[Rarebooks] FS: First Printing of Melville's Wall Street Classic Bartleby, The Scrivener

[Charles Agvent]

(MELVILLE, Herman; THOREAU, Henry David). "Bartleby, The Scrivener, A 
Story of Wall Street" in PUTNAM'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE: Volumes I & II. New 
York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1853. First Edition. Two volumes bound in 
contemporary half black morocco leather and marbled boards with morocco 
corners, covering the entire year of 1853. Contains the first printing 
of Melville's classic "Bartleby the Scrivener" as well as a lengthy 
article on Melville by George W. Curtis and three chapters from 
Thoreau's EXCURSION TO CANADA. Also contains engraved views of New York 
City from lost daguerreotypes and articles on the Mormons, Hawaii, and 
Cuba, illustrated with woodcuts. Pencil ownership signature on the front 
endpapers; slight rubbing to joints. Clean, Near Fine. (#021452)        $500

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