MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months’ Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas. New York & London: Wiley and Putnam; John Murray, 1846.
2 volumes in one, 8vo. Half-titles; frontispiece map before part I. (Some marginal toning, a few spots to title-page, light stain to frontispiece, amateur illustration on recto.) Modern half blue calf, marbled boards.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S FIRST BOOK, preceded by a London edition of the same year. Melville based his first work on the month he spent living among the people in the Marquesas, where he found himself after deserting the whaling ship Achsunet in 1841. Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime. BAL 13653.
[Bound with:] JERRNANN, Edward. Pictures from St. Petersburg. New York: G.P. Putnam and Co., 1852.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Ephemeral Americana and Historical Documents
This lot is located in Chicago.
