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Lot 36

[CHRISTIAN (FLETCHER)]
Letters from Mr. Fletcher Christian, Containing a Narrative of the Transactions on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, Before and After the Mutiny, with his Subsequent Voyages and Travels in South America

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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[CHRISTIAN (FLETCHER)]

Letters from Mr. Fletcher Christian, Containing a Narrative of the Transactions on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, Before and After the Mutiny, with his Subsequent Voyages and Travels in South America, a few leaves at beginning frayed at fore-margin, modern morocco gilt [Ferguson 239, mistakenly calling for a frontispiece; O'Reilly-Reitman 9318], 8vo, Printed for the Proprietor, and Published by H.D. Symonds, 1796

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A spurious work, comprising a series of seven letters purporting to describe Christian's "escape" from Pitcairn and his subsequent travels in South America. Despite all the evidence to the contrary the notion that Christian returned to England had its adherents; William Wordsworth and Captain Heywood were amongst those who believed they had seen him.

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