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Spine

Front matter

Front board

Front pastedown (with institutional labels)

Middle leaf] institutional label.
Lower leaf] institutional gift label.

Front free endpaper (with institutional label)

Bottom left corner] microfilm label.

Front free endpaper verso

Bottom right corner] unattributed pencil inscription:
"564
6-7".

(rotated image)

Upper leaf] institutional pencil inscription:
"Harvard College Library
Howe Fund & Mrs. H. K. Metcalf
November 6, 1934".

Contents

Contents verso

Julius Caesar (pp. 3-90)

Unmarked pages 3-9

25-27] pencil score.

9-13] pencil score.
11] pencil underline and checkmark.
34-36] pencil score.

6.012 (marked)

16-17] pencil score.
29-30] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 13-15

35-38] pencil score.

9-13] pencil annotation:
"Tammany Hall."

Unmarked pages 18-21

9-18] pencil double score.

Unmarked pages 23-24

6.023

6.024

6.025 (marked)

9-10] pencil checkmark.

6.026 (marked)

30-33] pencil score.

6.027 (marked)

1-3] pencil score.
21-22] pencil checkmark.

6.028

Left margin] stray pencil mark.

6.029 (marked)

14-16] pencil score.

6.030 (marked)

13-15] pencil score.
26-27] pencil score.
39] pencil checkmark.

6.031

6.032 (marked)

11-15] pencil score.

6.033 (marked)

2] pencil checkmark.
13-14] pencil underlines and checkmark.
16-17] pencil underlines.

Unmarked pages 34-35

6.034

6.035

6.036 (marked)

32-33] stray mark or possibly a deliberately inscribed red pencil or crayon line.

Commentary

6.036 (marked)

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See 6.196, 6.221, and 6.321 for comparable red marks situated at the lower left corners of those pages. Their common medium and placement may illustrate Melville's practice of using the tail-end of his pencil as a temporary placeholder at this point of the page, with paint from the pencil's end transferring to the point of contact. But their appearance alongside text makes it equally possible that they are legitimate marginalia in a medium different from Melville's accustomed lead pencil inscriptions.

6.037 (marked)

1-6] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 38-45

29-37] pencil triple cross-checks.
38-41] pencil score.

6.047 (marked)

21-23] pencil score.
23] pencil border.
23-25] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 48-73

22-28] pencil triple score.

Unmarked pages 75-83

29-33] pencil triple score.

Unmarked pages 85-87

25-28] pencil score.

6-7] pencil score.

Antony and Cleopatra (pp. 91-212)

Unmarked pages 91-94

2-3] pencil underlines and checkmark.

6.096 (marked)

33-34] pencil enclosure or stray mark.

6.097

Bottom margin] pencil stray mark.

6.098 (marked)

24-27] pencil checkmark.
27] pencil underline.

6.099 (marked and annotated)

9] pencil x.
Bottom margin] pencil x and partially erased annotation:
"It is curious in how many ways this idea is
expressed by Shakespeare. — "The bearer of evil
tidings hath but a [losing office.] [two and a half lines of additional unrecovered words]."

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Commentary

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Melville quotes from Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part Second, "the first bringer of unwelcome news hath but a losing office" (unmarked in the present set at 4.10:3-4). The annotation duplicates wording attributed by Melville to Shakespeare in chapter 26 of his first book Typee (NN Typee 198).

6.100 (marked)

11-14] pencil score.
26-29] erased pencil score.

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6.101

6.102 (marked)

5-6] pencil arced score.

6.103 (marked)

26] pencil checkmark.

6.104

6.105 (marked)

37-38] pencil score and checkmark.

6.106

6.107 (marked)

7] pencil score.

6.108 (marked)

4-7] pencil double score.

Unmarked pages 109-111

6.109

6.110

6.111

6.112 (marked and annotated)

6] pencil x.
28-31] pencil score.
Bottom margin] erased pencil undeciphered annotation of 6-8 words.

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Unmarked pages 113-114

6.113

6.114

6.115 (marked)

1-2] pencil checkmark.
6-7] pencil checkmark.
23-25] pencil enclosure and checkmark.
27] pencil checkmark.

6.116 (marked)

33-35] pencil score.

6.117 (marked)

14-15] erased pencil checkmark.

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6.118 (marked)

11-13] pencil checkmark.
29] pencil double cross-checks.

6.119 (marked)

28] pencil checkmark.
29] pencil checkmark.

7-10] pencil score.

10-14] pencil score.

1-2] erased pencil checkmark.

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6.124 (marked)

6-11] pencil score.
20-21] pencil checkmark.

6.125 (marked)

18] pencil checkmark.

6.126 (marked)

26-30] pencil score.
33] pencil underline.

6.127 (marked)

1-3] pencil underlines.
38-39] six pencil checkmarks, of diminishing size and distinctness, with dots under each.

6.128 (marked and annotated)

26] pencil checkmark.
36-37] pencil score.
Bottom margin] erased pencil checkmark and undeciphered annotation of 3-5 words.

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6.129 (marked)

1-2] pencil checkmark.

6.130 (marked)

24-25] pencil score.

6.131 (marked)

33] pencil underline and score.
34] pencil underline and score.

6.132

6.133 (marked)

35-36] pencil checkmark.

6.134 (marked)

21-22] pencil checkmark.

Unmarked pages 135-136

6.135

6.136

6.137 (marked)

32-33] pencil checkmark.

6.138 (marked)

5-6] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 139-140

6.139

6.140

6.141 (marked)

7-22] superimposed pencil scores.
19-20] pencil underlines.

6.142 (marked)

17-18] pencil checkmark.

6.143 (marked)

25-26] pencil checkmark.

6.144 (marked)

30-32] pencil checkmark.

Unmarked pages 145-146

6.145

6.146

6.147 (marked)

11-12] pencil checkmark, with connecting line drawn to marginalia at 33-34.
33-34] pencil checkmark.
34] pencil underline.

Unmarked pages 148-151

5-6] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 153-155

24] pencil checkmark.
28] pencil checkmark.

6.157

6.158 (marked)

23-24] pencil checkmark.

6.159 (marked)

1-14] pencil diagonal score.

6.160 (marked)

29-30] pencil checkmark and underlines.

6.161

6.162 (marked)

36] pencil checkmark.

6.163

6.164 (marked)

3-4] pencil checkmark.
4-6] pencil brackets.
13-14] pencil checkmark.

6.165 (marked)

12-13] pencil checkmark.

6.166 (marked)

28-29] pencil checkmark.

Unmarked pages 167-169

12-13] pencil score.
15-17] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 171-174

27-28] pencil checkmark.

6.176

Unmarked pages 176-179

6-9] pencil score.

24-35] pencil wavy score.

6.182

6.183 (marked)

11-12] pencil checkmark.

6.184

6.185 (marked)

15-16] pencil double score.

6.186

6.187 (marked)

4] pencil score and checkmark.
7-8] pencil underlines and score.
7-20] pencil score.
21-22] pencil triple score.
22-23] pencil underlines.
25-26] pencil double score.

6.188 (marked)

1-2] pencil checkmark.

6.189 (marked)

18-20] pencil checkmark.

6.190

6.191 (marked)

1-2] pencil checkmark.

6.192 (marked)

14-16] pencil score.
38] pencil checkmark.

6.193 (marked)

24-28] pencil score.

6.194 (marked)

1-6] pencil double score.
7-8] pencil underlines.
7-10] pencil score.
12-15] pencil score.
17-19] pencil score.
Bottom margin] pencil stray mark.

6.195

6.196 (marked)

18-19] pencil checkmark.
36-41] stray mark or possibly a deliberately inscribed red pencil or crayon score.

Commentary

6.196 (marked)

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See 6.036, 6.221, and 6.321 for comparable red marks situated at the lower left corners of those pages. Their common medium and placement may illustrate Melville's practice of using the tail-end of his pencil as a temporary placeholder at this point of the page, with paint from the pencil's end transferring to the point of contact. But their appearance alongside text makes it equally possible that they are legitimate marginalia in a medium different from Melville's accustomed lead pencil inscriptions.

Unmarked pages 197-199

20] erased pencil diagonal score.

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6.201 (marked)

24-34] broken pencil score.
31-32] pencil score.
31-33] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 202-207

2-3] pencil checkmark.

6.209 (marked)

33-35] erased pencil score.

(enhanced image)

6.210 (marked and annotated)

Top margin] pencil x and annotation:
"Shelley in the 'Cenci'".
10] pencil underline and x.

Unmarked pages 211-212

6.211

6.212

Cymbeline (pp. 213-336)

6.213 (marked)

1] inner and outer pencil checkmarks.

Unmarked pages 214-217

4-5] erased pencil checkmark.

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Unmarked pages 219-220

6.220

Cowen identifies the faint mark at lines 16 and 17 as an erased pencil score (2:455), but it is more likely a paper flaw or ink that transferred outside of the text area when the sheet including this page was printed.

6.221 (marked)

5-7] pencil score.
25-28] pencil score.
35-36] stray mark or possibly a deliberately inscribed red pencil or crayon line, lightly inscribed or partially erased.

Commentary

6.221 (marked)

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See 6.036, 6.196, and 6.321 for comparable red marks situated at the lower left corners of those pages. Their common medium and placement may illustrate Melville's practice of using the tail-end of his pencil as a temporary placeholder at this point of the page, with paint from the pencil's end transferring to the point of contact. But their appearance alongside text makes it equally possible that they are legitimate marginalia in a medium different from Melville's accustomed lead pencil inscriptions.

Unmarked pages 222-238

24-26] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 240-243

5-7] pencil checkmark.
29-34] erased pencil score.

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6.245 (marked)

1] erased pencil underline.

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Unmarked pages 246-248

19-25] pencil score.
25] pencil underline.

Unmarked pages 250-251

6.250

6.251

6.252 (marked)

1-2] pencil checkmark.
2] pencil underline.

Unmarked pages 253-258

5-6] erased pencil score.

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Unmarked pages 260-265

6.264

Cowen identifies the faint mark from line 7 to line 9 as an erased pencil score (2:458), but it is more likely a paper flaw or a vestige of ink that transferred outside of the text area when the sheet including this page was printed.

6.265

6.266 (marked)

15-22] pencil score.
30-31] pencil score and underlines.

Unmarked pages 267-295

6.296 (marked and annotated)

22] pencil underline.
23] erased pencil annotation of 2 or 3 unrecovered words.
25] erased pencil strike-through and annotation:
"sky" [replacing "great"].
26] erased pencil strike-through and annotation:
"woodsman's" [replacing "tyrant's"].
27] erased pencil strike-through and annotation:
[three or four unrecovered words replacing "to clothe, and eat"].
29] erased pencil annotation of 3 or 4 unrecovered words.
32] pencil underline.

(enhanced image)

6.297 (marked)

2] pencil underline.
5] pencil underline.
9] pencil underline.

Unmarked pages 298-316

7-19] pencil score, overwriting score at 16-19.

Unmarked pages 318-319

16-21] pencil score.

29-31] pencil score.
38] stray mark or possibly a deliberately inscribed red pencil or crayon line, lightly inscribed or partially erased.

Commentary

6.321 (marked)

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See 6.036, 6.196, and 6.221 for comparable red marks situated at the lower left corners of those pages. Their common medium and placement may illustrate Melville's practice of using the tail-end of his pencil as a temporary placeholder at this point of the page, with paint from the pencil's end transferring to the point of contact. But their appearance alongside text makes it equally possible that they are legitimate marginalia in a medium different from Melville's accustomed lead pencil inscriptions.

Unmarked pages 322-325

37-40] pencil score.

Unmarked pages 327-328

6.327

6.328

6.329 (marked)

27-28] pencil score.