Call Me Ishmael

New York:Reynal and Hitchcock, (1947). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Good. New York:Reynal and Hitchcock. (1947). 1st edition. 119pp. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Yellow boards lightly soiled and age-toned, with light wear along edges and edge points gently bumped. Internally, end-pages are age-toned, with a previous owners bookplate to inside front board, otherwise pages clean. Pages 74/75 (blank) are… Read more about this item

John Hopkins University Press 1997 Very Good+

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Yellow cloth binding is quite foxed on front and rear covers as often with this title, with a small spot of tanning on upper spine, a very good copy in about very good dust jacket with chips at spine ends and extremities. Author's first book. *Butterick… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First edition. [viii], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Fine copy in very good plus dust jacket (one small chip at top of front panel, some traces of an earlier jacket protector along top and bottom edges). First edition. [viii], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Author's first book, reflections inspired by… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with wear at the extremities including nicks, tears and creases. Inscribed by the author: "for William S. Akin / with the request he let me know more of his own interest in Melville / Charles Olson / Washington / January 1952." The… Read more about this item

New Directions, mid-1960s. An early edition, First edition thus. From the library of poet William Matthews and fully signed and dated by Matthews. Maybe a first edition but no identification on printing to the copyright page. First edition thus . Near fine illustrated stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text with the usual age tone to this edition

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, signed by the author. Inscribed by Olson on the front endpaper to “Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett in whose Randolph Place Studio, the delight of it, this book got written”. Dust jacket has moderate soiling and foxing, is missing a total of… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First edition. [viii], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Spine slightly faded, some spotting to covers. Very good plus. Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf. First edition. [viii], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Author's first book, reflections inspired by Melville and what influenced Moby-Dick, concentrating especially on Shakespeare. … Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the "theory of the two Moby-Dicks,it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy.

NY: Grove Press, [1958]. . Second edition, numbered issue.. 119 pp. Very near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 100 numbered copies. Originally published as a trade edition in 1947, this issue is uncommon.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. A bright copy with light bumping to front top right corner, in a DJ with chipping at head of spine and corners. Previous owner's name and date (1947) on front paste down. ; Olson's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item

New York:: Reynal & Hitchcock,, [1947].. First edition.. publisher's yellow cloth in dust jacket.. Cloth very slightly sunned at edges; minuscule bumps at corners; tiny chips and creases to corners of the jacket, which has a dust-soiled rear panel. . 8vo,.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1958. First Grove edition, no 11 of a "specially bound, limited edition," of 100 numbered copies. [x], 119 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth spine stamped in gilt, paper-covered boards. Owner signature of William Eastlake on front flyleaf. Spine is very slightly faded, some toning to extremities of covers. Very good copy in publisher's unprinted… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. VG w/ some sunning to front board, light dust soil to rear board. DJ is VG, clipped, w/ tears to all four corners of front panel w/ creasing, chip to lower right front panel, outer corners chipped, wear to head & heel of spine panel & along edges of some;… Read more about this item

NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 119. Bound in yellow cloth with little nicked and worn dj. A very good copy of the author's first book. Olson perceived in Moby Dick, the making an an American mythology, reflecting the attempt at a conquest of nature. The next year he began his important career teaching at Black… Read more about this item

New York, NY Grove Pr: Evergreen, 1958. Paperback Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of moderate use: moderate spine lean; light wear to extremities; heavy scuffing along the front hinge and lower backstrip; mild rubbing and faint soiling to wrapper covers. A sturdy, presentable copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 119pp.Sewn binding. Trade Paperback.

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize… Read more about this item

CALL ME ISHMAEL, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947,first edition, fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with two short closed tears to the upper margin of the rear dust-wrapper panel and some modest chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine. The authors first book.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1947].. Yellow cloth. Very minor soiling in a few isolated spots along the top portion of the cloth, otherwise about fine in very good dust jacket with 4 cm creased tear at top edge of the rear panel and very shallow losses at the spine ends. First edition of the poet's first book, an… Read more about this item

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1997. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 158 pages. 8.00x5.75x0.50 inches.