Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by DANA Jr., Richard Henry - 1947

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. An illustrated reprint edition in slipcase of author's classic memoir of his working trip on a voyage from New England to the coastal areas of California in the 1830s. Includes his account of his later return trip to San Francisco, entitled "Twenty-four Years After". --- In illustrated gold cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped titling on green spine block and green topstain. Sandglass flyer not present. Slipcase covered in green paper. --- With yellowing and fading to spine, scratches to spine title block and a mild bump to lower cover corner, otherwise a clean, firm copy. Slipcase with scratches and a little sunning to extremites, else sound and fully functional.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xx, 346 pages .