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William Bligh, et al, 1794
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The trial of the Bounty mutineers
William Bligh, et al, 1794
H.M.S. BOUNTY – BLIGH, William (1754-1817) and [BARNEY, Stephen and Edward CHRISTIAN]. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On ten persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty. With an Appendix containing A full account of the real Causes and Circumstances of that unhappy Transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the Public. London: printed for J. Deighton, 1794.
Quarto (291 x 228mm). Modern calf.
First Edition of "an exceedingly rare publication" (Ferguson). Hill notes that "Only a few copies [of the Minutes...] were printed for distribution among interested parties and the ministers of state at the time. The appendix was the work of Edward Christian, brother of lead mutineer Fletcher Christian. This section contains a considerable [amount] of information not found elsewhere concerning the events preceding and subsequent to the mutiny ... The court-martial was held on board H.M.S. Duke in Portsmouth Harbor ... Three men were found guilty and hanged; the others were pardoned or acquitted." (Ferguson). Although most of those who remained aboard the Bounty remained voluntarily, Fletcher Christian had ordered two carpenter’s mates and the ship’s armorer to remain aboard against their will and said as much to Bligh as he drifted away in the open boat. Bligh assured them he would protect him if he ever made it back to England. Ferguson I, 175; Hill 1162. Provenance: Fred Z. Eager (ownership inscription and blind stamp on front free endpaper) - Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 2004, lot 276.
William Bligh, et al, 1794
H.M.S. BOUNTY – BLIGH, William (1754-1817) and [BARNEY, Stephen and Edward CHRISTIAN]. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On ten persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty. With an Appendix containing A full account of the real Causes and Circumstances of that unhappy Transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the Public. London: printed for J. Deighton, 1794.
Quarto (291 x 228mm). Modern calf.
First Edition of "an exceedingly rare publication" (Ferguson). Hill notes that "Only a few copies [of the Minutes...] were printed for distribution among interested parties and the ministers of state at the time. The appendix was the work of Edward Christian, brother of lead mutineer Fletcher Christian. This section contains a considerable [amount] of information not found elsewhere concerning the events preceding and subsequent to the mutiny ... The court-martial was held on board H.M.S. Duke in Portsmouth Harbor ... Three men were found guilty and hanged; the others were pardoned or acquitted." (Ferguson). Although most of those who remained aboard the Bounty remained voluntarily, Fletcher Christian had ordered two carpenter’s mates and the ship’s armorer to remain aboard against their will and said as much to Bligh as he drifted away in the open boat. Bligh assured them he would protect him if he ever made it back to England. Ferguson I, 175; Hill 1162. Provenance: Fred Z. Eager (ownership inscription and blind stamp on front free endpaper) - Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 2004, lot 276.
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