NMLP P-034502 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Herman Melville · John Murray (London); Harper & Brothers (New York) · 1847

The American edition followed from Harper & Brothers, New York, May 1, 1847 (two volumes), in an edition of 4,000 copies, most issued in wrappers with a smaller number bound in colored cloth (brown, purple, slate, black, red, or green), gilt

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-034502 for "Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" by Herman Melville (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034502, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).