A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, From Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, To Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. by BLIGH, William. ONCE IN THE PARSONS COLLECTION OF RARE PACIFIC VOYAGES.:

London: George Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, 1790.. FIRST EDITION 1790. 4to, approximately 255 x 200 mm, 10 x 8 inches, trimmed copy, folding frontispiece plan of the of the Bounty's launch and three charts, 2 folding, pages: iv, - title page and advert leaf, [1]- 88, bound in quarter red morocco with gilt lettering and rules, marbled boards and endpapers replaced when bound. Plan of the Bounty unevenly trimmed with loss to ruled borders, 1 chart trimmed with loss of about an inch to lower part, no loss to image except border, small neat repair to blank side of large folding plate of the track of the Bounty and three tiny pinholes just above the repair, small neat repair to top blank margin of last page, signs of adhesion or paper fault affecting final 2 pages, 2 letters inked in, tiny closed tear to margin of advert leaf neatly repaired, a few pages have shallow creases, small pale brown stain to 1 page, otherwise a very good copy. See: The Parsons Collection, Rare Pacific Voyage Books From the Collection of David Parsons, by Hordern House, Part II, No. 151; this copy is the copy listed there; The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, page 26; Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Volume 1, page 33; Jonathan Wantrup, Australian Rare Books 1788-1900, page 128; Bibliotheca Polynesiana by Bjarne Kroepelien, page 32, No.87. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.