Two Years Before the Mast, Everyman's Library 588
by Dana, Richard Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London : J M Dent & Sons, Everyman's Library, 1938. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/Fair. Small Octavo. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Small amount of insect damage on bottom edge of back board An Everyman's Library edition of Richard Henry Dana's classic memoir of his working trip on a voyage from New England to the coastal areas of California and back in the 1830s. This work provides a vivid account of the life of common seamen, and their sometimes harrowing jobs, such as the incredible difficulty of rounding Cape Horn during Antarctica's winter.
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55895
- Title
- Two Years Before the Mast, Everyman's Library 588
- Author
- Dana, Richard Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Sons, Everyman's Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 338
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics classics, Dana, Everyman's Library 588
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