Mardi: and a Voyage Thither

by Herman Melville

$1,250 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimos. An early Melville novel, and precursor to his masterpiece, Moby Dick. This sea-faring adventure-turned-allegorical tale follows a sailor who deserts his whaling ship and embarks on a journey to an archipelago called Mardi. Accompanied by a Polynesian companion, the

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