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BLIGH (WILLIAM) 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, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1790 image 1
BLIGH (WILLIAM) 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, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1790 image 2
BLIGH (WILLIAM) 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, FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1790 image 3
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BLIGH (WILLIAM)
A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty..., FIRST EDITION, George Nicol, 1790

7 – 15 July 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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BLIGH (WILLIAM)

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, FIRST EDITION, 4 engraved plates and maps (3 folding), some off-setting from plate to facing leaf, untrimmed in original boards, some loss to spine, preserved in green morocco solander box (a few abrasions) [Ferguson 71; Hill 132; Kroepelien 87; Sabin 5908a; Wantrup 61], 4to (315 x 350mm.), George Nicol, 1790

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Bligh's own account of the mutiny on the Bounty, "one of the most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history" (Hill), written and published within months of his return to England. The work also includes the narrative of his subsequent journey when, set adrift with eighteen loyal crewmen, he sailed to safety, covering over three and a half thousand miles in six weeks, "an extraordinary feat of seamanship" (Wantrup).

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