The Log of the Bounty

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VG, Ltd ed, 2 vols, 1937. Two volumes in the publishers tri coloured cloth, 'sail' design, corners & edges lightly rubbed, couple of small marks, gilt titles to spine. Internally, Vol 1, [5], 6-435, 2 illustrations, 1 log facsimile. Vol 2, [4], 5-258 pp, [1], [1] limitation, 2 illustrations, 4 facsimiles (2 of maps,1 of log & 1 of launch), most pages uncut, text block edges uncut, some occasional spots to block edges and blanks, 2 book labels to fpds (Christian Heuer & Graham R Barker). An edition Limited to just 300 copies. (316*193 mm 315*191 mm). (Pertelote 117). Title continues: being Lieutenant William Bligh's log of the proceedings of His Majesty's armed vessel Bounty in a voyage to the South seas, to take the breadfruit from the Society islands to the West Indies Now published for the first time from the manuscript in the Admiralty records, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, comments on Bligh's navigation by Rear-Admiral J.A.Edgell