THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M.S. BOUNTY
William Bligh
Hardcover
(Pageminster Press/The Franklin Library, Jan. 1, 1983)
Quarter Leather; Near Fine to Fine; A Limited Editon (unspecified number) printing for The Franklin Library of the HMS Bounty's ship's log kept by Capt. William Bligh and recording the historic 1789 mutiny aboard this Royal Navy ship and the ordeal that followed when Bligh and 18 loyal sailors were set adrift in a 23-foot open boat. The log as printed here is a facsimile reproduction of the portion of the official Admiralty log, signed by Bligh, detailing the day-by-day account of the mutiny and the subsequent open-boat voyage. Also included are a foreword by Stephen Walters, a list of the ship's crew and a fold-out chart pasted down to the inside front cover of Bligh's 4,000 mile open-boart voyage across the Pacific. 8 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches, bound in quarter-leather over dark green cloth, gold-stamped decoration on both covers and spine, four raised bands on the spine. A collectable copy for anyone interested in English naval history or maritime crime.