Vol. I. pp.[[5]] Vol. II. pp.[[5]]
[5]. That the pagination of these volumes must be omitted is a misfortune that was unpreventable. A detailed description of the books was sent me from America, but the slip on which the actual pagination was set out did not arrive.
The half-titles to both volumes read: Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. On the verso of half-title to Vol. I. is a list of books of travel; on that to Vol. II. the titles in the Library of American Books. Vol. I. contains a map. Dark green cloth, gilt. Fawn end-papers.
1846
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. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1846. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. xvi + (ii) + 285 + (1). Publisher's advertisements, 16 pp., dated March, 1846, bound in at end. A sketch map of the Marquesas Islands on page (xviii) faces page (1). Red cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. White end-papers.
Note—A volume in Murray's “Colonial and Home Library” (No. 15). Subsequently named Typee. The lettering on the spine reads: Colonial and Home Library Vol XV Melvilles Marquesas Islands Murray.
1847
[*]TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life during a Four Months Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas. Revised Edition with a Sequel. By Herman Melville. New York: Wiley and Putnam. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼). Pp[[6]]. Of this book pp. 291-307 are occupied by the sequel to Typee entitled The Story of Toby, and not previously published. Map faces title-page.
[6]. See footnote to previous page.