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- # OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS BOOK
## Overview
This entity is a backmatter section from the document "[The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches](arke:01KG8AJ803DW4WSW6CRCMBBSX2)". It details the printing information for the first edition of the book.
## Context
This backmatter section is part of the larger work "[The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches](arke:01KG8AJ803DW4WSW6CRCMBBSX2)", which is included in the "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. The text was extracted from the file "[the_apple_tree_table_and_other_sketches.txt](arke:01KG89J1C1N72JCD0ZBGTBX0EX)". It follows the chapter titled "[THE 'GEES](arke:01KG8AJK5CQH098RY0KVQF426D)" and precedes the "[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:](arke:01KG8AJK5HHCZ84K1JKKJGZAP8)".
## Contents
This section specifies that 1675 copies of the first edition of the book were printed. Of these, 175 copies were printed on French hand-made paper and numbered, with 150 of those designated for sale.
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- OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS BOOK
SIXTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE COPIES HAVE BEEN
PRINTED AND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE COPIES
ARE ON FRENCH HAND-MADE PAPER AND NUMBERED
OF WHICH ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ARE FOR SALE
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- OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS BOOK