MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Narrative of a Four
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MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, A Peep at Polynesian Life. London: John Murray, 1846.
8vo. Map of the Marquesas Islands bound before pg. [1]. (Lacking half-title and 16 pp. publisher's advertisements.) 19th-century half calf gilt, edges marbled (some rubbing and wear).
FIRST EDITION OF MELVILLE'S FIRST BOOK, FIRST STATE of page 19 ('Pomarea'), published just prior to the first American edition of the same year entitled Typee. BAL 13652.
8vo. Map of the Marquesas Islands bound before pg. [1]. (Lacking half-title and 16 pp. publisher's advertisements.) 19th-century half calf gilt, edges marbled (some rubbing and wear).
FIRST EDITION OF MELVILLE'S FIRST BOOK, FIRST STATE of page 19 ('Pomarea'), published just prior to the first American edition of the same year entitled Typee. BAL 13652.
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