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ADMIRAL WILLIAM BLIGH (1754-1817)
A Voyage to the South Sea... in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty... including an account of the mutiny. London: for George Nicol, 1792. 4° (31.5 x 24.5cm.) 7 engraved plates, plans and maps only (lacking portrait frontispiece, present as a later facsimile). (5 plates somewhat spotted or browned, occasional light spotting to text, P3 with tear to upper blank margin.) Original boards (rebacked, preserving sections of backstrip, corners bumped). Provenance: Holbrook Gaskell (signature).
FIRST EDITION describing one of the most extraordinary series of events in maritime history. "An extremely important book. This is the first edition of the official account of the Bounty expedition. It includes a somewhat revised version of the text of Bligh's narrative. The account was based upon Bligh's journal but was written, edited, and seen through the press by James Burney, under the supervision of Sir Joseph Banks, during Bligh's absence from London while on his second breadfruit voyage": Hill Pacific Voyages p.27; Sabin 5910; Ferguson 125.
A Voyage to the South Sea... in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty... including an account of the mutiny. London: for George Nicol, 1792. 4° (31.5 x 24.5cm.) 7 engraved plates, plans and maps only (lacking portrait frontispiece, present as a later facsimile). (5 plates somewhat spotted or browned, occasional light spotting to text, P3 with tear to upper blank margin.) Original boards (rebacked, preserving sections of backstrip, corners bumped). Provenance: Holbrook Gaskell (signature).
FIRST EDITION describing one of the most extraordinary series of events in maritime history. "An extremely important book. This is the first edition of the official account of the Bounty expedition. It includes a somewhat revised version of the text of Bligh's narrative. The account was based upon Bligh's journal but was written, edited, and seen through the press by James Burney, under the supervision of Sir Joseph Banks, during Bligh's absence from London while on his second breadfruit voyage": Hill Pacific Voyages p.27; Sabin 5910; Ferguson 125.