Buy this book on-line Melville, Herman : Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; Being a Sequel to the "Residence in the Marquesas Islands."John Murray, London, England, 1847
1st Edition, precedes American Edition, State A. Publisher's original blue cloth rebacked with decorated black leather in clamshell box. Bound without advertisements in back. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine of the book. Clamshell box is bound in blue cloth and backed with blue leather. Gilt lettering on spine of the box. Box measures 6" x 8." Book measures 4 3/4" x 7." 321 pages, complete. One black-and-white frontispiece map of the "South Seas; or Pacific Ocean," complete. Box is very clean and intact except for a few small stains and marks. Pages are very clean and intact except for occasional foxing. Covers are intact but have marks and smudging on the front and back. A Very Good copy in a Near Fine box. Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author who was part of the Romanticist movement and the American Renaissance period. Melville is best-known for writing the novel, Moby-Dick (1851). As noted in the title, Omoo is a sequel to his book, Residence in the Marquesas Islands, which also goes by the title, Typee. Like Typee, Omoo is semi-autobiographical and based on Melville's own experiences in French Polynesia. Typee takes place on the Marquesas Islands and is based off of Melville's stay on the island of Nuku Hiva, whereas Omoo mostly takes place on Tahiti. While Melville said both books are autobiographical, scholars have concluded they are more accurately a combination of autobiography and fiction. What is notable about Typee and Omoo is Melville's depiction of the residents of French Polynesia. At a time when Polynesians were commonly derided as "savages" by Westerners, Melville was relatively sympathetic toward the people of French Polynesia and even questioned the usage of such a term. The following is referenced from the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 13655: 1st Edition, precedes American Edition, State A.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Melville, Herman : Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; Being a Sequel to the "Residence in the Marquesas Islands.". Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, livres d'occasion, libri rari, livres illustrées and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |