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First edition. 431pp., [7pp.] Original blind-embossed red cloth with cream endpapers. Small offsetting and stains on a few pages, extremities worn with some loss of the spine ends, spine title faded, a good only copy without dust jacket if issued. The first book appearance of many of Melville's classic shorter works (and his only lifetime collection) including "Bartleby" and "Benito Cereno." *BAL* 13669.

The Piazza Tales is a collection of short stories by American writer Herman Melville, first published in 1856. The collection includes the following stories: "The Piazza", "Bartleby, the Scrivener", "Benito Cereno", "The Lightning-Rod Man", "The Encantadas", and "The Bell-Tower".