Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.: With an Introduction by William McFee. Illustrated with engravings in color by Hans Alexander Mueller.
by Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882. McFee, William
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/slipcase
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Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
"Dana was a shrewd observer, but he never holds up his narrative for the sake of fancy character drawing. ...The style never sags. There is power, too, in Dana's understatements, and even in his reticence." See Great and Good Books #185 for the LEC version. Hard Cover. xx, 346 pages, illustrations; bound in tan pictorial cloth; spine a little scuffed; VG+ in blue cardboard slipcase, with Sandglass. Stock#100279/h.
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- Bookseller
- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100279
- Title
- Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.
- Author
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882. McFee, William
- Illustrator
- Mueller, Hans Alexander.
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heritage Press.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 19th century U.S. American literature Maritime Biography merchant trade California travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation: Nautical; Literature: Maritime;
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