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The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences
[John Barrow]
1831
John Murray : London
6" by 4"
[3], vi-xi, [1], 356pp
SUMMARY
The first edition of the first account of the 1789 mutiny and seizure of the H.M.S. Bounty, an interesting and illustrated account.
First Edition,Illustrated,Rebound
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 0.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates.
Collated, bound without the half-title and the plate facing page 187.
An interesting account of the mutiny and seizure of the H.M.S. Bounty, in which disaffected crewmen seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, in 1789.
This was the first account to be published, written from the diaries of honorary midshipman Peter Heywood. The author, Sir John Barrow, was a friend of the Heywood family.
In this work Barrow started the legend that the man who led the mutiny, Fletcher Christian, had not died after settling on Pitcairn Island after the mutiny, but had survived and returned to England.
CONDITION
Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Cloth to the boards is a little cockled. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards and spine, and light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Institutional label to the front paste down. Stamp to the rear paste down. Lacking the front endpaper. Rear endpaper is detaching. Loss of paper to the head of the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned with some spotting. Final leaf of text with detaching with the rear endpaper, with one chip, resulting in loss to roughly six words. Bound without the half-title and one plate. Pages 215 to 218 are working loose.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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