Typee

by Melville, Herman

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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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.

by Melville, Herman

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1846
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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. First edition of Melville's first book and his most popular during his lifetime. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in the original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece map, both half-titles and 6 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. BAL 13653. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on… Read more about this item
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life...The Revised Edition with a Sequel
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life...The Revised Edition with a Sequel

by Melville, Herman

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1846
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New York & London: Wiley & Putnam & John Murray, 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Technically the third printing of this revised edition that includes the sequel. 8vo, blue-green cloth, gilt spine, good copy, minor ex-library marks (bookplates on pastedown; faint white marks on spine) from a 19th century Westmoreland County (PA) classical and scientific institute, cloth renewal… Read more about this item
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

by Melville, Herman

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Third American Printing
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1846
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London and New York: Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray, New York, 1846. Third American Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good, in three quarter forest green morocco. 307 pages, "grove" on page 101, all other third printing points present. Page 163 misnumbered as 463. Foxing throughout, major on some pages, but contents still fully legible. Binding worn,… Read more about this item
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Typee

by Melville, Herman

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1962
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas Melville, Herman Published by West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, No Place (1962) West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, West Virginia, 1962. Hardcover. Book Copyright date 1962, limited edition, in a slipcase, published by West Virginia pulp and paper company. Black skiver leather… Read more about this item
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TYPEE

TYPEE

by Herman Melville - Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer

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Vintage Copy
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good- in boards. Tear to spine at crown. Some minor wear to exterior and small bumps to edges. Hinge is starting. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated in color. No date. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.
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TYPEE. A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS

TYPEE. A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS

by MELVILLE, Herman (COVARRUBIAS, Miguel)

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Used - Bookplate on front pastedown. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with some wear
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1935
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with some wear. Miguel Covarrubias. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in full native tappa with an introduction by Raymond Weaver who was most responsible for resurrecting Melville's reputation in the twentieth century. Copy #95 of 1500 numbered copies with… Read more about this item
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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)
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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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1846
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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… Read more about this item
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Typee (World's Classics)

Typee (World's Classics)

by Melville, Herman

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Paperback
ISBN 10
0192823078
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Paperback. Very Good.
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Typee:  A Narrative of the Marquesas Islands

Typee: A Narrative of the Marquesas Islands

by Melville, Herman

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Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Small bookseller label on front free endpaper, jacket toned, chipped with small pieces missing,
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First Edition; First Printing
Published
1931
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Hardcover
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NY: Aventine Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Small bookseller label on front free . endpaper, jacket toned, chipped with small pieces missing, and has closed . tears.. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth. viii, 360pp. Frontispiece illustration, Color illustrations, one page author bio. A beautiful edition of the author's first book illustrated by Guido… Read more about this item
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TYPEE

by Herman Melville

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1931
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Aventine Press 1931 VG/none. Blue hard boards with gold title to spine. Spine of book has some spotting. Corners and edges slightly bumped. Clean, binding a little on the loose side. No marks, no stickers, etc. Author Herman Melville sailed on the first day of January 1941 (his birthday) in a whaling vesell "Acushnet" the "Dolly" of this… Read more about this item
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Typee

Typee

by Melville, Herman

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1st thus
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1950
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London: The Folio Society. 1950. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition. No dustjacket. Some fading to board edges. Missing dustjacket - not issued with slipcase. Very faint foxing to prelims. Introduction by Robert Gibbings. Black and white illustrations by Jacques Boullaire. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 277 pages.… Read more about this item
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TYPEE Franklin Library

TYPEE Franklin Library

by Herman Melville

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First Edition; First Printing
Published
1979
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Hardcover
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
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Typee: A Romance of the South Seas

by MELVILLE, Herman

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1935
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition. Introduction by Raymond Weaver. Illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias. Small quarto. Small abrasions on front endpapers, hinges starting, boards edgeworn with a toned spine, very good, lacking the slipcase. One of 1,500 copies Signed by the illustrator, Covarrubias. This copy is unnumbered.
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Typee; or, a Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life

Typee; or, a Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life

by Melville, Herman

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2nd Edition
Published
1847
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Hardcover
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London: John Murray, 1847. 2nd British Edition, shows spelling of "Pomare" correctly on page 19. CONDITION Rebound in Tan Buckram cloth with title flag to spine and new liners (unworn) map frontis, Pp ivi 285. Copy is mostly bright and clean, with 2 stamps for the Nelson Istitute to half title and verso of map which also has "The… Read more about this item
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life

by Melville, Herman

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First edition thus
Published
1962
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Hardcover
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West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1962. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition published by West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1962. Near fine in black leather and printed paper covered boards with bold gilt text on spine. In a very good slipcase. The fifth volume in Westvaco's annual American Classic Series.
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Typee

Typee

by Melville, Herman

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Limited
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1935
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Limited Editions Club, 1935. Book. Illus. by Covarrubias, Miguel. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited. Limited edition, signed by illustrator. #586 of 1500. Original slipcase has small splits, edge wear, scratches, scuffs, slightly chipped, rubbed corners. Boards have edge wear, rubbed corners, rubbed/very slightly chipped spine, very small stain on edge. Owner's neat bookplate inside front cover. No writing… Read more about this item
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TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas

TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas

by Melville, Herman.

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Used - Fine in very good slipcase (some toning to the slipcase) Signed presentation slip tipped onto front endpaper.
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1962.
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West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, , 1962.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in very good slipcase (some toning to the slipcase) Signed presentation slip tipped onto front endpaper. . First thus. An attractive edition of this classic novel, based upon Melville's own experiences in 1842, when he and a companion jumped ship in the Marquesas.… Read more about this item
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Typee: a peep at Polynesian life. During a four month's residence in a valley of the Marquesas. The revised edition, with a sequel
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by Melville, Herman

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New York: Wiley & Putnam; London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, fourth printing of the revised edition of the author's first book, 2 vols. in 1, as issued, 8vo, pp. xiv, 149, [5], [151]-307, [1], plus 9 pages of ads paged [15]-xxiii; integral frontispiece map; recent quarter calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in… Read more about this item
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by Melville, Herman

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1848
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Wiley and Putnam, 1848. Revised edition with the Toby sequel; cover in protective mylar jacket; cover very lightly rubbed/bumped/soiledm corners lightly bumped with internal boards barely exposed, spine ends bumped with minor chipping, top front hinge slightly cracked (board still firmly attached), spine sunned; edges sunned/soiled; internal hinge quite exposed at front pastedown, internal hinge slightly exposed at rear pastedown,… Read more about this item
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Typee

Typee

by Melville, Herman

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Used - Fine
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Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Published
1974
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
0460041533
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London: Folio Press. No faults for the book. The dust jacket is price-clipped. Reproduced by photolithography from the original 1950 Folio edition. . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1974.
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