NMLP P-034504 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

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

The London John Murray edition of March 30, 1847 precedes the New York Harper & Brothers edition of May 1, 1847 by about a month; the Murray sheets are the first edition of the book in any form.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-034504 for "Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas" by Herman Melville (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034504, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).