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Herman Melville, 1847
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Omoo, the Martin-Manney copy in the rare original wrappers
Herman Melville, 1847
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847.
The H. Bradley Martin-Richard Manney copy of the first American edition, in the scarce original wrappers. Melville's sequel to Typee, describing his adventures in Tahiti. Rare: RBH records only two other copies selling at auction. BAL 13656.
Two volumes, octavo (182 x 129mm). Vol. 1 with half-title, title-page printed in black and red, and frontispiece map of the Marquesas and Tahiti; vol. 2 with adverts at rear paginated [xv]-xxiii, [1]-16 (light staining to prelims, lower corner clipped from endpaper in vol. 2). Original printed wrappers (wrappers darkened and rubbed; part 1 backstrip restored with part of title in facsimile; part 2 with abrasion to rear cover deleting some of the text); modern clamshell box. Provenance: "Appleton" (ownership inscription to inside front cover of part II) – H. Bradley Martin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 January 1990, lot 2145) – Richard Manney (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1991, lot 223).
Herman Melville, 1847
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847.
The H. Bradley Martin-Richard Manney copy of the first American edition, in the scarce original wrappers. Melville's sequel to Typee, describing his adventures in Tahiti. Rare: RBH records only two other copies selling at auction. BAL 13656.
Two volumes, octavo (182 x 129mm). Vol. 1 with half-title, title-page printed in black and red, and frontispiece map of the Marquesas and Tahiti; vol. 2 with adverts at rear paginated [xv]-xxiii, [1]-16 (light staining to prelims, lower corner clipped from endpaper in vol. 2). Original printed wrappers (wrappers darkened and rubbed; part 1 backstrip restored with part of title in facsimile; part 2 with abrasion to rear cover deleting some of the text); modern clamshell box. Provenance: "Appleton" (ownership inscription to inside front cover of part II) – H. Bradley Martin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 January 1990, lot 2145) – Richard Manney (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1991, lot 223).
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