BLIGH, Admiral WILLIAM. 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... including an account of the Mutiny...and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat from Tofoa...to Timor. London: Printed for George Nicol 1792. 4to, contemporary boards, uncut, rebacked with cloth, upper cover detached, corners badly worn, modern maroon quarter morocco slipcase by H.C. Fehr, some stitching broken and a few leaves loose at front, portrait foxed and offset on title, upper margins stained at end affecting largest chart, other staining and offsetting. FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece by Condé after Russell, 4 engraved charts (3 folding), 2 folding plans, 1 plate. "This is the first edition of the official account.... 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 on his second breadfruit voyage" -- Hill, p. 27. Provenance : W.L. Helps, gift of W.M. Lear 1869, label pasted to fly-leaf.
BLIGH, Admiral WILLIAM. 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... including an account of the Mutiny...and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship's boat from Tofoa...to Timor. London: Printed for George Nicol 1792. 4to, contemporary boards, uncut, rebacked with cloth, upper cover detached, corners badly worn, modern maroon quarter morocco slipcase by H.C. Fehr, some stitching broken and a few leaves loose at front, portrait foxed and offset on title, upper margins stained at end affecting largest chart, other staining and offsetting. FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece by Condé after Russell, 4 engraved charts (3 folding), 2 folding plans, 1 plate. "This is the first edition of the official account.... 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 on his second breadfruit voyage" -- Hill, p. 27. Provenance : W.L. Helps, gift of W.M. Lear 1869, label pasted to fly-leaf.
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