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Book/Printed Material Two years before the mast : a personal narrative of life at sea. Life before the mast

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Title

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

Other Title

  • Life before the mast

Names

  • Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882.
  • Meyer, E. R., donor.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New-York : Harper, 1840.

Headings

  • -  Voyages and travels
  • -  Seafaring life

Notes

  • -  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
  • -  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)

Medium

  • 483 p. ; 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G540 .D2 1840
  • G540 .D2 1840a Another issue of the 1st printing. Binding A, with series statement: The Family library ; no. 106. Spine title: Life before the mast.
  • G540 .D2 1840b Another impression. Second printing. Binding A, with series statement: The Family library ; no. 106. Spine title: Life before the mast. Gift of Dr. E.R. Meyer, Sept. 24, 1982.
  • G540 .D2 1840b Copy 2 Copy 2 of the preceding impression.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05022627

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Dana, Richard Henry, Jr, E. R Meyer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New-York: Harper, 1840. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05022627/.

APA citation style:

Dana, R. H., Meyer, E. R. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1840) Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New-York: Harper. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/05022627/.

MLA citation style:

Dana, Richard Henry, Jr, E. R Meyer, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea. New-York: Harper, 1840. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/05022627/>.