Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas.
by MELVILLE, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Old retailer's ticket on front pastedown; some age-toning to text; binding rubbed and worn at corners, spine and joints.
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Melvilles continuing adventures in the South Seasnow for the first time in Penguin Classics Following the commercial and critical success of Typee , Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo . Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melvilles personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72724
- Title
- Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas.
- Author
- MELVILLE, Herman
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's blue cloth; gilt spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Old retailer's ticket on front pastedown; some age-toning to text; binding rubbed and worn at corners, spine and joints.
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1847.
- Pages
- 389 [18, ads] pp.
- Size
- 12mo,
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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