Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

by [DANA, Richard Henry, Jr.]

$2,500 · Offered by Between the Covers

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. Hardcover. First edition, first issue. 16mo. BAL's Binding B (no priority) in original publisher's printed paper over boards. Contemporary pencil signature, and a small and attractive later bookplate, original spine perished and professionally replaced with appropriate cloth, some staining and rubbing on the boards..... More

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