. [Works, in German.] Melville, Herman. Typee. Omoo, Weissjacke. [Vollstandige Ausgabe, aus dem Amerikanischen ubertragen und mit einem Nachwort und Erlauterungen von Richard Mummendey].. Munchen: Winkler-Verlag, [1970].

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First edition of these three translations, 12mo, pp. 1055, [1]; a fine copy in original pale-blue cloth stamped in gilt, and a fine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase with printed paper label. Phelps, Herman Melville's Foreign Reputation, 16:11; 16:20; 16:31. Many copies in Europe but only the Newberry in the U.S.

With: Moby Dick oder der wal. [Aus dem Amerikanischen übertragen und mit einem Nachwort und Erläuterungen von Richard Mummendey]. Munchen: Winkler-Verlag, [1964]. 12mo, pp. 710, [6]; Newberry Library duplicate with bookplate and discreet release stamp; original gray cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, preserving a nice dust jacket with a small crease at the bottom of the front panel, and a fine publisher's slipcase with printed paper label. There were many German editions with Mummendey's translation, including two in 1954; and even this edition went through many reprintings at various locations, but this is the first. Phelps, Herman Melville's Foreign Reputation, 16:58.

With: Redburn, Israel Potter und sämtliche Erzählungen. [Vollstandige Ausgabe, aus dem Amerikanischen ubertragen und mit einem Nachwort und Erlauterungen von Richard Mummendey]. Munchen: Winkler-Verlag, [1967]. First edition of these translations, 12mo, pp. 1077, [3]; Newberry Library duplicate with bookplate and discreet release stamp; a fine copy in original pale-blue cloth stamped in gilt, and a fine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase with printed paper label. Phelps, Herman Melville's Foreign Reputation, 16:26; 16:95; 16:109, 16:144. Many copies in Europe but only the Newberry in the U.S.

Together, 3 uniform volumes containing most of the major prose works of Melville, Mardi and The Confidence Man notwithstanding. Richard Mummendey (1900-1978) was a German librarian, scholar, and translator, most notably of Melville and Robert Louis Stevenson.

 

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