TYPEE. Or, A Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands ..
by MELVILLE, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- 8vo, 301pp, with black and white map. A good hardback copy in embossed red cloth with wear to extremities and age tanned spine.
- Seller
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Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
John Murray, London. 1847. First published by John Murray in 1846. 8vo, 301pp, with black and white map. A good hardback copy in embossed red cloth with wear to extremities and age tanned spine. Gold lettering still visible to spine. Foxed and toned fore edges. Some mild creasing to page corners. Endpapers aged. Occassional spotting. Binding solid, with rear hinge splitting but not separated.. Murray's Colonial & Home Library.
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- Bookseller
- Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93777
- Title
- TYPEE. Or, A Narrative of a Four Months' Residence Among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands ..
- Author
- MELVILLE, Herman
- Book Condition
- Used - 8vo, 301pp, with black and white map. A good hardback copy in embossed red cloth with wear to extremities and age tanned spine.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray, London. 1847. First published by John Murray in 1846
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About the Seller
Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd
Biblio member since 2006
Camberwell, Victoria
About Sainsburys Books Pty Ltd
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- Foxed
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