Creator
Herman Melville
Title
Typee: A Romance of the South Seas
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date
1935
Description
Typee (1846) was Melville’s first novel and his most popular book during his lifetime. It is partly based on the author’s experiences on the island of Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands in 1842.
The Limited Editions Club edition is illustrated by Mexican artist and ethnographer, Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), best known for his celebrity caricatures featured on the covers of The New Yorker and Vanity Fair.
Contributor
Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias.