Bulkington Books

the catalogue, by Melville’s measure

Whales, and books, are reckoned by their heft.

In the chapter on Cetology, Melville sorts the whales as a printer sorts a press — the Folio, the Octavo, the Duodecimo. We keep his shelving.

sort by

The Octavo

the working volumes

Middling heft — memoirs, dispatches, a life told at the length a life deserves.

Cover of Americanism vs. Bolshevism
1920
Americanism vs. Bolshevism
Ole Hanson
Cover of Anecdotes of the American Revolution
1844
Anecdotes of the American Revolution
Various
Cover of Archangel: The American War with Russia
1924
Archangel: The American War with Russia
John Cudahy
Cover of Confessions of a War Correspondent
1917
Confessions of a War Correspondent
William G. Shepherd
Cover of Dry or Die
1913
Dry or Die
Clarence True Wilson
Cover of A French Volunteer of the War of Independence
1897
A French Volunteer of the War of Independence
Chevalier de Pontgibaud
Cover of Friedrich Nietzsche: An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism
1914
Friedrich Nietzsche: An Essay on Aristocratic Radicalism
Georg Brandes
Cover of A Frontier Town and Other Essays
1906
A Frontier Town and Other Essays
Henry Cabot Lodge
Cover of German Revolution: 1918-1919
1922
German Revolution: 1918-1919
Ralph Haswell Lutz
Cover of Historical and Political Essays
1892
Historical and Political Essays
Henry Cabot Lodge
Cover of In Defence of Terrorism
1920
In Defence of Terrorism
Leon Trotsky
Cover of Bolshevism: Mr. Keeling's Five Years in Russia
1919
Bolshevism: Mr. Keeling's Five Years in Russia
H.V. Keeling
Cover of Napoleonic Ideas
1839
Napoleonic Ideas
Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte III
Cover of A Square Deal
1905
A Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt
Cover of St. Paul and His Mission to the Roman Empire
1909
St. Paul and His Mission to the Roman Empire
Lord Sands
Cover of Twice-Born Men
1909
Twice-Born Men
Harold Begbie
Cover of War in Florida
1836
War in Florida
Woodburne Potter