A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS UNDERTAKEN BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE TO THE WEST INDIES IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BLIGH 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 TOFAO, ONE OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS, TO TIMOR, A DUTCH SETTLEMENT IN THE EAST INDIES
Published by Limited Editions Club, Adelaide, South Australia, 1975
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since January 17, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 125.00
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Tall folio (9-5/8" x 14") bound in full tan homespun linen with the covers printed in terra cotta with nautical silhouettes by Geoffrey Ingleton; 176 pages. Printed at the Griffin Press; introduction by Alan Villiers. One of 2000 copies, this one not numbered, designed by Douglas Dunstan and illustrated by Geoffrey Ingleton with 3 full-page color plates and 22 in-text line drawings. He also drew a map of the southwest Pacific for the front endpapers and a plan of the Bounty's main rigging for the rear endpapers. The frontispiece reproduces the portrait of Admiral Bligh painted by John Smart in 1797. SIGNED by the artist and by the designer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in lightly worn glassine and a Fine slipcase.
Seller Inventory # 008342
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS UNDERTAKEN BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE TO THE WEST INDIES IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BLIGH 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 TOFAO, ONE OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS, TO TIMOR, A DUTCH SETTLEMENT IN THE EAST INDIES
- Author
- BLIGH, Capt. William
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club, Adelaide, South Australia
- Publication year
- 1975
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Geoffrey Ingleton
- Seller catalogs
- Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Signed, South Seas
Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
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We maintain an active inventory of 5000 to 7500 books, letters, manuscripts, and photographs. The majority of those items are Rare as opposed to Used. We are always looking to buy new material, so please offer us anything that you think might be of interest. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB
PA, U.S.A.
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