A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.

BLIGH, Lieutenant William.

Published by Published by Permission of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY. London printed for George Nicol bookseller to His Majesty Pall-Mall, 1792

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TITLE CONTINUED: Including an account of the MUTINY on board the said ship, and the SUBSEQUENT VOYAGE of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies. FIRST EDITION 1792. 4to, approximately 315 x 240 mm, 12½ x 9½ inches, untrimmed copy, engraved frontispiece portrait of Bligh plus 7 other engraved plates, 5 folding, pages: [10], [1]-264. Chapter xiii, page 154: A Mutiny in the Ship. Rebound in half modern blue calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered label, gilt ships to spine, gilt rules, gilt raised bands and gilt date to foot of spine, marbled endpapers, pages untrimmed as issued, title page and many pages with watermark. Offset from engraved plates onto text, pale browning and staining to frontispiece, pale offset and age-browning to title page, bread-fruit tree outer margin trimmed, 1 blank corner neatly repaired, not affecting text, neat repairs to strengthen a few edges at beginning, a few small neat repairs to blank margins, hardly noticeable, pale browning and pale stains to margins, heavier at beginning and end, edges a little soft and ragged with small closed tears due to being untrimmed, especially the frontispiece and last large folding plate (see attached images), pale staining to large folding plate, a little light black speckling to plates and a few margins, not unslightly, occasional small brown spot, pale browning to 2 pages at rear either side of map, otherwise a fair working copy. The Hill Collection of Voyages, on page 27 states: " 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"; Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Volume 1, page 51; Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800, page 124-125; Cox, A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel, No. 1792; Sotheby's, The Library of Franklin Brooks-Hitching, Part 1, No. 144; Rachel Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 2, pages, 504-505, No. 723; The Parsons Collection, Hordern House, part 2, No.154. Rolf Du Rietz, Bibilotheca Polynesiana, A Catalogue formed by Bjarne Kroepelien, page 34, No. 93. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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• Title: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.
• Publisher: Published by Permission of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS of the ADMIRALTY. London printed for George Nicol bookseller to His Majesty Pall-Mall
• Publication Date: 1792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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