[Rarebooks] FS: Melville's Peep at Polynesian Life, 1846

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MELVILLE, Herman. NARRATIVE OF A FOUR MONTHS' RESIDENCE AMONG THE 
NATIVES OF A VALLEY OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS; OR, A PEEP AT POLYNESIAN 
LIFE. London: John Murray, 1846. First Edition. Contemporary half calf 
with matching corners and marbled boards and endpapers, gilt-ruled spine 
with two matching gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels; xviii, 285 
pages, no terminal ads. BAL 13652: First Issue of page 19. Illustrated 
with a map at page xviii with an additional copy of the map on old paper 
tipped in before the title page. First printing of Melville's first 
book, issued in an edition of 4,048 copies and preceding the American 
edition, titled TYPEE, of the same year. Largely based upon the author's 
experience living in the Marquesas after he deserted from the whaler 
Acushnet in 1842. Scattered, light foxing; minor wear to the top of the 
spine. Very Good to Near Fine.
Other than MOBY DICK, the most widely read of Melville's novels. 		$1,500.00
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