Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands; or, A peep at Polynesian life / By Herman Melville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Murray's colonial and home library ; 15.

Murray's colonial and home library ; 15

Standardized Title:

Typee: a peep at Polynesian life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)--Fiction.

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia).

Indigenous peoples--Fiction.

Indigenous peoples.

Sailors--Fiction.

Sailors.

Genre:

Fiction.

Advertisements -- Great Britain -- London -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Harvard College Library (stamp)

Physical Description:

xvi, 285 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 pages : map ; 19 cm.

Other Title:

Marquesas Islands; or, a Peep at polynesian life

Peep at Polynesian life

Melville's Marquesas Islands

Place of Publication:

London : J. Murray, 1846.

Notes:

"London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street."--Colophon.

Publisher's advertisements dated March 1846 (16 p.) at end.

Second issue, cloth, binder's variant B. Red cloth, spine lettered in gold with series title. T.p., p. [iii]; map, p. [xviii]. P. 19, line 1 ... "Pomare".--Cf. BAL.

First American edition (New York, Wiley and Putnam) has title: Typee: a peep at Polynesian life.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has stamp of Harvard College Library.

Cited in:

BAL, 13652

OCLC:

9594013