Description
The first editions, first printings of the two-volume Herman Melville: A Biography by Hershel Parker, a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
Thick octavo, [two volumes], xx, 941pp; xvii, 997pp. White cloth, black cloth spine, titles in gilt on spines. Both volumes first printings, with full number lines. Both volumes in fine condition, appearing mostly unread. In the publisher’s near fine dust jackets, light shelf wear, bright illustrations. Jacket illustrations and frontispieces by Maurice Sendak.
Parker’s comprehensive biography of Herman Melville, covering the author’s life from 1819 through his death in 1891. Volume I, 1819-1851, was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and both volumes received top awards from the Association of American Publishers.
