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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Thorndike Pr
Publication date December 1, 2003
Pages 552
Binding Hardcover
Edition Large print
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780786261055
ISBN-10 0786261056
Dimensions 1.25 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight 1.50 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $29.95
Other format details large print
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, takes a voyage around Polynesia, and embarks on a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Once the most popular of Melville's works, Typee was known as a travelogue that idealized and romanticized a mysterious South Sea island for readers in the ruthless, industrial, "civilized" world of the nineteenth century. But it is also a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account, an examination of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality.

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Hardcover
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Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (December 1, 2003)
9780786261055 | details & prices | 552 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, takes a voyage around Polynesia, and embarks on a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.
from Amereon Ltd (December 1, 1976)
9780848805814 | details & prices | List price $26.95
About: By the American novelist, essayist and poet, widely esteemed as one of the most important figures in American literature and best remembered today for his masterpiece Moby-Dick (1851).
Paperback
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With Herman Melville | from Createspace Independent Pub (July 18, 2015)
9781515133902 | details & prices | 314 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.71 in. | List price $13.95
About: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is the first book by American writer Herman Melville, published first in London, then New York, in 1846.
With Herman Melville | from Digireads.Com (January 31, 2008)
9781420931013 | details & prices | 179 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $8.99
This edition also contains Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
With Herman Melville | from Lightning Source Inc (November 30, 2007)
9781599866178 | details & prices | 356 pages | List price $9.99
This edition also contains Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
With G. Thomas Tanselle, Hershel Parker, Harrison Hayford | from Northwestern Univ Pr (November 1, 2003)
9780810120525 | details & prices | 288 pages | 6.00 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Publisher's description: Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville's first book, based on his own travels in the South Seas, has been recognized as a classic in the literature of travel and adventure.
With Holly Dugan, Robert Sullivan (other contributor) | from Modern Library (June 1, 2001)
9780375757457 | details & prices | 303 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, takes a voyage around Polynesia, and embarks on a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.
With John Bryant (other contributor) | Reprint edition from Penguin Classics (February 1, 1996)
9780140434880 | details & prices | 328 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, a voyage around Polynesia, and a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.
With A. Robert Lee (other contributor), Giorgio Bozzi | Reprint edition from Everymans Library (May 1, 1993)
9780460872768 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $7.95
This edition also contains Scienza Religione Caso: Tre Dubbi: La Scienza Fornisce Certezze; La Religione Distribuisce Illusioni; Il Caso All'origine Del Reale
About: Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type and includes a themed introduction, chronology, notes and selected criticism.
from Northwestern Univ Pr (August 17, 1992)
9780810101593 | details & prices | 6.00 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $45.00
About: Presents a collection of the writings of Herman Melville.
With Jean-Francois Dufour (other contributor), George Woodcock (other contributor), Pierre-Alain Clavien (other contributor) | Reissue edition from Viking Pr 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $9.95
This edition also contains Signaling Pathways in Liver Diseases
Prebinding
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from Turtleback Books (August 1, 2001)
9780613501385 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $24.45
About: Describes the adventures of a sailor who jumps ship at a south sea island inhabited by cannibals, takes a voyage around Polynesia, and embarks on a quest for an elusive beauty among the islands of a tropical archipelago.

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