Omoo : A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; A sequel to 'Typee; or, The Marquesas Islanders. By Herman Melville. New Edition with illustrations and Memoir (by H.S. Salt). LONDON : 1893. [ Typee ]
by MELVILLE, Herman, 1819-1891. [ Memoir by Henry Stephens Salt (1851-1939).]
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London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1893. Illustrated Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Illustrated plus maps. LONDON : 1893. [ New edition, with a memoir of the author. First published in 1847.]. Hardback. Frontispiece and thirteen other illustrations and two maps Tahiti, Eimeo and the Marquesas Islands at end of volume. Memoir by H.S. Salt. Dark-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. Gilt pictorial and lettered cover. Patterned end-papers. All edges marbled. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. A nice copy. NEAR FINE. Book now in an archival quality clear protective jacket. (xxv), 321 pages. Includes bibliographical references. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.
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Melville’s continuing adventures in the South Seas—now for the first time in Penguin Classics Following the commercial and critical success of Typee , Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo . Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville’s personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
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- Omoo : A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; A sequel to 'Typee; or, The Marquesas Islanders. By Herman Melville. New Edition with illustrations and Memoir (by H.S. Salt). LONDON : 1893. [ Typee ]
- Author
- MELVILLE, Herman, 1819-1891. [ Memoir by Henry Stephens Salt (1851-1939).]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated plus maps
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
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- Illustrated Edition
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- John Murray, Albermarle Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- American fiction. Routledge's Popular Library Melville, Herman 1819-1891 ; Travels. American prose literature 19th century. Voyages and travels 19th century. Whaling ships ; Fiction. Seafaring life ; Fiction. Pacific Islands Description and travel ; F
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