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Herman Melville

Herman Melville is an American author, best-known for his novels of the sea and his masterpiece Moby-Dick (1851), a whaling adventure dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne. "I have written a wicked book and feel as spotless as the lamb," Melville wrote to Hawthorne. The work was only recognized as a masterpiece 30 years after Melville's death. Typee(1846), a fictionalized travel narrative, was the author's most popular book during his lifetime.

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Moby Dick - Illustrated Edition
Herman Melville
The classic story of the most famous whale in literature is brought to a new audience in this sensitively abridged version. Patrick Benson’s atmospheric illustrations capture the huge drama of the story and, above all, the glory of Moby Dick,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009

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Moby Dick: Or, The Whale
Herman Melville
A swashbuckling adventure story of seemingly epic proportions. The plot follows a half-crazed sea captain who seeks bitter revenge on a white whale who previously deprived him of his legs. Extraordinary details of ships, whale anatomy, and the nature of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 27/02/2003

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Books by Herman Melville

Pierre or The Ambiguities
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 24/11/2009

Price: £27.99

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The [Piazza Tales
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 17/11/2009

Price: £22.99

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The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches
Herman Melville, Henry Chapin, inceton University Press

Format: Hardback - Released: 10/11/2009

Price: £23.99

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The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches
Herman Melville, Henry Chapin, inceton University Press

Format: Hardback - Released: 10/11/2009

Price: £19.99

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Redburn His First Voyage. Being the Sailor-Boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentlem
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 21/09/2009

Price: £20.99

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Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 13/05/2009

Price: £18.99

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Omoo
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 30/04/2009

Price: £20.99

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Mardi and A Voyage Thither, Volume II
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 30/04/2009

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Omoo
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 30/04/2009

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Mardi and A Voyage Thither, Volume II
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 30/04/2009

Price: £20.99

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Image Illustrated Classics Moby Dick
Herman Melville, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Chichester, Bill Sienkiewicz
A tale of one man's ceaseless quest to conquer the white whale.
Format: Hardback - Released: 22/04/2009

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Typee A Real Romance of the South Sea
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 09/12/2008

Price: £20.99

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The Confidence Man
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 30/10/2008

Price: £25.95

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Marvel Illustrated Moby Dick Premiere
Herman Melville, Roy Thomas, Pascal Alixe
Young sailor Ishmael signs onto the whaling ship, Pequod. Soon, he comes to question his judgement as the vessel sets sail and he meets the strange crew sailing with him. Strangest of all is the mysterious Captain Ahab, whose obsession...
Format: Hardback - Released: 22/10/2008

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Israel Potter His Fifty Years of Exile (Large Print Edition)
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 20/08/2008

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Israel Potter His Fifty Years of Exile
Herman Melville

Format: Hardback - Released: 20/08/2008

Price: £18.99

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