Pierre, or, The ambiguities ; Israel Potter : his fifty years of exile ; The piazza tales ; The confidence-man : his masquerade ; Uncollected prose ; Billy Budd, sailor : (an inside narrative) / Herman Melville.

Pierre, Israel Potter, The confidence-man, Tales & Billy Budd (spine title)
Pierre, Israel Potter, The confidence-man, Tales and Billy Budd (other title)

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 (author.). Hayford, Harrison. (Added Author).

Summary:

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Record details

ISBN: 0940450240
ISBN: 9780940450240
Physical Description: 1478 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States, [1984]
Distributor: Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press.
Copyright: ©1984

Content descriptions

General Note:	Harrison Hayford wrote the notes for this volume.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Pierre or, The Ambiquities --Israel Potter, his fifty years of exile--The Piazza tales--The confidence-man, his masquerade--Uncollected prose--Billy Budd, sailor (an inside narrative).