MELVILLE, Herman.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.
First edition of Herman Melville's first and most popular book Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
$6,500.00
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Item Number: RRB-144151
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
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. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom full clamshell slipcase.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.
$6,500.00
In Stock
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