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. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. xvi + 301 + (1). Pp. 287-301 are occupied by The Story of Toby, a sequel to Typee not previously published. Publisher's advertisement precedes half-title proper, occupying reverse of a series half-title of “The Home and Colonial (sic) Library,” these two pages being inset on other than text paper. Publisher's catalogue, Fcap. 8vo, 16 pp., dated March, 1847, bound in at end. Red cloth, gilt, uniform with preceding item. Yellow end-papers.
Note—The lettering on the spine is identical with that of the 1846 issue.
1847
OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. By Herman Melville, author of Typee. New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers. London: John Murray. 1847. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. (408). The pagination of this volume is very confusing. Pp. (1)-(16) are paged xv + (i). Pp. 17-389 are so paged, p. (390) is unpaged, pp. (391)-(399) are paged (xv) to xxiii, p. (400) is unpaged, and pp. (401)-(408) are paged (1) to 8. Title-page printed in red and black, half-title in red. Line-engraved map printed separately facing title. Blue cloth, blocked in gold and blind. White end-papers.
Note—As an example of the varieties to be met with among American publications of this date, I append a collation of this same book, made by a friend from a copy seen in the United States. The variation of binding and end-papers is unimportant (see note on p. 220).
1847
[*]OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. By Herman Melville, author of Typee. New York: Harper and Brothers, Publishers. London: John Murray, 1847. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜). Pp. 398, of which (1)-(9) are unpaged, (10)-(17) are paged in roman numerals, 18-389 in arabic numerals, while pp. (390)-(398) are occupied by publishers' advertisements. Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., bound in at end. Title-page printed in red and black, half-title in red. Line-engraved map facing title-page. Brown cloth, blocked in gold. Marbled end-papers.
1847
OMOO: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas, being a sequel to the Residence in the Marquesas Islands. By Herman Melville, author of Typee. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1847. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. xiii + (i) + 321 +(1). Line-engraved map printed on text paper facing title-page. Red cloth, gilt, uniform with preceding item. Pale yellow end-papers.
Notes—(i) The lettering on the spine reads: Adventures in the South Seas Murray.