Two Years before the Mast A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea
by Richard Henry Dana; with An Introduction by Sir Wilfred Grenfell; Illustrations by Charles Pears
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About This Item
E-314. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Macmillan Company, New York. 1911. Ix, 415 pgs. Illusrated with color frontispiece and 15 color plates (2, with multiple images). First, Thus. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titled spine with gilt titling and gilt decoration and color pastedown present to the boards. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (spine ends scuffed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Light foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "If not the most widely read book on California, certainly 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. The book contains much material on the hide and tallow industry of California, which was the reason for the cattle industry of that state in its early years. Dana possessed not only extraordinarily keen powers of observation but a fine facility for expressing his ideas in writing, which make this volume an excellent and very readable record of his experiences. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Title
- Two Years before the Mast A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea
- Author
- Richard Henry Dana; with An Introduction by Sir Wilfred Grenfell; Illustrations by Charles Pears
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Place of Publication
- E-314
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