Typee by Herman Melville. Limited Edition, 1962 Christmas. Published by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company. Leather Spine. Designed by Bradbury Thompson. This edition OP
Language: English
Published by West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1962
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.Brothertown Books
AbeBooks seller since January 9, 2020
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 24.73
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Herman Melville's book, "Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Month's Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas" was first published in 1846. The book made the 26 year-old author a minor celebrity. Now considered as a classic of travel and adventure literature, the book was originally met, in part, by critical questions that cast doubt on Melville's truthfulness. Those critics are now lost to history, and Melville remains : the great author that he was, and remains. Said the writer of the Wikipedia article on "Typee" : "[Melville's] narrative expresses a great deal of sympathy for the so-called savages, and even interrogates the use of that word, while focusing the most criticism on European marauders and various missionaries' attempts to evangelize." This edition of "Typee" was issued as a limited edition for Christmas 1962 by The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, who issued such limited editions as holiday gifts for employees and customers. It's a handsome book, with a black leather spine, light gray, paper-covered boards with a vignette illustration on the front. There are handsome printed end-papers featuring an array of South Sea botanical vignettes. There is also a handsome frontispiece depicting a small open boat filled with whalers attacking a whale. The book lacks the slip-case. TITLE : Typee : A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Month's Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas AUTHOR : Herman Melville (1819 - 1991) IMPRINT : The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company PLACE : Not given DESIGNER : Bradbury Thompson DATE : 1962 EDITION : Reprint : Limited Edition STATUS : This Edition Out of Print - OP DETAILS : Lacks slip-case. 326 pages. Size is 5 3/4” x 9 1/8”; quarter-bound, black leather spine (with book’s large title stamped vertically), with light gray, paper-covered boards; end-papers printed in green with an array of botanical pictures (front & rear are the same); a few vignette pictures extend here and there through the text-block. A single sepia-toned picture of an exciting episode depicting a whaling dinghy and crew attacking a large whale serves as a frontispiece. Top edge dyed olive green. CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR - The two bottom corners of the spine are abraded (surface color gone) ; a small smudge displays at the front, bottom, fore-edge corner - else the exterior is clean. Text-block edges are clean. BINDING - Solid - tight. INTERIOR - Clean and free of marking. No underlining, no marginalia, no signatures.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Typee by Herman Melville. Limited Edition, 1962 Christmas. Published by West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company. Leather Spine. Designed by Bradbury Thompson. This edition OP
- Author
- Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
- Publisher
- West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
- Publication year
- 1962
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Bradbury Thompson
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Item weight
- 2.5 pounds
- Dimensions
- 9 inches width by 12 inches height by 5 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- American Authors, Exploration & Adventure, Maritime Interest, Melville, Polynesia, South Seas, Whaling
Brothertown Books
Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 9, 2020
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Amy Buchholz
2792 State Rte 12B
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(315) 841-8371
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