to the mutiny aboard the Australian whaler Lucy Ann, an insurrection in which Melville participated and which inspired his second novel, Omoo. Distilling the life's work of a leading Melville expert into book form for the first time, this scrupulously edited volume is the most in-depth account ever published of Melville's years on whaleships and how those singular experiences influenced his writing.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Based on more than a half-century of research, Herman Melville's Whaling Years is an essential work for Melville scholars. In meticulous and thoroughly documented detail, it examines one of the most stimulating periods in the great author's life--the four years he spent aboard whaling vessels in the Pacific during the early 1840s. Melville would later draw repeatedly on these experiences in his writing, from his first successful novel, Typee, through his masterpiece Moby-Dick, to the poetry he wrote late in life.During his time in the Pacific, Melville served on three whaling ships, as well as on a U.S. Navy man-of-war. As a deserter from one whaleship, he spent four weeks among the cannibals of Nukahiva in the Marquesas, seeing those islands in a relatively untouched state before they were irrevocably changed by French annexation in 1842. Rebelling against duty on another ship, he was held as a prisoner in a native calaboose in Tahiti. He prowled South American ports while on liberty, hunted giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, and explored the islands of Eimeo (Moorea) and Maui. He also saw the Society and Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands when the Western missionary presence was at its height.Heflin combed the logbooks of any ship at sea at the time of Melville's voyages and examined nineteenth-century newspaper items, especially the marine intelligence columns, for mention of Melville's vessels. He also studied British consular records pertaining to the mutiny aboard the Australian whaler Lucy Ann, an insurrection in which Melville participated and which inspired his second novel, Omoo.Distilling the life's work of a leading Melville expert into book form for the first time, this scrupulously edited volume is the most in-depth account ever published of Melville's years on whaleships and how those singular experiences influenced his writing.…

Draft script for the 1947 film. Annotations in manuscript pencil regarding pagination throughout. Based on Elizabeth Goudge's 1944 novel "Green Dolphin Country." A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage for two sisters-one strong-willed and sly, the other kind but slow-witted. Set in Guernsey, England, and New Zealand. Blue titled wrappers, stamped copy No. 1 and VAULT COPY on the front wrapper, dated 7-13-45, with credits for screenwriter Samson Raphaelson. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 189 leaves, with last page of text numbered 176. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with yellow and white revision pages throughout, dated variously between 7-19-45 and 11-9-45. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.…

Draft script for the 1947 film. Based on Elizabeth Goudge's 1944 novel "Green Dolphin Country." A miscommunication leads to an ill-fated marriage for two sisters-one strong-willed and sly, the other kind but slow-witted. Set in Guernsey, England, and New Zealand. Blue titled wrappers, stamped MIMEOGRAPH FILE COPY, TEMPORARY COMPLETE, and VAULT COPY on the front wrapper, rubber-stamped copy No. 80, dated 3-27-46, with credits for screenwriter Carey Wilson. Title page integral with the front wrapper, as issued. 153 leaves, with last page of text numbered 152. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with white revision pages throughout, dated 4-9-46. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with two gold brads.…