Omoo First Edition

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  • Martin-Manney copy of Herman Melville's Omoo; in the rare original wrappers

    MELVILLE, Herman .

    Omoo.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847.

    First edition of this classic Melville work Omoo, the Martin-Manney copy in the rare original wrappers. Octavo, two volumes, original wrappers. Volume 1 with half-title, title-page printed in black and red, and frontispiece map of the Marquesas and Tahiti. Volume 2 with advertisements at rear paginated [xv]-xxiii, [1]-16 (light staining to prelims, lower corner clipped from endpaper in volume 2). Original printed wrappers (wrappers darkened and rubbed; part 1 backstrip restored with part of title in facsimile; part 2 with abrasion to rear cover deleting some of the text). Provenance: "Appleton" (ownership inscription to inside front cover of part II) H. Bradley Martin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 30 January 1990, lot 2145); Richard Manney (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 11 October 1991, lot 223). Housed in a custom clamshell box. Rare with RBH records only two other copies selling at auction. BAL 13656.

    Price: $17,500.00     Item Number: 142411

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  • First Edition of Herman Melville's Omoo

    MELVILLE, Herman .

    Omoo.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1847.

    First edition of this classic Melville work. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise slipcase. BAL 13656. A sharp example.

    Price: $4,000.00     Item Number: 144159

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  • First Edition of Herman Melville's Omoo

    MELVILLE, Herman .

    Omoo.

    London: John Murray, 1847.

    First British edition, which precedes the American edition of this classic Melville work Omoo. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. BAL 13656. Uncommon in the original cloth.

    Price: $2,800.00     Item Number: 144152

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