"I WOULD PREFER NOT TO" MELVILLE, HERMAN. The Piazza Tales. 8vo, original green cloth, covers blind-tooled, spine gilt, faded with a few short tears along joints, spine ends slightly frayed, corners rubbed; front hinge split, old ownership inscription to upper margin of title-page, 7-page publisher's advertisement at rear; small bookplate to front pastedown; housed in green 1/4 morocco slipcase. New York: Dix & Edwards and London: Sampson Low, 1856.