MELVILLE HERMAN Narrative of Four Months Residence among the

Sale 2462 - Lot 217

Price Realized: $ 750

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

MELVILLE, HERMAN. Narrative of Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at Polynesian Life. Illustrated with the map at page xviii and with an additional copy of the map on old paper tipped in before the title page. 12mo, contemporary 1/2 tan calf over marbled boards, two morocco lettering pieces, extremities rubbed; lacking half-title, endpapers foxed. London: John Murray, 1846

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

first edition, page 19, line 1 with "Pomarea" instead of "Pomare," without terminal catalog. Precedes the American edition, published under the more familiar title "Typee," by one month. BAL 13652.