Edited by leyda jay (19 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Herman Melville. The Portable Melville. Edited and with an introduction by Jay Leyda. New York: The Viking Press, 1965. Sixth Printing (August 1965). A major volume in The Viking Portable Library series, this 758-page anthology brings together Melville's most essential writings including two complete novels (Typee and Billy Budd), key excerpts from Moby-Dick, Mardi, and Pierre, plus shorter works including 'Bartleby, the Scrivener, selections from The Piazza Tales, early and late poems, and material from his journals and correspondence. Editor Jay Leyda (a Melville scholar and biographer) arranged the contents with contextual letters and commentary, presenting a vivid portrait of Melville's creative life. This copy is bound in teal blue cloth with gilt spine titles and maroon nautical motifs, part of Viking's durable library binding issue. The book shows light shelfwear, rubbing to boards, and minor spine toning; gilt remains legible and bright. Ex-library copy with embossed college seal (Clinton College Library) and class of ?97 Union College presentation plate to front endpaper; residue from removed pocket at rear. Text block clean and tight, pages unmarked and free of foxing. Printed in the U.S.A. by The Colonial Press. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, poet, and essayist best known for Moby-Dick (1851), a cornerstone of American literature. His works explore isolation, faith, and humanity's conflict with nature and authority, often inspired by his own experiences at sea. Rediscovered in the early twentieth century, Melville is now celebrated as one of America's greatest literary voices.…

Condizione: Good. Item in good condition and has highlighting/writing on text. Used texts may not contain supplemental items such as CDs, info-trac etc.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Light edge wear to jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a clean, unmarked copy with moderate general wear.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. 1st paperback ed. Contributors: Montagu, Ivor Goldsmid Samuel, 1904-, Leyda, Jay, 1910-. A Da Capo paperback. xxii, 182 p. Translation of Na urokakh rezhissury S. EÃÂiÃÂzenshteiÃÂna. Reprint of the 1969 ed. published by Hill and Wang, New York. A solid copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks. Condition rated "Good only," however, because there is considerable cover wear, and some smudging of the fore-edge. Not a beautiful copy, but functional. B&W illustrations (illustratore).…

First edition, first printing With a new preface, expanded bibliography, and new translation of an essay on Orozco. With a foreword by Grigori Kozintsev. With an interesting photograph of the director. Fine bright glossy pictorial stiff wraps. Nicely illustrated with film stills with just the lightest age tone to fore edge which bothers none of the text. Has become scarce in the first edition. From the library of poet and editor of Origin Cid Corman with his small signed personal bookplate to the opening flyleaf.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. 2025 june filed in dr biossurface wear.

Original Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First US Paperback Edition. First impression of the first Princeton Press paperback edition. With a new preface, expanded bibliography, and a new translation of an essay on Orozco. With a foreword by Grigori Kozintsev. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ***Very good in colour illustrated card covers. The covers are clean and unmarked, with the extremities just slightly rubbed. No creases or tears. No reading lean to the binding. Spine square. Red titles to the spine faded. Page block edges slightly foxed. Covers otherwise bright. Internally near fine with no inscriptions or annotations. No creases or tears. ***236 pages including a detailed Index at the back of the book. 216mm x 138mm. ***'Sergei Eisenstein's greatness lies not only in his films, such as Potemkin or Ivan the Terrible, or his contributions to the technique and art of the cinema but also in his contributions as a theoretician and philosopher of the art.' (Quote taken from the back cover) ***Of interest to those studying Sergei Eisenstein, film studies and film history. Uncommon in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. This hardcover edition is well-preserved, showing some signs of wear typical of its age. The spine and binding are intact, ensuring the book's durability. The pages are clean, with no inscriptions or markings visible. The dust jacket condition is not specified, but the overall physical state suggests careful handling over the years.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Almost Like New. Reprint Edition. (Reprint Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clipped DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. First edition with a full letter lie starting with a.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. From an academic library with the usual stamps and labels. Apart from the library evidence and a single tick on the contents page, binding tight and contents clean. 220pp. Binding is textured cloth with red titling. A00015137. …

Softcover. First Thus Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 282 pages. In Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine ivory with red, blue and black lettering. Covers have moderate wear including some soiling, mild age toning and slight rubbing to the edges. Mild tilt to the spine. Text block has slight wear including modest age toning to the edges. Slight wear to the front hinge. Illustrated. First thus edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. 1402175. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Near fine with no markings or bookplates. In a vg price-clipped dust jacket. (irregular clipping) No jacket chips or tears.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Periodical. Small quarto. 64pp. Printed tan wrappers. Top corners on a few pages creased, wrappers lightly age-toned, very good. Containing "Films by American Governments:" "United States" by Arch A. Mercey, "Mexico" by Carlos Chavez, "Brazil" by Roberto de Araujo, "Dominion of Canada", "Re:Unions in Hollywood" by Robert Joseph, and "Gauley Bridge" by Muriel Rukeyser. Scarce. …

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Periodical. Small quarto. 97pp. Printed blue wrappers. Spine and edges sunned and creased, small stains on wrappers, very good. Laid in is *Films* subscription card. Containing "Adaptation of Reality in *The Grapes of Wrath*" by Edwin Locke, "Film Intensity" by David Wolff, "History in American Films in *Gone With the Wind*" by Lincoln Kirstein, "The Hollywood Novel" by Budd Wilson Schulberg, and much more. Scarce.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Meets the good condition guidelines. Has scribbling. Has a small amount of writing/highlighting. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Paperback. Condizione: As New. T-Melley-D; Melville, Herman; Edited By Leyda, Jay The Portable Melville : 2 Novels - Typee & Billy Budd, Complete; Self-Contained Portions of 4 Other Novels; Stories, Including Bartleby; Early & Later Poems, Journals, Marginalia & Other Writings, Specially Arranged with Pertinent Melville Letters. Conditionrevision.…