Bligh, William

BLIGH'S VOYAGE IN THE RESOURCE, from Coupang to Batavia, together with the log of his subsequent passage to England in the Dutch packet "Vlydt" and his remarks on Morrison's Journal.

All printed for the first time from the manuscripts in the Mitchell Library of New South Wales, with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Pp. 160+[2](colophon, verso blank), 6 wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill, facsimiles of Bligh's own map and of pages from the Log; tall 4to; blue & beige 'sail-type' binding, spine lettered in gilt, edges a trifle soiled; uncut, partly unopened; signature (upside down) on lower free endpaper, the outer leaves lightly foxed; The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937. Edition limited to 350 copies on mould-made paper. Pertelote l20. *A sequel to The Log of the Bounty. Item #036651

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