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Melville, Herman (1819-1891) The Piazza Tales.
New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856.
First edition, octavo, with seven pages of publisher's ads at rear; bound in publisher's blind stamped black cloth; stains to title and first pages of text, minor spotting throughout, foxing from pressed flowers affecting pages 149 and 191, closed tear to preliminary blank, pencil markings to final blank; extremities rubbed and worn, text block cracked in two places, some boards detached or becoming detached; pencil markings to back endpapers; with Burton's Booksellers label; ex libris Charles Weslies with inscription to and signature of James Cox Merrigan in pencil; 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.
