The Bligh Notebook: Rough Account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua and thence to Timor: 28 April to 14 June 1789: With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers

John Bach [Editor]

ISBN 10: 1861976127 / ISBN 13: 9781861976123

Published by Allen & Unwin, Australia / National Library of Australia, North Sydney, 1987

About this Item

Fine book in fresh clean maroon cloth covers with bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; very well illustrated; plum coloured end papers.The dust jacket is fine and not price clipped. A lovely copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bligh Notebook: Rough Account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua and thence to Timor: 28 April to 14 June 1789: With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Australia / National Library of Australia, North Sydney
• Publication Date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 1861976127
• ISBN 13: 9781861976123
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss dares to say that, with our system of punctuation patently endangered, it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them for the wonderful and necessary things they are. If there are only pedants left who care, then so be it. "Sticklers unite" is her rallying cry. "You have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion - and arguably you didn't have much of that to begin with."

From the Back Cover

Praise for Lynne Truss and Eats, Shoots & Leaves:

Eats, Shoots & Leaves "makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss."
—JANET MASLIN, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Witty, smart, passionate."
—LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW, BEST BOOKS OF 2004: NONFICTION

"Who knew grammar could be so much fun?"
—NEWSWEEK

"Witty and instructive. . . . Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding."
—USA TODAY

"Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty."
—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service."
—THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

"This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It’s the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don’t care enough."
—THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE

"Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate."
—ELLE

"If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I’d nominate her for sainthood."
—Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes

"Truss’s scholarship is impressive and never dry."
—EDMUND MORRIS, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW