Typee: A Romance of the South Seas

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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.