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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. McKay, Donald (illustrator). 280 pages. Ex-library with typical marks, light wear and discoloring; cracked hinges; a reading copy still. The jacket has some creasing, discoloring and wear; wrapped; taped to the book. "The adventurous life of the great American writer." Illustrator: McKay, Donald. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 192302.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1956
Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Hard Cover (x-library). Condition: Good. Donald McKay (illustrator). Ex-library with usual markings and labels. Dust jacket in plastic sleeve, glued to end papers. Light tape stains on end papers from an earlier library sleeve.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964
Seller: Atlantic Books, Mars Hill, NC, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Blue hard cover, in the colorful Mead Schaeffer dust jacket as shown. (NOT 1964, but 1957, 2nd printing of the original 1956 edition). . Internal illustrations by Donald McKay. Book grades very good, tight, clean and unmarked. Original sticker from the Cottage Bookshop of San Rafael, CA. Jacket is price clipped with edge chips and two closed tears but still attractive front, now in mylar. A very well written young adult level account of Melville's early life. 280 Pages.
Published by Dodd, Mead, New York, 1956
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Donald McKay (illustrator). 1st Edition. NOT ex-library. Silver-stamped turquoise cloth. Aged gutters. Dust jacket has wear, esp. spine panel. No names, clean text. Solid. Story about the young Herman Melville, for children. 36910 shelf 280 p. Book.
Published by Dodd, Mead & Co, New York, 1956
Seller: Attic Treasures Book Shop, Mt. Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Donald McKay (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 280 pages; 16 chapters; Pages tight; slight yellowing; page edges slightly foxed. usual markings for library edtion; Edge pages have some stains and smudges; Turquiose hard covers with white lettering on front; Dust jacket has mylar cover and is fastened to book covers with black library tape. dj has black lettering and illustration of captain and crew aboard a boat on a stormy sea. Story of Herman Melville in his whaling life he later immortalizesd in Moby Dick. As a boy, the lure of the sea was so strong that he won his mother's consent to ship on the St. Lawrence, a merchant vessel bound for England-a trip that gave him a taste for the sea. Book contains his many adventure on the sea. Chapter headings include: The Young Mariner goes to Sea; Early Years; Schoolteacher Melville; Life Aboard the St. Lawrence; Liverpool and the Voyage back; Home Again; Jumping Ship; Mysterious Valley of Typee; Hawaii; Young Mariner aboad a U S Man-of-War; The Young Mariner Takes a Wife; Arrowhead; The Last Voyage,etc. RARE VINTAGE COPY.
Cloth w/DJ. Condition: VG/FR. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). 3rd Printing. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. VG/FR. 1962. 3rd Printing. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 280 pp., Dj torn and chipped at spine edges; small tear in spine of binding .
Published by First edition, published by Dodd, Mead and Co., N.Y., 1956., 1956
First Edition
Very good condition. Spine tips and corners are slightly rubbed. Spine is lightly faded. A little light spotting on front and back fly leaves. 280 pages with illustrations by Donald McKay.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cover sl. stained, o/w good in tattered d.j. Cloth 8vo. Biography of the author of Moby-Dick for young adult readers. 280pp. B/w line drawings. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |.
Published by Dodd Mead, NY, 1956
Seller: Windy Hill Books, Bacova, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ Dustjacket. David McKay (illustrator). First Edition. "The adventurous life of the great American Writer." Dj has a tiny chip missing from upper spine edge and a closed tear and wrinkle at lower back edge. Text blockof book slightly age darkened, ele fine.
Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60000176: 1963. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 208 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 0-GENERALITES.