Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas Herman Melville
1847. First British Editio. 321 pages. Half bound leather with marbled paper covered boards. Book has been rebound. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to come away from text block. Front free endpaper detached but still present. Ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Pages throughout are firmly bound together. Mild tanning and foxing throughout, slightly more pronounced to text block edges. Red speckled text block edges. Boards have heavy edge wear with corner bumping. Loss to spine ends. Large split to rear joint. Boards coming away from text block. Leather peeling to edges with minor loss to corners. Faint marks and scratches overall.