$308
Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1882) Two Years before the Mast, a Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First edition, second issue without the dot above the "i" on the copyright page and broken type in the headline on page nine; bound in later full black sheepskin, spine gilt ruled and titled, with a gilt image of a ship under sail on the front board, scuffed, joints dry and abraded; slight spotting to title, 6 x 3 3/4 in. "One of the first and freshest [first-person maritime narratives] because of its plain factual nature of American accounts of the sea. [...] Dana journeyed up into the California cattle country, of which he gives us our only trustworthy account before the 1849 gold rush." Quoted from the Grolier Club's One Hundred Influential American Books Printed before 1900 .
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-27
