Karen M Bloom Elder (2 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. None. In VG slipcase; Westvaco's American classics series; 282 pages fmc2%262D.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Fine unread condition light beige boards, foam green cloth spine with gold spine lettering and gold front cover lettering contained in a fine condition color illustrated slipcase. Includes Foreword by William P. Fuller III; Preface; Rear Section List of Volumes in Westvaco's American Classics Series plus a Rear Section of Illustrations and Acknowledgments Information. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings and color front and rear endpaper engravings. Special recognition is made to the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University for providing a first edition of Dana's Two Years Before the Mast for this Westvaco edition. Also includes a bound-into-the-volume gold satin ribbon page marker. Limited Edition Privately Printed by Westvaco Corporation. "In a way, the selection of Two Years Before the Mast as the 35th volume of Westvaco's American Classics Series was predestined. The series, composed of favored classics as well as lesser-known works representing the heritage of our country's values, is dedicated to rekindling interest in American literature. Therefore, the question we debated for years was not whether to feature Richard H. Dana, Jr.'s enduring true story of 19th century life as sea, but rather when to do so. This year, the quincentennial of Columbus's discovery of the New World, seemed to be a logical time. Recent books, magazine articles and movies about the Genoa sailor's adventures project images of a time long ago and discovery made possible by mastery of wind-powered ships. With vivid description, Dana's book also returns us to the past, albeit a time somewhat closer to the present.Dana will guide you as you turn the pages. Preparre to slip anchor, unfurl your imagination and set course for another place in time." - short excerpt from the Foreword. Elder, Karen M. (Bloom) (book design); (illustrator). …