TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, A PERSONALO NARRATIVE OF LIFE AT SEA
by DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1969. All edges gilt. Covers and spine designed and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. A copy of Notes From The Archives laid-in. Illustrations by Hans Alexander Mueller. Portrait frontispiece of the author. First published in 1840. A personal memoir of a two-year sea voyage from Boston to California. Dana lived from 1815-1882. 346pp.. The Collector's Library of Famous Editio. Full Blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octa.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014991
- Title
- TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, A PERSONALO NARRATIVE OF LIFE AT SEA
- Author
- DANA, RICHARD HENRY, JR
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Collector's Library of Famous Editio
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1969
- Size
- Demy Octa
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Fine Binding, Sea Tales
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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