Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

$2,000 · Offered by Back Creek Books

First edition

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition, First State. Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners.. Sixteenmo. 483 pages. A genuine American classic. Dana was a gifted observer and writer, and his memoir paints a colorful portrait of Mexican California in the 1830s, including the ports of San Diego, San Pedro Los Angeles , Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San

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