A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty`s Ship Bounty

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Lot 109 | A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty
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A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty

William Bligh, 1790

BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies. London: for George Nicol, 1790.



Slocum copy of the first edition of Bligh's own account of the mutiny on the Bounty, "one of the most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history," in a contemporary binding (Hill). Hill 132.



Quarto (296 x 224mm). Four folding plans and maps (some browning, spots). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, photo reproduction of portrait of Bligh and a ship model laid onto to pastedowns (rebacked preserving some of the original spine panel, some losses). Custom box. Provenance: ticket of Tyrrell's Limited, Sydney, Australia – Victor Slocum (son of circumnavigator Joshua Slocum, pencil note) – Myles Standish Slocum (1887-1956, his sale, Christie's 20 November 1981, lot 85.)

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