[Rarebooks] FS: True First Edition of Dana's TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, 1840

[Charles Agvent]

DANA, Richard. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF LIFE 
AT SEA. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition. First Issue 
with all the points: dotted "i" in copyright notice, perfect running 
head at page 9, "CVI" on back-strip, and list on rear cover ending with 
105; in the First State of the B binding of tan muslin. This copy has 
been beautifully rebacked with a new spine neatly matching the original. 
BAL 4434; COWAN p.156; GRAFF 998; HOWES D49; ZAMORANO EIGHTY 26: "If not 
the most widely read book on California, certainly this 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. He possessed not 
only extraordinarily keen powers of observation but a fine facility for 
expressing his ideas in writing, which makes this volume an excellent 
and very readable record of his experiences." Light, even foxing but 
generally a cleaner copy than normal, nicely rebacked. Near Fine. 
(#020278)        $6,000

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