1855 Herman Melville TYPEE Story of Toby Polynesia Whaling Novel Moby Dick

1855 Herman Melville TYPEE Story of Toby Polynesia Whaling Novel Moby Dick

“Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.”

― Herman Melville, Typee

Herman Melville was a 19^th-century American novelist known for his works ‘Typee’ and ‘Moby Dick’. While ‘Moby Dick’ has seen more sustained popularity since its first release, ‘Typee,’ and its sequel ‘Omoo,’ was Melville’s first book and saw initial success and was his most popular work during his lifetime.

‘Typee’ (1846) is classic travel literature and is based on Melville’s own experiences on the island of Nuku Hiva, Polynesia. It was because of ‘Typee’ that Melville was coined ‘the man who lived among cannibals.’ According to Howard, Melville

“drew his material from his experiences, from his imagination, and from a variety of travel books when the memory of his experiences was inadequate”

This 1855 was heavily edited by Melville himself, removing references to Christianity and missionaries that existed in the first editions. This edition also includes a ‘sequel’ (not the expected sequel, ‘Omoo’) but rather ‘The Story of Toby’, written to explain what happened to the character Toby.

Item number: #17289

Price: $499

MELVILLE, Herman

Typee: a peep at Polynesian Life… the revised edition, with a sequel.

New York: Harper & Bros., 1855.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xiv, 307 (i.e. 309), [9]
    • Includes ‘Story of Toby’ (p. [291]-307)
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Brown cloth
  • Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm)

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