BLIGH, William, Admiral (1754-1817). Voyage to the South Sea... for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty... including an account of the Mutiny... and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa to Timor. London: for George Nicol, 1792. 4o (270 x 219 mm).Engraved portrait frontispiece by Cond after Russell, 4 engraved charts (3 folding), 2 folding plans, 1 plate. (Portrait repaired in gutter on recto, title with blank fore-edge reinforced, folding plate of the launch backed, stained and with small losses, folding chart of the track of the launch creased and soiled at folds, some foxing.) Modern calf (slightly scuffed). FIRST EDITION. Hill, p.27.

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BLIGH, William, Admiral (1754-1817). Voyage to the South Sea... for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty... including an account of the Mutiny... and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat, from Tofoa to Timor. London: for George Nicol, 1792. 4o (270 x 219 mm).Engraved portrait frontispiece by Cond after Russell, 4 engraved charts (3 folding), 2 folding plans, 1 plate. (Portrait repaired in gutter on recto, title with blank fore-edge reinforced, folding plate of the launch backed, stained and with small losses, folding chart of the track of the launch creased and soiled at folds, some foxing.) Modern calf (slightly scuffed). FIRST EDITION. Hill, p.27.

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