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For collectors of the Library of America series, the Holy Grail: a superb, pristine copy of the First Printing, which has perhaps the wackiest typo in the annals of modern publishing. On the title page, in large, boldface type, the author is identified as Herman Meville. Accompanied by a letter (a bit tattered around the edges) from the Library of America s Production Manager, apologizing for the error, but also noting: [T]his original first printing Melville III with the uncorrected title page stands to be a rarity and a collector s piece someday. Amen.

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".