Online Catalog of Books and Documents Owned, Borrowed and Consulted by Herman Melville (in progress)
Succeeding the "Check-List of Books Owned and Borrowed" compiled from 1948 to 1988 by Merton M. Sealts, Jr., the "Online Catalog" is in progress and will be added to Melville's Marginalia Online in summer 2008. To access PDF transcriptions of Melville's marginalia in the following books, click on the active "View" link in the last line of each entry. Marginalia transcriptions require Adobe Reader, version 7.0 or higher.
| Author: |
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888. |
| Title: |
New Poems. |
| Publication: |
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. |
| Sealts Number: |
20 |
| Association: |
Autographed, marked and annotated by Herman Melville. |
| Location: |
Houghton Library, *AC85.M4977.Zz867a. |
| Notes: |
Front inscription: "H. Melville Feb. 13, '71 [N.Y.?]" in blue pencil, with undeciphered erasure. |
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| Author: |
Beale, Thomas, 1807-1849. |
| Title: |
The Natural History of the Sperm Whale: Its Anatomy and Physiology—Food—Spermaceti—Ambergris—Rise and Progress of the Fishery—Chase and Capture—"Cutting In" and "Trying Out"—Description of the Ships, Boats, men, and Instruments Used in the Attack; with an Account of its Favourite Places of Resort. To Which is Added a Sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage . . . in which the Author was Personally Engaged. |
| Publication: |
London: John Van Voorst, 1839. |
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2nd ed. |
| Sealts Number: |
52 |
| Association: |
Autographed, marked and annotated by Herman Melville. |
| Location: |
Houghton Library, *AC85.M4977.Zz839b. |
| Notes: |
Front inscriptions: "Herman Melville New York, July 10th 1850"; "Imported by Putnam for me $3.38." |
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| Author: |
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. |
| Title: |
Mosses from an Old Manse. |
| Publication: |
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
2 v. in 1. |
| Sealts Number: |
248 |
| Association: |
Autographed, marked and annotated by Herman Melville. |
| Location: |
Houghton Library, *AC85.M4977.Zz846h. |
| Notes: |
Front inscription: "H. Melville. from Aunt Mary. Pittsfield. July 18, 1850." |
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| Author: |
Thomson, James, 1834-1882. |
| Title: |
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems. |
| Publication: |
London: Reeves and Turner, 1880. |
| Sealts Number: |
517 |
| Association: |
Autographed and marked by Herman Melville. |
| Location: |
Houghton Library, *AC85.M4977.Zz880t. |
| Notes: |
Front inscription: "Herman Melville From Mr James Billson Leicester England Jan 1885." |
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