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Herman Melville, 1847
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Omoo
Herman Melville, 1847
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. London: John Murray, 1847.
First edition of Melville's second book. This sequel to Typee describes Melville's adventures in Tahiti. BAL 13665 (State C of signature mark P on p. 209, no priority).
Octavo (177 x 158mm). Frontispiece map of the Marquesas and Tahiti, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear (hinges starting). Original red cloth (spine a little faded with some fraying at spine ends and small tear at foot, tips showing); modern cloth box. Provenance: deleted early name to front endpaper, dated "Feb 4th 1848" – "John Poyntz Spencer, Viscount Althorp," 1835-1910 (inscription to rear fly leaf dated 1848).
Herman Melville, 1847
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. London: John Murray, 1847.
First edition of Melville's second book. This sequel to Typee describes Melville's adventures in Tahiti. BAL 13665 (State C of signature mark P on p. 209, no priority).
Octavo (177 x 158mm). Frontispiece map of the Marquesas and Tahiti, 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear (hinges starting). Original red cloth (spine a little faded with some fraying at spine ends and small tear at foot, tips showing); modern cloth box. Provenance: deleted early name to front endpaper, dated "Feb 4th 1848" – "John Poyntz Spencer, Viscount Althorp," 1835-1910 (inscription to rear fly leaf dated 1848).
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