MELVILLE, Herman.:. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, being a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas. The revised edition, with a sequel. [And:] Omoo: a narrative of adventures in the South Seas.. George Routledge & [and] Co., 1850., 1850.

Price: US$193.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two volumes bound in one, 222, 242pp., recent dark blue quarter calf, marbled boards, tan label. Nice, tidy copy of Melville's first and second books. There are curiously few institutional holdings of these editions: COPAC finds three of the first and none of the second, while OCLC locates no American copies.

Seller: Charles Cox Rare Books , Bude, United Kingdom

MELVILLE, Herman. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. George Routledge and Co, London, 1850.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Early Printing. 12mo. Rebound in blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettered spine. Grey endpapers. Travel literature based on the American author's experiences in the South Pacific. Sequel to Melville's first South Pacific narrative, Typee (1846). The first edition of Omoo was published in 1847; this is the 1850 edition. Very good, minimal shelf wear; wear to lower spine end.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Melville, Herman. Typee: a Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of Marquesas. [with] Omoo: a Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas.. George Routledge, London, 1850.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 222; ix, 242 pages. The revised edtion of Typee, with a sequel. Old bookplate and name on front endpaper, light wear on corners and spine.

Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Melville, Herman. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. George Routledge and Co., London, 1850.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: George Routledge and Co., 1850. Melville's sequel to "Typee" was first published by Murray in 1847, preceeding Haper's American edition. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of an early printing from three years later. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather tips and spine; gilt ruling, decorations, and titling on the spine. Clean text; ix, 242 pages; bright and clear, with no foxing. There is an undated, but contemporary, signature on Title Page. Armorial bookplate from the prominent Bentinck family on the front paste-down. Light rubbing around the margins; endpapers a bit tanned. An exceptionally attractive copy. Later Printing. Quarter-Leather. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.

Melville, Herman. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life during a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas WITH Omoo: A Naarative of Adventures in the South Seas. George Routledge & Co., Soho Square, London, 1850.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: The Revised Edition, with a Sequel off Typee. [2], 222; ix, [i], [1]-242pp. Savill & Edwards, Printers, Covent-garden for the first title and Billings, Printer, Woking, for the second. 12mo. Not in BAL [2], 222; ix, [i], [1]-242pp. Savill & Edwards, Printers, Covent-garden for the first title and Billings, Printer, Woking, for the second. 12mo The Revised Edition, with a Sequel off Typee.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Melville, Herman; & Druid Psued. (Henry Hall Dixon). Omoo ; A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; & The Post and the Paddock: With Recollections of George IV., Sam Chiffney, and Other Turf Celebrities 1st Edition - 2 Books Bound as One. George Routledge/Piper, Stephenson & Co, London, United Kingdom, 1850.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Omoo, Early Edition. Brown Marbled bds with Black Leather spine and cnrs, bright Gilt title in Burgundy flag to spine, pp ix 242. BOUND with The Post and the Paddock, Nice frontis engraving by H. Beckwith, pp vii 232. CONDITION Very nice copy with mild wear to bds, named to both title pages with partial erasure causing minor damage to titlepage of Omoo, minor page browning o/w tight and clean. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand

Melville, Herman. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. George Routledge and Co., Soho Square, London, 1850.

Price: US$575.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher's original blind-stamped brown cloth with spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Pale yellow endpapers. 4 pages of terminal publisher's ads. Ink gift inscription on the front free endpaper and the same two signatures on the first page of text. Small circular bookseller's blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Chipping to the spine ends and a closed tear to the top half of the rear joint. Slightly musty. An English piracy of Melville’s second book, uncommon in the original cloth. Very Good.

Seller: Clarel Rare Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Melville, Herman. Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of Marquesas (revised Edition with a sequel); & Omoo: a Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas Volumes Bound as One. George Routledge & Co, London, 1850.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Early reprint. Green Leather with bright gilt title in Burgundy flag, marbled bds, Tan eps, Omoo is bound in first with a note incopper plate script stating "NB Typee should be read first" , pp x 242, 222. Bds have minor shelf wear, internally bright and crisp. Some spotting to leading edge and odd spot inside. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand