Typee
Penguin C8 from the Illustrated Classics series which was designed so as to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
Herman Melville's Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. It is definitely not a typical novel, nor is it merely a travel book focused on the Marquesas Islands. Rather, it is a hybrid work, resembling an embellished ethnographic study of a particular area within Polynesia, based on journal notes but augmented by the author's vibrant imagination.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear to spine and both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin C8 from the Illustrated Classics series which was designed so as to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
Herman Melville's Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. It is definitely not a typical novel, nor is it merely a travel book focused on the Marquesas Islands. Rather, it is a hybrid work, resembling an embellished ethnographic study of a particular area within Polynesia, based on journal notes but augmented by the author's vibrant imagination.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear to spine and both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin C8 from the Illustrated Classics series which was designed so as to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
Herman Melville's Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. It is definitely not a typical novel, nor is it merely a travel book focused on the Marquesas Islands. Rather, it is a hybrid work, resembling an embellished ethnographic study of a particular area within Polynesia, based on journal notes but augmented by the author's vibrant imagination.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear to spine and both covers. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
