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Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company 1929, 1929. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, hardcover, Green cloth covered boards, missing endpaper, light wear to boards else VG. 262 pages. First Edition. Dean's ancestor arrived in America from Morocco with a reformed pirate in 1740, and eventually settled in Philadelphia. 135 years later, at the age of 12, Harry Dean went to sea with his uncle, captain of a barkentine preparing for a round-the-world voyage. And thus begins a lifetime of adventure . recorded here with the help of Sterling North (North's first book, incidentally).

Houghton and Mifflin. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition :. Hardcover. Octovo hardcover in moss-green cloth, tight and square binding, unobtrusive insect hole in front, clean pages, very minimal rubbing, else NFINE. True story of Black sea captain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. VG- (tape at edge of one page in preface). Out of print and extremely scarce. Binding is cloth boards.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Tight copy in green cloth. 262pp. Mild darkening to spine cloth. 262pp..

NY: Houghton Mifflin Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed on the fep by both Dean & North. Owner's name crudely written in pencil inside front cover. The book would grade as "fine" except for overall darkening, particularly the spine. ; 6x9"; Signed by Author .

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. First edition. 262 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. FINE in yellow pictorial dust jacket, unclipped, open tear with loss (1/2 x 1-1/2) at top of back panel, else very fine. First edition. 262 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sterling North's First book.

Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine/Fine. Original Photograph Of Harry Dean, Signed. Xvi, 262 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1929 Date On Title Page. Dean (1864-1935) Is Represented In His Papers At The Dusable Museum Of African American History In Hyde Park, Chicago. An Exceptional, Fine Example, Gilt Brilliant, No Wear, In A Fine, Unworn Dj, Priced $3.50 With Later $1.00 Stamp At Right, Slight Browning To The Spine Panel.With An Original Photograph, Inscribed "To Frances And Hal Compliments Of (Capt.) Harry Dean" On Verso. Also With A First Edition Of His Book The Pedro Gorino" Annotated In Pencil "These Were His Immortal Words / 12/ 21/35 / It's All In The Journey- Frances" And "Aye Captain F. N. M.", With Part Of Half Title Excised To Display The Inscription On The Back Of The Photograph, Which Was Itself Mounted On The Verso Of The Half-Title. Thus, Two Books, One Fine In Fine Dj, One Good… Read More