Typee; or, A 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)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xvi, 301 pages : frontispiece (map) ; 19 cm

Edition:

New edition.

Other Title:

Narrative of a four months' residence among the natives of a valley of the Marquesas Islands

Marquesas Islands: or, a peep at Polynesian life

Typee or a residence in the Marquesas Islands

Place of Publication:

London : J. Murray, 1847.

Notes:

"London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross."--T.p. verso.

Contains "Appendix" (p. [279]-285), "Note to the Sequel," date July 1846 (p. [288]), and "The story of Toby" (p. 289-301).

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has obituary of Melville cut from the Atheneum, Oct. 17, 1891 pasted to the front pastedown.

Culture Class Collection copy has embossed stamp of W.H. Smith & Son, London.

Culture Class Collection copy has half t.-p. following p. [286]

OCLC:

46996794