Complex sentence: After some difficulty in arranging publication, Delbanco (2005), 66 Melville saw it first published in 1846 in London, where it became an overnight bestseller which brought him into contact with his friend Greene again, Toby in the book.
Split into simpler sentences: After some difficulty in arranging publication, Delbanco (2005), 66 Melville saw it first published in 1846 in London, where it became an overnight bestseller. Reprinted in Branch (1974), 67-8 The book brought Melville into contact with his friend Greene again, Toby in the book.