TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good slipcase (some toning to the slipcase) Signed presentation slip tipped onto front endpaper.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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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
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67827
- Title
- TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good slipcase (some toning to the slipcase) Signed presentation slip tipped onto front endpaper.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company,
- Date Published
- 1962.
- Keywords
- civil war, limited edition, polynesia, south pacific,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
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