Typee: A Real Romance of the South Seas
by Melville, Herman
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1950. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxxvi, 389 pp. Twelfth printing. The pages are tanned at the edges, and the cover is scuffed at the head of the spine. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket has some chipping along the upper edge.
Synopsis
Typee is American writer Herman Melville's first book, partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands and the title comes from a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; for 19th century readers his career seemed to go downhill afterwards, but during the early 20th century it was seen as just the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick (1851).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060959
- Title
- Typee: A Real Romance of the South Seas
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- L. C. Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Literature - American
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...