Book help

Discussion in 'Books' started by Kyle2012, Nov 14, 2020.

  1. Kyle2012

    Kyle2012 New Member

    957141B1-61B4-4A2D-A782-760DADC1431C.jpeg I purchased these books at flea market View attachment 290187 are these books worth anything? any feed back would be appreciated please and thank you
     

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  2. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Welcome @Kyle2012.
    To help you with your books we need to see the title page and the copyright page (on the reverse of the title page), which will (usually) show the publisher and date of publication. There have been many editions of the books by Melville, so to find comparisons we need the publication information.
     
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  5. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

    Melville 1.jpeg Melville 2.jpeg

    Melville's first book, Typee, was first published in 1846 by John Murray in London, and a few months later by Wiley and Putnam, New York. Your 1847 copy is thus a "later printing", but still early enough to be of significant value. Prices listed on abebooks.com range from about $100-$500, depending on condition and type of binding. The bindings on yours are not the original 1847 form. They look like they were rebound in the late 19th century, and would be described as "3/4 leather with marbled boards".
    https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Se...ll&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=typee&yrh=1847&yrl=1847

    Melville Omoo 1.jpeg Melville Omoo 2.jpeg
    Omoo was first published in 1847, so your 1861 copy is a later printing.
    https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Se...all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=omoo&yrh=1861&yrl=1861
     
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