Melville, Herman 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. [Two Volumes in One.]

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Melville, Herman : 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. [Two Volumes in One.]

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

8vo., 325 pp., Very Good, Blue Leather on Blue Cloth (modern commercial binding), with minor stains, rubbing, & edge wear on covers; marginal foxing throughout, ink blotches, & staining in text block; staining on end papers & edges of text block; some pencil scribbles on end papers; shelf wear. Illustrated. Provenance: John Ruyle [bookplate]. Title page for Vol. II appears after p. 166. First US Edition, preceding publication of First Edition (issued in the UK) by a few days.

Melville, Herman : 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. [Two Volumes in One.] is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Wittenborn Art Books.

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Melville, Herman : Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel. Part I

New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1847.

8vo., 307 pp., Very Good, Grey Cloth, with sun-staining, rubbing, minor stains, & edge wear on covers; marginal foxing throughout, ink blotches, & staining in text block; staining on end papers & edges of text block; some pencil scribbles on end papers; splitting along gutters of front end papers; some pages of text slightly torn at edges; corners and spine worn; shelf wear. Illustrated. Provenance: John Ruyle; previous owner's dated signature on half title and a couple of pages of text. Fourth Printing (cloth only). Mylar Jacket.

Melville, Herman : Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel. Part I is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Wittenborn Art Books.

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Melville, Herman : Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857.

8vo., 307 pp., Very Good, Brown Cloth, with sun-staining, rubbing, chipping around spine, minor stains, & edge wear on covers; marginal foxing throughout, ink blotches, & staining in text block; spine slightly slanted; staining on end papers & edges of text block; some pencil scribbles on end papers; corners and spine worn; shelf wear. Illustrated. Provenance: John Ruyle [bookplate]; previous owners' dated signature on FFEP & front end paper. Printing of Revised Edition, omits ca. 30 pages; adds "Story of Toby". Mylar Jacket.

Melville, Herman : Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Wittenborn Art Books.

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