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Two Years before the Mast; A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea
by Dana, Richard Henry Jr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Fine Editions Press. Near Fine. 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine quarter-bound book with slightly worn edges to leather spine, embossed with bright gilt titles. Top page ends have flawless gilt. Book has been carefully read. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . A handsome copy of a classic sea tale. . Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 415 pages. A3 .
Synopsis
John Seelye is a graduate research professor of American literature at the University of Florida. He is the author of The True Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Mark Twain at the Movies , Prophetic Waters: The River in Early American Literature , Beautiful Machine: Rivers and the Early Republic , Memory's Nation: The Place of Plymouth Rock , and War Games: Richard Harding Davis and the New Imperialism . He is also the consulting editor for Penguin Classics in American literature.
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- Bookseller
- Sweet Beagle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33765
- Title
- Two Years before the Mast; A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea
- Author
- Dana, Richard Henry Jr
- Illustrator
- Alexander Dobkin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Fine Editions Press
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Ships And Sea, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, General; Ships and Sea;
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About the Seller
Sweet Beagle Books
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