![]() ![]() ![]() Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper one month after publication, "Captain Ball, With the respects of the author, Westport April 18th 1846. Octavo, two volumes bound into one in the original cloth stamped in blind with gilt titles to the spine, frontispiece map, both half-titles and 6 pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. ![]() While many of his high school years were devoted to athletics, he took a growing interest in literature as he approached graduation. His father was a clothing manufacturer in Brooklyn (the setting for Death of a Salesman). During a Four Months’ Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas.įirst edition of Melville's first book and his most popular during his lifetime. PLAYWRIGHT Arthur Asher Miller was born Octoin New York. Exceptionally rare First edition of Herman Melville's first and most popular book Typee A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in A Valley of the Marquesas inscribed by him to Captain Charles Ball MELVILLE, Herman. ![]()
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