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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.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- 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
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