A definitive edition of his works was brought out between 1875 and 1881.
The first complete definitive edition of his works appeared in 1979.
This is considered the definitive edition of the book.
Many critics have hailed this release to be the more definitive edition.
He made some revisions in the work until the definitive edition was published in 1853.
This alliance sought to create a "definitive" edition of Melville's works.
He also edited the definitive edition of Churchill's speeches, in eight volumes.
This edition was revised by May himself and is the definitive edition.
It still has no definitive edition because the original manuscripts have yet to be studied by contemporary scholars.
In 1993, an author's definitive edition was released as a mass market paperback by Bantam.