[DANA RICHARD HENRY] Two Years Before the Mast

Sale 2366 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 469

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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

[DANA, RICHARD HENRY.] Two Years Before the Mast. 8vo, original tan muslin, printed in black on both covers and spine (BAL binding B.2), front joint cracked with minimal retouching, minor soiling; foxing to preliminaries and a few endleaves, else quite clean; custom 1/4 morocco slipcase and chemise. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840

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first edition, presumed second issue without the dot above the "i" on copyright page and broken type in headline on p. 9. Blanck notes "It has been asserted, and generally accepted, that there were two printings dated 1840...," though he is careful to provide the qualification that "this gives support (not proof) to the theory." BAL 4434.