Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea

Published anonymously, but for the author's initials on p. 5: R. H. D., Jr. First ediiton, First printing, with binding B. Cf. BAL. "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...

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Language:English
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Seafaring life
Voyages and travels
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Summary:Published anonymously, but for the author's initials on p. 5: R. H. D., Jr. First ediiton, First printing, with binding B. Cf. BAL. "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, which also describes 2 bindings for this ed.: binding A (black cloth, stamped in gold) and binding B (tan muslin, stamped in black), of which there are 3 states. Series statement also appears as: Family library ; no. CVI. Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature 4434 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, [2061], 2061A Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy is copyright deposit copy, rebound, with loss of original covers, if they were present as deposited, so that state of binding cannot be determined. Recat. to AACR2 to distinguish printings. vj03 23sep86. LAC knj 2019-06-27 no edits (8 cards) LAC ddw 2022-05-02 update (1 card)