NMLP P-035567 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-09
Two Years Before the Mast
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (published anonymously) · Harper & Brothers, "Harper's Family Library" No. 106 (New York) · 1840
The dot-over-the-i, unbroken-running-head state is the first printing; the no-dot, broken-running-head state is the second. Both are dated 1840 on the title page, so it is these internal textual points, not the imprint date, that establish priority.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-035567 for "Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana Jr. (published anonymously) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-035567, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).