Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile (WITH MELVILLE'S INK SIGNATURE PASTED ONTO TITLE PAGE) by: Melviile, Herman
Hardcover. New York , Albert & Charles Boni, reprint, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 274 pages, from the Pequod Uniform Edition. Melville's autograph has been cut out of an unknown document and pasted on the title page. This book came from the library of Alvah Bessie, one of the Hollywood 10 blacklisted in the 1950s. Another volume from this same set has Bessie's ownership signature (dated 1926) and is offered here with the title above. Pictures available. Books show light wear and gilt titles on spine have faded.