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Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.
by Dana, Richard Henry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Good. 1840. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. First edition, first issue of Dana's travels at sea in the 1830s. Rebacked with full leather spine; original tan cloth of rear board is missing but original cloth of front board is present. Housed in modern clamshell box. First issue with dot over the "i" in the word "in" on copyright page, and the unbroken running head on page 9. State is unknown as the original rear cloth is missing. Original boards have heavy wear and soiling; "Town of Brighton School District No. 5" written in ink and pencil on front pastedown and endpaper; p. 303-4 has a ½" hole in bottom corner and p. 305-6 has a ¼" hole in bottom corner; text block has moderate foxing. "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…" (Zamorano 80). BAL 4484. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 483 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021753
- Title
- Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.
- Author
- Dana, Richard Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- Americana, Exploration, Travel, Richard H. Dana, Western Ameriana, California, First Edition
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Rebacked
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- Cloth
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