Typee
By: [by] Herman Melville Illustrations by Mead Schaeffer
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 1924
Place of publication: London
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) -- Fiction
First sentence: Six months at sea !
Description: A story of time spent amongst the indigineous people of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.
Notes: Illustrated end papers, Frontispiece, title page and 7 other illustrations by Mead Schaeffer. One illustration reproduced on dust jacket. This edition is in uniform style with Moby Dick and Omoo (sequel) from the same publisher. A sequel "The Story of Toby" is included as well as an appendix relating to events in Hawaii in 1843 and 1844