Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; Being a Sequel to the "Residence in the Marquesas Islands"

1847

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Year of publication

1847

Place of printing

London. John Murray

Author

Melville, Herman

Edition

First edition.

Keyword

Travel - Pacific & Australia Anthropology

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

small 8vo [17.5 x 12 cm]; xiii, 321 pp, map frontispiece, text illus. contemporary half calf, raised bands, decorated in gilt and blind, red title labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards, rubbed at edges, a very good copy, clean throughout. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. BAL 13655, with the 'P' at p. 209, as signature mark, showing top half only, no priority of states. The London edition preceeded the US edition by several weeks. Hill 196: "This work deals with Melville and his part in the mutiny aboard the Julia, called in this book, Lucy Ann. Melville then spent about three months wandering in various parts of Tahiti and Imeeo (Moorea) as a beachcomber and was able to make extensive observations on the social conditions of the natives. This work is also a true story." The author has been described as "the most important of all the great American writers" and later wrote Moby Dick. This is the author's second book.