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Omoo.

by MELVILLE, Herman

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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

Melville’s continuing adventures in the South Seas—now 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 Melville’s 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
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB US (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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