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

$7,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, second state of C2 p. 19, l. 1 reads “Pomare” . Map at p. xvii . xvi, ii , 285, 1 pp., + 16 pp. terminal catalogue dated March 1846 BAl B variant, no priority , with half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth BAL variant B , covers stamped in blind, spine titled in gilt. An exceptionally fine copy, with just a trace of wear to front board fore-edge and small chip from tail end of spine. BAL 13652. Item

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