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Description

Heading: (Zamorano 80)
Author: [Dana, Richard Henry]
Title: Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1840
Description:

483 pp. (12mo) original tan muslin, rebacked with original cloth laid down; housed in a custom chemise and red morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition, First Issue.

Accepted first issue with dot over the "i" in the word "in" on copyright page, and the unbroken running head on page 9. First state of BAL's binding type 'B' with list of title in the Harper's Family Library ending at number 105 (later states end at 121 and 129). "If not the most widely read book on California, certainly this ranks extremely high on such a list. The author sailed up and down the California coast, trading for hides, from January 1835, until May 1836. He possessed not only extraordinarily keen powers of observation but a fine facility for expressing his ideas in writing, which makes this volume an excellent and very readable record of his experiences" - Zamorano 80. BAL 4434; Cowan p.156; Graff 998; Howes D49; Zamorano 80 #26. Previous owner's signature on title page.

Condition

A few scuffs to slipcase; wear and soiling to volume boards and spine, rubbing along joints and edges, corners a touch bumped; binding solid, age-toning and scattered foxing to pages; very good in near fine case.

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1st Issue of Two Years Before the Mast

Name: 1st Issue of Two Years Before the Mast
SKU: 103986121
Price: 5500 USD
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