Herman Melville correspondence, 1847-1852.

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Herman Melville correspondence, 1847-1852.

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Letters among Melville, his publisher, and his agent, documenting the poor reception his novels received in England. Includes two letters from Melville to John Brodhead, whom he asked to represent him in the English publication of Omoo; letters to Melville from Brodhead and John Murray, a note from Brodhead to Murray concerning Melville's novel Omoo, a letter from Brodhead to the customs officers in Liverpool (Messrs. Harnden & Co.) concerning their improper seizure of the proof sheets of Omoo, and a manuscript profit and loss statement showing the losses incurred by Melville's novels in England. Letters have facing page typewritten transcripts. Housed in red morocco notebook.

1 volume (6 items).

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Brodhead, John Romeyn, 1814-1873

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Historian. From the description of John Romeyn Brodhead correspondence, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451493 John R. Brodhead was the compiler of "Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York." Brodhead was appointed in 1841, by New York Governor William Seward, to collect manuscripts in Europe that related to New York State's colonial history. From the description of Papers, 1839-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122519971 ...

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Murray, John, 1808-1892

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John Murray, English publisher. The son of the John Murray who published Byron, he began working at his family's firm in 1828. From the guide to the John Murray III manuscript material : 2 items, 1829-1845, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1872 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612883 John M...

Messrs. Harnden & Co.

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