Richard Dana – Two Years Before The Mast – First Folio Society Edition 1986
£25.00
A first Folio Society edition, first printing of Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Dana, published by The Folio Society, London in 1986, with an introduction by Mervyn Horder, drawings by Ian Ribbons. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, dark brown cloth bound boards with maritime paper illustrated cartouche to front board, gilt titling to the spine, text blocks are bright and crisp, with maritime pictorial endpapers. In a light tan paper bound slip case.
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. is a gripping memoir of his voyage as a common sailor from Boston to California between 1834 and 1836. Seeking to improve his health, Dana left Harvard to experience life at sea, chronicling the harsh conditions, rigid discipline and camaraderie aboard ship. His vivid, firsthand account offers rare insight into 19th century maritime life and the early California coast, blending adventure with a powerful critique of sailors’ treatment.
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A first Folio Society edition, first printing of Two Years Before The Mast by Richard Dana, published by The Folio Society, London in 1986, with an introduction by Mervyn Horder, drawings by Ian Ribbons. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, dark brown cloth bound boards with maritime paper illustrated cartouche to front board, gilt titling to the spine, text blocks are bright and crisp, with maritime pictorial endpapers. In a light tan paper bound slip case.
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana Jr. is a gripping memoir of his voyage as a common sailor from Boston to California between 1834 and 1836. Seeking to improve his health, Dana left Harvard to experience life at sea, chronicling the harsh conditions, rigid discipline and camaraderie aboard ship. His vivid, firsthand account offers rare insight into 19th century maritime life and the early California coast, blending adventure with a powerful critique of sailors’ treatment.
