The London carcanet : containing select passages from the most distinguished writers / from the 2d London ed.

Edition:

2d London ed.

Published/Created:

New York :
C.H. Peabody,
1831.

Physical Description:

3 p.l., [v]-x, [11]-244 p. : front. ; 15 cm.

Notes:

Added title page, engraved, has imprint: London : W. Pickering ; New-York : C.H. Peabody, 1831.
Imperfect: added title page and frontispiece wanting; p. 179-180 wanting.
Herman Melville's copy with his manuscript notes. Won by Melville at the Albany Academy in August 1831 as the 1st premium in the 2d class in the 4th dept. Melville's name stamped on the cover in gold and label from Albany Academy awarding him the book on inside front cover. Verses in Melville's hand on front and back fly-leaves. Markings in another hand also.

Topics:

Melville, Herman,--1819-1891--Ms. notes
Melville, Herman,--1819-1891--Ownership

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations
Autographs
Marginalia
poems (AAT)
Sayings

Format:

Text

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Related Exhibit or Resource:

Melville project

Call Number:

Za M497 Zz831L

Orbis Record:

1217916

Orbis Barcode:

39002098414056

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

Yale Collection of American Literature

oid pointer:

10502202

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

10468090

PID:

digcoll:3776204