![Item #261634 [Typee] Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence Among the Native of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life. Herman Melville.](https://jamescumminsbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/261634.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1374024160)
[Typee] Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence Among the Native of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life.
London: John Murray, 1846.
Price: $850.00
About the item
First edition, first issue (p. 19, l. 1 reads “Pomarea”). Map at p. [xvii]. [iii]-xvi, [ii], 285, [1] pp., terminal catalogue not present (no priority given by BAL), lacking half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Rebound in contemporary blue cloth, leather label. Spine faded and worn along ends and rear joint. BAL 13652.
Item #261634
First edition of Melville’s first work.
