copyright 1963; The Heritage Press publishers, New York; includes the original "The Heritage Club Sandglass" flier for this book; illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias; hardbound in external slipcase; decorative Polynesian patterned cloth covered boards; book very good as-new condition with unmarked pages; pictoral boards very good; slipcase very good.
 
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Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published in the early part of 1846, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on the author's actual experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books.
 
The title comes from the valley of Taipivai, once known as Taipi. Typee was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".