{"product_id":"the-seamans-manual-containing-a-treatise-on-practical-seamanship","title":"The Seaman's Manual, Containing A Treatise on Practical Seamanship","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e The Seaman's Manual, Containing A Treatise on Practical Seamanship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dana, R.H. [Richard Henry], Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London: Edward Moxon, Dover Street, 1841.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e First British edition of Richard Henry Dana's popular manual for sailors, including a dictionary of sea terms and explanations of maritime law. Five plates, depicting a ship's spars and rigging, sails, and frame; types of ships; and knots. In original publisher's brown cloth binding, blind-stamped, with lettering in gilt on the spine. 7 x 4.5 inches; xii, [4], 264, pages. Annotations in pencil by former owners on front free endpaper. Binding with moderate wear and soiling and a rather sunned spine, foxing to plates and a few leaves, else a clean interior. Very Good. From the collection of Arthur Williams Hall (1873–1952) of Massachusetts, bibliophile and manufacturer of laboratory equipment, with his pencil note on front free endpaper; thence by descent through three generations. According to Blanck, this book was published in London in November 1841; the American edition appeared the month before as \"The Seaman's Friend.\" Reference: Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 4436. \n\nFull title: The seaman's manual, containing a treatise on practical seamanship, with plates, a dictionary of sea terms, customs and usages of the merchant service, laws relating to the practical duties of master and mariners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head to Tail Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52973985857849,"sku":"000650","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/2697\/2473\/files\/000650_1.jpg?v=1782159742","url":"https:\/\/headtotailbooks.com\/products\/the-seamans-manual-containing-a-treatise-on-practical-seamanship","provider":"Head to Tail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}