Omoo.
by MELVILLE, Herman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY:: Dodd, Mead and Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. B0006AJFSM . Eight color plates. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear with a few small chips), price clipped dust jacket.; 299 pages .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87995
- Title
- Omoo.
- Author
- MELVILLE, Herman
- Illustrator
- Mead Schaeffer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company,
- Place of Publication
- NY:
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- B0006AJFSM
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- First Edition
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