Dana, Two Years Before the Mast (1899) Easton Press Survey of La Plaisance Bay

Survey of La Plaisance Bay Harbor

containing Biographical Notices of their Pastors

This appears to be a very early printing with the publisher's imprint erroneously left off the title page - all other aspects of the title page are identical to the other 1829 edition in our catalogue - the Advertisement page has a few periods lacking that are in the (probably) later printing of this first edition

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Dana, Two Years Before the Mast (1899) Easton Press Survey of La Plaisance BayDana, Richard Henry, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Edition de Grand Luxe. [12260] Three quarter morocco with vibrant marbled paper boards, matching marbled end papers, top page edges gilt, 6 gilt decorated spine panels, 9 1 2 x 6 1 2 inches. Some light rubbing to the edges; bottom of spine a bit dark, light scuff to front board; thin loss of leather at spine bottom. Etching frontispiece, letter press tissue