xv, [1], [17]-389, [1], [xv]-xxiii, [1] + 16 ad pp. Frontispiece map of the South Seas with Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands represented; also, an illustration on page 104. 7x4¾, bound in late nineteenth century quarter green morocco and mottled boards, rebacked with modern green leather with gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers. First American Edition.

Author's second book, originally published in England approximately one month earlier. Has the London publisher's small imprint below the larger American imprint on the title page. Includes the publisher's 9-page advertisement for the revised edition of Typee and 16 pages of ads for other titles by the publisher, in the back. A small hand-written paper label tipped-in on the half-title page inked "Omoo, H. Melville" and another word crossed out, but is not signed by Melville himself. BAL 13656.