Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
Chicago, Illinois: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt decoration over boards; Off-white cloth with gilt titling and decoration at spine; 517 pp.; Numerous color and bw figures. top edge gilt. Cardboard slipcase w/ blue title plate at spine with gilt titling;. VG+ (light tanning & foxing to spine; light wear to edges.). Item #122338
May have many unopened pages. Accompanied by a formidable slipcase, though its worn, rubbed, scuffed and scratched. Text taken from the original first edition published in 1841 and based on the journal Dana kept during a two-year sea voyage while in the American merchant service. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. One of 1,000 copies in this edition.
OCLC: 961653
Price: $75.00