THE LOG OF THE BOUNTY: Being Lieutenant William Bligh’s log of the proceedings of His Majesty’s armed vessel Bounty in a voyage to the South Seas, to take the breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies.

Bligh, William, 1754-1817; Owen Rutter

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Very Competitive price! Now published for the first time from the manuscript in the Admiralty records, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, comments on Bligh’s navigation by Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell Comments on Bligh’s Navigation by Rear Admiral J. A. Edgell, O.B.E., Hydrographer of the Navy, and Four Engravings on Wood by Lynton Lamb. In two volumes. pp. 436 (last blank)+ 260 (last colophon), pictorial double title page both volumes, full page plan of the Bounty’s launch, 2 full page charts, colophon decoration; narrow roy. 4to; qr. red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cream & green ‘sail-type’ cloth boards

” … printed from the official manuscript in the Admiralty records by Christopher & Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press … and completed on the 10th day of March, 1937. The edition is limited to 300 sets of the two volumes, printed on mould-made paper.”

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AuthorBligh, William, 1754-1817; Owen Rutter
PublisherGolden Cockerel Press
Year Published1937
Binding Type

Hardcover. Original cloth

Book Condition

Very Good +

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