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[DANA, Richard Henry, Jr. (1815-1882)]. Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840.
12o. (Some light foxing throughout.) Original stamped tan muslin over boards (a few splits along joints, some darkening); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Byron Price (bookplate); Edward M. Crane (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the list of books on the back cover numbering 1-105, 1-36 and 1-27. "One of the first and freshest, because of its plain factual nature, of American accounts of the sea, the book has added importance because ... Dana journeyed up into the California cattle country, of which he gives us our only trustworthy account before the 1849 gold rush" (Grolier American 46). BAL 4434; Cowan 1:156; Johnson High Spots 26.
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FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, with the list of books on the back cover numbering 1-105, 1-36 and 1-27. "One of the first and freshest, because of its plain factual nature, of American accounts of the sea, the book has added importance because ... Dana journeyed up into the California cattle country, of which he gives us our only trustworthy account before the 1849 gold rush" (Grolier American 46). BAL 4434; Cowan 1:156; Johnson High Spots 26.