Description: Herman Melville Omoo: A narrative of adventures in the South Seas 1847 1st UK VG First UK edition dated 1847 on title page. Publisher: London John Murray, 1847. Octavo. [xvi] 1-321 [iii] Covers and spine 3/4 calf and marbled covers. BAL's state B (no priority) without the ads leaves. No DJ. UK edition preceeds the US edition. Book Condition: VG Rebound from the wraps. Text is clean without foxing. Cover is rubbed. Spine has chipped leather label. Melville's title means "rover" in Polynesian and the story takes up at the end of Typee wherein the crew on the whaler Julia mutinies and is taken to Tahiti, which is where Melville and the good doctor, Long Ghost, explore. The scarce first appearance in book form.
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Binding: Hardcover
Modification Description: Rebound
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: John Murray
Topic: Action, Adventure
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Modified Item: Yes
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1847
