1980, ISBN: 9537f89c57ee37b7efb9ca6654acaf17

119 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and glossary. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition. Herbert … More...

119 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and glossary. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition. Herbert Lawrence Stone was a noted American magazine editor and publisher, and a renowned sailor. He was the editor of Yachting from 1908 until 1952. Condition: Spine extremities rubbed, corners bumped, pages lightly soiled else a good copy., Kennedy Bros, 1937, 2.5, McGraw-Hill. F/NONE. 1980. Third Edition. Hardcover. 0070495823 . Clean, tight copy. ; Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering.; Mcgraw-Hill Chemical Engineering Series; 9.4 X 7.4 X 1.8 inches; 973 pages ., McGraw-Hill, 1980, 5, xix+273 pages with illustrated title and engravings by Reynolds Stone. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards with black label to spine in silver lettering with original slipcase. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. First published in London in 1847. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the second book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1847, and a sequel to his first South Sea narrative Typee, also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific. After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel that makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and a third of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. In 1949, the novel was adapted into the exploitation film Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God. Condition: Corners gently rubbed and bumped. Slipcase head separated, edges rubbed, soiled and sunned else a very good copy in a good slipcase., Heritage Press, 1967, 3<

1967, ISBN: 9537f89c57ee37b7efb9ca6654acaf17

xix+273 pages with illustrated title and engravings by Reynolds Stone. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards with black label to spine in silver le… More...

xix+273 pages with illustrated title and engravings by Reynolds Stone. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards with black label to spine in silver lettering with original slipcase. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. First published in London in 1847. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the second book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1847, and a sequel to his first South Sea narrative Typee, also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific. After leaving the island of Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel that makes its way to Tahiti, after which there is a mutiny and a third of the crew are imprisoned on Tahiti. In 1949, the novel was adapted into the exploitation film Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God. Condition: Corners gently rubbed and bumped. Slipcase head separated, edges rubbed, soiled and sunned else a very good copy in a good slipcase., Heritage Press, 1967, 3<