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

[Richard Henry Dana Jr.], Two Years before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. (1st edition) (Harper’s Family Library; no. 106) (New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers—82 Cliff-Street, 1840; OCLC 191240091 ). This is a highly imperfect copy; the following pages are missing: 357, 361, 363, 366, 372, 374, 377, 378, 380, 381, 384, 387, 388, 390, 398, 401, 405, 413, 419, 420, 425, 429, 431, 437, 438, 441–443, 445, 449, 451, 456, 458, and 461. Source: Google Books ( https://books.google.com/books?id=dS6jsZLYWNAC&pg=PA1 ). · 483, [1] p. ; 16 cm. · By Richard Henry Dana. · Copyright 1840 by Harper & Brothers. · Last page blank. · "It has been asserted, and generally accepted, that there were two printings dated 1840; and, that the first of these may be identified by the presence of the dot over the i in the word in, first line of the copyright notice; and, by the unbroken running head on p. 9"--BAL. · BAL notes two states of binding: grained black cloth, with spine stamped in gold, and tan muslin, printed in black. The tan muslin occurs in three states, each with variant lists of Harpers' series titles on the back cover. · Copies bound in tan muslin have cover title: Harper's family

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