Typee Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence Among the Native of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life

by Herman Melville

$850 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, first issue p. 19, l. 1 reads “Pomarea” . Map at p. xvii . iii -xvi, ii , 285, 1 pp., terminal catalogue not present no priority given by BAL , lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Rebound in contemporary blue cloth, leather label. Spine faded and worn along ends and rear joint. BAL 13652. Item #261634 First edition of Melville’s first work.

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