New York: Harper & Brothers, 1840. First Edition, First State. Marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners.. Sixteenmo. 483 pages. A genuine American classic. Dana was a gifted observer and writer, and his memoir paints a colorful portrait of Mexican California in the 1830s, including the ports..... More
Boston: Thomas Groom & Co., 1857. Ninth Edition, revised and corrected. Black and white engraved plates. Original cloth. Duodecimo. [2 ads], [i-iv], v-viii, [ix-xiii], 14-225, [2 ads] pages. The author of 'Two Years Before the Mast' drew upon his own hard-won experience at sea as well as his subsequent legal..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Limited Edition, one of 1,000 copies. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase. Quarto. x, 524 pages. A genuine American classic. Dana was a gifted observer and writer, and his memoir paints a colorful portrait of Mexican California in the 1830s, including the..... More