Typee : a peep at Polynesian life : during a four months' residence in a valley of the Marquesas : with notices of the French occupation of Tahiti and the provisional cession of the Sandwich Islands to Lord Paulet
Herman Melville, Thomas B. Smith (Stereotyper), Wiley & Putnam (Publisher), John Murray (Firm) (Publisher), R. Craighead's Power Press (Printer)
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
Print Book, English, 1846
Wiley and Putnam ; John Murray, Albemarle Street, New York, London, 1846
Wiley and Putnam's library of American books, no. 13-14, [no. 13-14]
Action and adventure fiction
2 parts in 1 volume ([4], xv, [1], 166, [4], [167]-325, [1], [v]-x pages) : map ; 20 cm (12mo)
3212579
First American edition; originally published in London under title: Narrative of four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands, or, A peep at Polynesian life
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by Wiley & Putnam, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York"--Title page verso
Printer and stereotyper statements from title page verso
Part II has separate title page and half-title page; pagination and register continuous
"To Lemuel Shaw, chief justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this little work is affectionately inscribed by the author"--Page [v]
Signatures: [1]¹⁰ 2-7¹² 8¹² (-8₁₂) chi² 9-14¹² 15⁶ [16]² [17]² [18]₁; [1]₁ blank
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