Pierre; or, the Ambiguities

by Herman Melville

$3,800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original purple/gray cloth decorated in blind and spine stamped in silver. Near Fine with light lean and sunning to spine, neat restoration to cloth at head, rubbing to joints. Previous owner name partially abraded from title page, leaving several small holes. Pages toned and sporadically foxed throughout, though heavier at preliminary

  • Printing: first

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