TYPEE: A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE, DURING A FOUR MONTHS' RESIDENCE IN A VALLEY OF THE MARQUESAS Part 1. (Wiley & Putnam's Library of American Books)
by Melville, Herman
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York:Wiley& Putnam, 1846. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/01/0_img_6555.jpg. New York:Wiley & Putnam. 1846. 1st edition of the revised edition (per BAL#13654...absence of the statement The Revised Edition with a Sequel; absence of semi-colon following Marquesas; absence of a period following Street. Bound without map). Two parts bound in one, with sequel. xiv+307+2pp ads for Books of Travel and Library of American Books+(xv)-xxiii Publishers advertisment. . Hardcover. Bound in three quarters leather with brown boards. Leather quite scuffed and worn with edge points worn to boards. Hinges rubbed with boards still attached, but starting to seperate from top edge. Internally, first free end-page is detached but laid in with some chipping to outside edges. Otherwise, pages free of previous owners marks or signatures, remarkable clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact. Aside from binding wear, a very good solid copy.
Synopsis
Typee is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; for 19th century readers his career seemed to go downhill afterwards, but during the early 20th century it was seen as just the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick (1851).
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
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- 25051
- Title
- TYPEE: A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN LIFE, DURING A FOUR MONTHS' RESIDENCE IN A VALLEY OF THE MARQUESAS Part 1. (Wiley & Putnam's Library of American Books)
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Illustrator
- http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/01/0_img_6555.jpg
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:Wiley& Putnam
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- FICTION, LITERATURE, HERMAN MELVILLE,
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