MELVILLE, HERMAN. The Piazza Tales. 7-page publisher's advertisements at rear. 8vo, original brown blind-stamped cloth, spine with gilt lettering and decoration, light wear to spine tips and corners, dent to top of rear board; front hinge partly cracked, front pastedown with Henry McBride booklabel and catalog clipping, last two text leaves with upper outer blank corners torn. First edition, including the first book appearance of several of Melville's best-known short stories, including "Bartleby, the Scrivener," "Benito Cereno," and "The Enchantadas" (all previously published in Putnam's Monthly Magazine). BAL 13669. New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856