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Typee: Or, A Narrative Of A Four Months' Residence Among The Natives Of The Marquesas Islands; Or, A Peep At Polynesian Life.

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Typee: Or, A Narrative Of A Four Months' Residence Among The Natives Of The Marquesas Islands; Or, A Peep At Polynesian Life.

by MELVILLE, Herman .:

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London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1847.. 2nd English edition, 4th issue. 8vo. 17cm x 12cm x 2.3cm. Ex library. pp.xvi/301, text clean and bright, no map after preliminaries. p.19 first line: "... Pomare ...". "The Story of Toby," a Sequel to "Typee" to pages 289-301. Library bookplate, pocket and ticket to inside front board, strengthening to inner hinges front and rear. Blue library binding, gilt title to spine. Scarce in this early edition. G+.

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Typee is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; for 19th century readers his career seemed to go downhill afterwards, but during the early 20th century it was seen as just the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick (1851).

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Title
Typee: Or, A Narrative Of A Four Months' Residence Among The Natives Of The Marquesas Islands; Or, A Peep At Polynesian Life.
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MELVILLE, Herman .:
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London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1847.
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47426 herman melville john murray typee marquesas islands polynesia polynesian story toby sequel

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Bookplate
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Library Binding
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Gilt
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