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Typee; a romance of the South seas
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- Creator
- by Herman Melville; with an introduction by Raymond Weaver and illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias
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- English
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- New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1935
- Physical Details
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- xxviii, 409 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- OCLC
- ocm03464770
- Limited ed. of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator.
- "Made ... by John S. Fass at The Harbor Press, New York, from illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias."--Colophon.
- "The tenth in this Series of books issued to the members of this Club ... twenty-four pictures in full color; it is designed and printed by John Fass ... The type used is 12-point Intertype Garamond, used in connection with hand-set Garamond, Farmer's Old Style italic and Erasmus initials printed in varying colors. The paper was especially made for this book by the Worthy Paper Company. The binding is of full native tappa, the tappa sheets having been painstakingly assembled and sent to use by ... Tjia Boen Hien; the binding and slipcase are decorated with a native pattern drawn by the illustrator." --Publisher's announcement.