Two Years Before the Mast
by Dana, Richard Henry, Jr
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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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
by Dana, Richard Henry, Jr
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Limited Editions Club, New York, 1947. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Hans Alexander Mueller. Signed by Illustrator. #776 signed by Mueller Spine and slipcase sunned/browned/foxed. Book comes in its original slipcase. Illustrator: Hans Alexander Mueller. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Illustrated; Signed by Illustrator. Pictures of this item not already displayed… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Published by J. Cunningham, 1841. Bound together with The Kinsmen: Or the Black Riders of Congaree. A Tale. London: Published by J. Cunningham, 1841.
Scarce British edition with preface dated July 1840. Octavo. [1-6], 7-156 pp. [1-3], 4-176 pp. Half brown calf over marbled boards. Boards and spine scuffed, spine split yet boards are nice and tight.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chicago, Illinois: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Hardcover. VG+ (light tanning & foxing to spine; light wear to edges.). Blue cloth with gilt decoration over boards; Off-white cloth with gilt titling and decoration at spine; 517 pp.; Numerous color and bw figures. top edge gilt. Cardboard slipcase w/ blue title plate at spine with gilt titling;. May have many… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cleveland/New York: Tower/World Publishing Company, 1945. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First Edition of this film tie-in version (First, Thus) from Tower Books, Feb. 1945, published to coincide with the Paramount movie starring Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd, William Bendix, & Barry Fitzgerald. 414 pp. Hardcover small 8vo has matte black cloth over boards lettered in bright red… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Heritage Press, 1947. With an Introduction by William McFee. Illustrated with engravings in color by Hans Alexander Mueller. Pp. xxii+346, coloured title page vignette and text illustrations (some full page); super roy. 8vo; pictorial cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, a trifle soiled and rubbed, the spine cloth slightly browned; top edges dark… Read more about this item Item Price
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Two Years before the Mast; A Personal Narrative of Life At Sea
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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"… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841. DANA, Richard Henry, Jr.. Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1841.
Early edition. Small octavo. 483pp. Original full brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped on spine. Some foxing throughout, edges bumped, spine chipped on top and bottom with rubbing to extremities. A good… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cleveland: The Fine Editions Press 1946. 8vo. 415 pp,. Bound in red half calf over red cloth boards with gilt decorated spine. Loss to the head and tail of the spine and some fading. 1946 edition of the 1840 novel, based on the authors experience of life aboard a merchant ship for two years. . Good. Half Calf. 1946. Item Price
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Two Years before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
by Dana Jr., Richard Henry, 1815-1882
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Boston: Boston Mifflin, 1884. Hardcover. Good. 470p. Original brown cloth. 20 cm. Folded Autograph Note, Signed (by Dana) laid in. 1904 newspaper clipping laid in between pp. 22-23 which has cause the adjacent pages to brown. Penciled owner's name (Henry A. Cutter, Nashua, N.H.) dated Oct 8. 1885 on front free endpaper. Rubbing along extremities (heaviest on ends… Read more about this item Item Price
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Two Years Before the Mast
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West Haven, Conn.: Academic Industries, 1984. 61 pages, crease on spine, readers creases on covers, copy clean and tight. Scuffed. Stamp on first free end paper. Illustrated telling of the story. A Pocket Classic, Graphic illustrated. # C-34.. Unknown. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4. Item Price
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Two years before the mast: A personal narrative : "Housed on the wild sea, with wild usages." (The collection of biography and autobiography)
by Dana Jr., Richard Henry
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1985. First Thus 1st Printing. Faux Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Printing. Bound In Brown Faux Leather With Gilt Lettering On The Front And Spine. Minor Wear.
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Two Years before the Mast
by Dana Jr, Richard Henry
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Westvaco Corporation. New. 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover, limited edition with silk place ribbon, unworn unread NEW in bright slipcase. A crisp unread copy. The classic story of one on a sailing ship in the 18th century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
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Two Years Before The Mast
by Dana, Richard Henry, Jr
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WORLD, 1945-01-01. First THUS. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 0x0x0. (Stated 1st Printing; World Publishing/ Tower Books; Feb. 1945) Movie tie-in DJ. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Boards with shelf wear. Toning to page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding with shelf lean, no separations. DJ in poor condition with edge wear, several , dust soil. (Archival tape used to repair tears and prevent… Read more about this item Item Price
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Two Years Before the Mast
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Two Years Before the Mast (Harper Perennial Classics Series)
by Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
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NY: Harper & Row, 1965. 396 clean, unmarked pages; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo. Item Price
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844. DANA, Richard Henry, Jr.. Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844.
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Two Years Before the Mast
by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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Two Years Before the Mast : A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
by Richard Henry Dana; Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
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Two Years Before the Mast : A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea
by Richard Henry Dana; Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
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