DANA (Richard Henry). 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.1844

London: Edward Moxon, Second edition, small 8vo (175 x 105 mm), xii, 215, [1] + 8pp., publishers adverts at the front, 5 steel engraved plates (some light toning and spotting), orig. embossed cloth, extremities rubbed. The standard handbook on maritime law, seamanship, customs at sea, and the duties and rights of sailors, officers, and masters both at sea and on shore.