GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Bligh, the Bounty Mutiny and Pitcairn

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GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Bligh, the Bounty Mutiny and Pitcairn
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Short List No. 99 - 2013.
Bligh, the Bounty Mutiny
and Pitcairn island.
Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books
Short List Number 99
1 Alexander, Caroline. THE BOUNTY. The True Story of
the Mutiny on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition; pp. xx,
492(last blank); 4 double-page maps, 8 coloured & 32 b/w. plates,
sources, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in
dustwrapper. (London); HarperCollins Publishers; (2003). #18300
A$45.00
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2 Allen, Kenneth S. “THAT BOUNTY BASTARD”. The True
Story of Captain William Bligh. First Edition; pp. 224; 2 maps (1
double-page), 12 plates, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy
in faded dustwrapper. London; Robert Hale & Company; (1976).
#2299
A$110.00
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3 Ball, Ian M. PITCAIRN. Children of Mutiny. First Edition; pp. [ii],
xvi, 382(last 2 blank); endpaper & 1 double-page map, 33 illustrations
(2 double-page & several full-page), index; original papered boards; a
nice copy in torn dustwrapper. Boston; Little, Brown & Co.; (1973).
***A study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33136
A$120.00
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4 Ball, Ian M. PITCAIRN. Children of the Bounty. First U.K.
Edition; pp. [ii], xvi, 382(last 2 blank); endpaper & 1 double-page map,
33 illustrations (2 double-page & several full-page), index; original
papered boards; (small silverfished hole in front endpaper, otherwise a
nice copy in dustwrapper). London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; 1973. ***A
study of the island and a new look at the Bounty Mutiny. #33137
A$75.00
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5 [Barrow, Sir John]. THE EVENTFUL HISTORY OF THE
MUTINY AND PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF H.M.S. BOUNTY:
its Cause and Consequences. Illustrated by six etchings from original
drawings by Lieut.-Colonel Batty. London: John Murray, Albemarle
Street. MDCCCXXXI. F’cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 356; 6 plates;
original printed tan cloth (neatly rebacked, with original backstrip
preserved and new endpapers; half-title, title & plates waterstained;
plates & adjacent leaves foxed); a very good copy; rare. London; John
Murray; 1831. ***The Family Library, No. XXV. A most interesting
account of the whole affair, compiled from original documents, and
including details of the wreck of the “Pandora”, the trial of the mutineers,
and the discovery of the descendants of some of the mutineers on Pitcairn
A$650.00
Island, etc. Du Rietz 46; Ferguson 1416. #51804
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6 Barrow, John. THE MUTINY OF THE “BOUNTY”. With
illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Pp. 320; 8 full-page illustrations;
(name on endpaper; some partial colouring of illustrations &
headpieces - not overly obtrusive); original cloth; a very good copy.
London and Glasgow; Blackie; (1961). ***The first edition was in
1831. A most interesting account of the whole affair, compiled from
original documents, and including details of the wreck of the “Pandora”,
the trial of the mutineers, and the discovery of the descendants of some of
A$45.00
the mutineers on Pitcairn Island, etc. #35142
2013.
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7 Barrow, Sir John. THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. Edited
by Gavin Kennedy. Roy. 8vo, Illustrated Edition; pp. 208; 7 coloured
plates (1 double-page), about 80 b/w. illustrations (many full-page),
& including several maps, 3-page reading list, index; original cloth;
(name stamp on half-title); a very good copy in worn dustwrapper.
Boston; David R. Godine; (1980). ***A useful edition with facsimiles of
interesting documents, paintings and contemporary title-pages. #9269
A$110.00
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8 Beard, William. “VALIANT MARTINET” or, The Adventures
on Sea and Land of Captain William Bligh. Roy. 8vo, First Edition;
pp. 92(last blank); portrait frontispiece, 2 illustrations (1 doublepage); original stiff wrappers; a very nice copy; very scarce. [Sydney;
The Author; 1956]. ***”Of this edition, one hundred copies for sale and
twenty-five for presentation have been privately printed for the author.”
A$125.00
Telling the story of Bligh’s life in verse form. #16735
2013.
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WITH AN ACCOUNT OF PITCAIRN AND ITS INHABITANTS
9 Beechey, Captain Frederick William: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC AND BEERING’S STRAIT, to cooperate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N.
F.R.S. &c. in the Years, 1825, 26, 27, 28. Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 2 vols., First 8vo
Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iii]-xxviii, 472; 3 charts (2 folding), 13 plates, 1 text illust.; Vol. II, pp. iv, 330, [ii](title to appendix), 331-452; 10
plates (4 folding), 6 appendices (including Esquimaux vocabulary); bound without half-titles in full contemporary calf (rebacked; some
foxing & browning of plates, but a very good set); very scarce. London; Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley; 1831. ***Du Rietz 68;
Ferguson 1419. This octavo edition was preceded by a quarto edition (the so-called “Admiralty Edition”) of the same year (see Ferguson 1418).
The work includes an account of Pitcairn Island and its inhabitants (including 3 plates), also Tahiti and other Pacific islands, Kotzebue
Sound, San Francisco and an account of China. #34918
A$3250.00
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10 Bligh, William: THE VOYAGE OF THE BOUNTY’S LAUNCH, as related in William Bligh’s Despatch to the
Admiralty and the Journal of John Fryer with an Introduction by Owen Rutter and wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings.
Printed & made in Great Britain by The Golden Cockerel Press 1934. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. 88(last blank); 9 woodengravings, original red-brown & cream canvas; top edge gilt, others uncut; (a little fox-spotting of cream canvas, as often;
upper corner slightly bumped; internally fine & clean); scarce. [London]; The Golden Cockerel Press; 1934. ***Edition
limited to 300 numbered copies printed on Arnold’s All Rag Paper. Du Rietz 1121. With an example of the original prospectus
loosely inserted. #2109
A$1450.00
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11 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. The Golden Cockerel
Press, 1937. 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 & Engravings on Wood by Peter Barker-Mill. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. [ii]
(blank), 166(last 5 blank); 5 wood-engravings; original blue & cream linen; fore & lower edges uncut; (slight foxing of edges
& endpapers); a very good copy; scarce. [London]; The Golden Cockerel Press; 1937. ***Edition limited to 350 numbered
copies on Van Gelder paper. Du Rietz 1126. With an example of the original prospectus loosely inserted. #2110 A$1450.00
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12 Bligh, William: THE LOG OF THE BOUNTY. 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.
Printed in Great Britain at the Golden Cockerel Press, Ten Staple Inn, London. 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, O.B.E., Hydrographer of the Navy, and Four Engravings
on Wood by Lynton Lamb. 2 vols., f ’cap folio; First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv](blank),
436(last blank); facsimile of page of Log; Vol. II, pp. [iv](blank), 260(last colophon);
full-page draught of the Bounty’s launch, 2 full-page charts (of Fiji Islands & of N-E
coast of New Holland); double-page titles, each with 2 wood-engravings to each vol.;
in the handsome binding of original linen in three colours; fore and lower edges uncut;
(a little foxing of endpapers & preliminary leaves and one or two leaves elsewhere, but
a very nice, clean and crisp set); very scarce. London; The Golden Cockerel Press;
[1937]. ***Edition limited to 300 numbered copies printed on mould-made paper. A
handsome production and an important work, being the first publication of Bligh’s original
log. The first volume (undated) was issued late in 1936, see Du Rietz 1125. See also
Pertelote 117: “In the light of enquiry, it seems clear that this was the first ship’s log to be
published with full details. The transcription from the Admiralty records alone took three
months, and the setting presented many difficulties. All the events of the day were recorded
on the page devoted to that day in the space allotted to the hour, or even half hour, at which
they were recorded. When necessary, hand-writing can be compressed, but not so type. The
easy solution would have been to use various type-sizes, but this would have produced an
ugly irregularity throughout the book. By arduous calculation, a standard setting able to
absorb all irregularities was evolved. The volumes are unpretentious, and, if they have any
beauty, it is like that inherent in good machinery, and resides in their functional simplicity-to be recognised by the expert, who can compare them in his mind’s eye with the horrid
spectre of what, with less ambitious care, they would have been.” #21834
A$4000.00
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13 Bligh, William, & Christian, Edward: BLIGH’S NARRATIVE OF THE
MUTINY ON BOARD H.M. 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. Written by William Bligh. Illustrated
with Charts. (1790). [with] MINUTES OF THE COURT-MARTIAL held at
Portsmouth August 12, 1792, on Ten Persons charged with Mutiny of Board His
Majesty’s Ship Bounty with an APPENDIX containing a full account of the real
Causes and Circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which
have hitherto been withheld from the public. [By Edward Christian], (1794). [with]
BLIGH’S ANSWER TO CERTAIN ASSERTIONS contained in The Appendix
to a Pamphlet entitled Minutes of the Proceedings on the Court-Martial held at
Portsmourth, August 12, 1792 [etc.], by Captain William Bligh. (1794). [and]
EDWARD CHRISTIAN’S SHORT REPLY to Captain William Bligh’s Answer.
(1795). Demy 4to, exact Facsimile Edition of the above four items (in 1 vol.); pp.
[iv], iv, 88, [2](blank); folding plan of the Bounty’s launch & 3 charts (2 folding);
pp. [iv], 80(last blank), [2](blank); pp. [ii], 32(last blank), [2](blank); pp. 12(last
blank); original full blue morocco of the primary issue, gilt-decorated spine, top edge
gilt; a fine copy in the original “Plastalon” protective wrapper (this a little shrunk as
always), and together with the printed slip of explanatory material on this volume
(and its wrapper) and other publications of the Society (this now very seldom found);
scarce, especially with the “Plastalon” wrapper. Melbourne; Georgian House, for The
Australiana Society; (1952). ***The second and last facsimile under the Australiana
Society imprint. The edition was limited to 1000 numbered copies, and is a reproduction
of the highest quality. Only a few copies were issued in this primary binding and bear
low numbers in Indian ink (this being number 8). The last three items in this collection
are exceedingly rare in the original, and very seldom occur for sale. [Refer Ferguson 71,
175, 176, and 218]. Du Rietz 124. #2108
A$650.00
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2013.
14 Bligh, Lieutenant William: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the
purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant
William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, 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. The Whole illustrated
with Charts, etc. Published by Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii],
[x], 264; portrait of Bligh, folding plan & section of the Bounty, folding copy of draught from which the Bounty was Built, 3
folding & 1 full-page charts, 1 plate; original cloth (front board very slightly marked); a fine copy. Adelaide; Libraries Board of
South Australia; 1969. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 121 (1244 copies printed including a 1970 reprint). Facsimile of the
First Edition, London, George Nicol, M.DCC.XCII [1792] - see Ferguson 125. #97
A$275.00
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15 Bligh, William: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken
by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the
Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s Ship the Bounty,
commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of
the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, 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. Demy 4to, Facsimile
Edition; pp. [iv], [x], 264; 6 charts & plans (5 folding), 2 plates; original
papered boards; (spine slightly faded; a little marginal foxing); a very
good copy in faded dustwrapper. (Melbourne; Hutchinson; 1979).
***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, George Nicol, M.DCC.XCII
[1792] - see Ferguson 125. Although probably best known for the Bounty
mutiny, Bligh was a superb seaman and made many discoveries and
observations of value, both in the voyage of the Bounty’s launch subsequent
to the mutiny and in his second voyage with the ships Providence and
A$110.00
Assistant. #98
2013.
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Short List Number 99
16 Bligh, William: [FRESH LIGHT ON BLIGH]: Some
Correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N., with John and
Francis Godolphin Bond 1776-1811. With an Introduction and
Notes by George Mackaness. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. 40(last 2
blank); 82(last blank), [4], [2](blank); 17 illustrations; original stiff
wrappers; a very good copy. (Dubbo; Review Publications Pty. Ltd.;
1976). ***Australian Historical Monographs Volume V (New Series)
being reprints of Nos. 19 and 29 (the two works here in one volume),
originally published by D. S. Ford for the Editor in 1949-53 in limited
A$25.00
editions. #21396
2013.
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Short List Number 99
2013.
17 Bligh, William. THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M.S. BOUNTY 1789. [The Log in Facsimile. Edited by Stephen
Walters]. F’cap Folio, First Edition; pp. xiv, [190](last 2 blank); 9 illustrations by Roy Williams; original plasticised papered
boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Guildford, Surrey); Pageminster Press in association with Argot Press (Melbourne)
& Mitchell Beazley; 1981. ***Consisting of a Foreword by Stephen Walters, a list of The Bounty’s Crew, and a facsimile of the
portion of Bligh’s handwritten log covering the events of the mutiny. Bligh’s hand is unusually legible and easy to read. #33114
A$110.00
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18 Bligh, William: THE BLIGH NOTEBOOK. “Rough account
- Lieutenant Wm Bligh’s voyage in the Bounty’s Launch from the ship
to Tofua & from thence to Timor” 28 April to 14 June 1789. With
a draft list of the Bounty Mutineers. Transcription and Facsimile
Edited by by John Bach. Roy. 8vo; pp. [ii], xiv, 336; coloured portrait
frontispiece, double-page coloured plate of Bligh & the others being
set adrift from the colour engraving by Robert Dodd, folding draught
of the Bounty’s launch, folding chart, double-page view of Kupang,
1 double-page & 7 full-page plates (including 1 coloured), 116-page
facsimile of the notebook account, transcription, numerous other
illustrations, bibliography, list of mutineers, etc.; original cloth; a nice
copy in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Allen & Unwin, in association with
A$65.00
National Library of Australia; (1987). #17168
2013.
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19 Bowley, Robert. IN SEARCH OF TRUTH. A new version of
the episodes leading up to, during and following the Mutiny on the
Bounty. 4to, First Edition; pp. [iv], ii, 98, [4]; numerous coloured
illustrations (mostly reproductions of postage stamps from many
countries showing scenes from the Bounty story and its aftermath), a
few other illustrations and maps, references; original stiff wrappers; a
fine copy. Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; Rebel Publishing; (1995).
A$85.00
#21409
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20 Brodie, Walter. PITCAIRN’S ISLAND, and the Islanders, in
1850. Together with Extracts from his Private Journal, and a Few
Hints upon California; also, the Reports of all the Commanders of
H. M. Ships that have touched at the above Island since 1800. Second
Edition. Med. 12mo; pp. [iv], [5]-260; lithographic portrait of the
Author as frontispiece & 2 lithographic plates including a portrait
fo John Adams from a sketch by Beechey, 1 full-page text illust.
(page 15) of the hieroglyphs on Pitcairn Island, list of shipping &
list of subscribers; original cloth (back relined, spine label chipped;
extremities slightly worn); a very good, clean copy; scarce. London;
Whittaker & Co.; 1851. ***Ferguson 7445; Du Rietz 130. #41230
A$650.00
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21 Brunton, Paul. AWAKE, BOLD BLIGH. William Bligh’s letters
describing the mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty. Edited, with an introduction
by Paul Brunton. 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 88; 15 illustrations
including coloured portrait of Bligh’s daughter & 4 other coloured
illustrations, as well as complete coloured facsimile of the letters and
transcription, short bibliography; original papered boards; a fine copy
in dustwrapper. (Sydney); Allen & Unwin [and] State Library of New
A$45.00
South Wales; (1989). #35417
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22 Christie’s: EXPLORATION AND TRAVEL INCLUDING
THE BLIGH RELICS. [London], Thursday 26 September 2002.
4to; pp. 144; 129 lots, mostly illustrated in colour; original pictorial
wrappers; estimates; list of prices realised loosely inserted; a fine
copy. London; Christie’s; 2002. ***As well as interesting travel books,
the Bligh material includes his coconut shell drinking cup, horn beaker,
compass needle, a number of his watercolour sketches, etc. #23940
A$45.00
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23 Clarke, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. Square 4to (250 x
240mm.), First Edition; pp. 190; endpaper, 2 double-page, 3 full-page
& several text maps & very numerous double-page, full-page & other
illustrations, mostly in colour, appendices, bibliography, index; original
cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper. [Ringwood]; Viking [Penguin
Books Australia Ltd; 1986]. #16115
A$110.00
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24 Clune, Frank. JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN. First Edition;
pp. xviii, 246(last blank); illust. endpapers; 5 maps, 24 plates;
appendix, references; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly
worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966).
***Burnet 60. #8468
A$145.00
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25 Clune, Frank. JOURNEY TO PITCAIRN. First Edition; pp.
xviii, 246(last blank); illust. endpapers; 5 maps, 24 plates; appendix,
references; original cloth; a very good copy ex-library copy in
dustwrapper, with the usual markings, but otherwise clean; scarce.
(Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). ***Burnet 60. #58514
A$35.00
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26 Danielsson, Bengt. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BOUNTY.
Translated from the Swedish by Alan Tapsell. First Edition in English;
pp. 230, [2](recto colophon, verso adv.); double-page chart of the
Pacific, showing the “Bounty’s” route, the track of Bligh’s epic voyage
in the open boat, and the mutineers’ route to Pitcairn, full-page map
of Tahiti & 1 full-page plan of the “Bounty”; original quarter cloth &
wood-grain patterned paper sides; (name on preliminary blank); a very
good copy in slightly defective dustwrapper. London; George Allen &
A$75.00
Unwin Ltd; (1962). ***Du Rietz 278. #22375
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27 Danielsson, Bengt. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BOUNTY.
Translated from the Swedish by Alan Tapsell. Second Edition; pp.
224(last colophon); portrait of Bligh by Dance (new to this edition),
double-page chart of the Pacific, showing the “Bounty’s” route, the
track of Bligh’s epic voyage in the open boat, and the mutineers’ route
to Pitcairn, text map of Tahiti & 1 full-page plan of the “Bounty”;
original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper; scarce. London;
George Allen & Unwin Ltd; (1963). ***In addition to the other changes
noted above, the Epilogue (at least) has been rewritten, and the entire text
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is reset. #16581
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28 Darby, Madge. WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE
BOUNTY? First Edition; pp. [vi], 128, [2](blank); a few text
illustrations, appendix, index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly
worn dustwrapper. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1965). ***Du
Rietz 281. #9360
A$85.00
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29 Dening, Greg. MR BLIGH’S BAD LANGUAGE. Passion,
Power and Theatre on the Bounty. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. [ii],
xii, 450(last 5 blank); several maps & illustrations including portraits
of many of the people connected with Bligh, notes, references
bibliography, index; original cloth; a nice copy in dustwrapper.
(Cambridge); Cambridge University Press; (1992). ***A compelling
and useful new contribution, with much interesting background on the
Bounty Mutiny and subsequent developments over 200 years. #35904
A$35.00
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30 Ellis, M. H. JOHN MACARTHUR. Pp. xviii, 606(last 3 blank);
10 b/w. plates (including Plan of Settlements in N.S.W. 1810), 2
full-page facsimile letters, bibliography, ref. notes, index; original
gilt decorated blue imitation leather; a very good copy. Penrith; The
Discovery Press; (1972). ***Great Australian Lives Series. #50629
A$40.00
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31 Evatt, H. V. RUM REBELLION. A Study of the Overthrow of
Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps.
Pp. xx, 368(last 3 blank); index; original papered boards; (name on
endpaper); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Lloyd O’Neil;
(1971). ***Australian Classics Series. First published by Angus and
Robertson in 1938, and with Angus and Robertson sticker on spine of
A$65.00
dustwrapper. #51860
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32 Fullerton, W. Y. THE ROMANCE OF PITCAIRN ISLAND.
Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 112; frontispiece & 7 plates; original cloth;
a very good copy; scarce. London; The Carey Press; N.D. [c. 1910].
***Du Rietz 474. #41248
A$125.00
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33 Hamilton, George. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD in His
Majesty’s Frigate Pandora. [Performed under the direction of Captain
Edwards In the Years 1790, 1891, and 1792. With the Discoveries
made in the South-Sea; and the many Distresses experienced by the
Crew from Shipwreck and Famine, in the Voyage of Eleven Hundred
Miles in open Boats, between Endeavour Straits and the Island of
Timor]. First printed in 1793, reissued with a foreword by Alex Allan,
British High Commissioner and an Essay by Peter Gesner, Curator
of Maritime Archaeology, Queensland Museum. Facsimile Edition;
pp. 38, 164, [2](blank); portrait frontispiece (to original work),
map frontispiece & 5 illustrations in introduction; original quarter
leather (spine faded), with marbled sides; a nice copy. (Sydney);
Hordern House; (1998). ***Australian Maritime Series Number Four.
Edition limited to 950 copies. Originally published at Berwick in 1793.
A$350.00
#59450
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34 Hayes, Walter. THE CAPTAIN FROM NANTUCKET AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. A Recollection
of Mayhew Folger, Mariner, who Discovered the last Mutineer & his Family on Pitcairn’s Island: together with Letters &
Documents never previously Published. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 144; 17 illustrations (mostly full-page & in coloured), 6
facsimile letters & facsimiles of Log entries (32 pp. in all), notes, bibliography; quarter cloth, with canvas sides; a fine copy.
Ann Arbor, Michigan; The William L. Clements Library; 1996. ***Edition of 1000 copies. An attractively produced book with
new material on the “Bounty” - Pitcairn affair. #54965
A$220.00
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35 Hoare, Merval. NORFOLK ISLAND: An Outline of Its History
1774-1987. Fourth Edition. 4th Edition; pp. xx, 206; full-page map,
16 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original wrappers; a fine copy. St.
Lucia; University of Queensland Press; (1988). #16832
A$35.00
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36 Holthouse, Hector. SHIPS IN THE CORAL. Explorers, Wreck
and traders of the Northern Australian Coast. Demy 8vo, Second
Edition; pp. xiv, 338(last blank); 1 double-page & 1 full-page maps, 32
illustrations, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy
in dustwrapper. (North Ryde, NSW); Angus & Robertson; (1986).
***An historical survey of shipwrecks and other encounters with the Great
Barrier Reef, including Cook, Bligh, the “Pandora”, the “Beagle” and
A$75.00
others, first published in 1976. #23060
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37 Hood, T. H. NOTES OF A CRUISE IN H.M.S. “FAWN” IN
THE WESTERN PACIFIC in the Year 1862. First Edition; pp.
xii, 268; folding track chart, full-page plan of the ruins at Ascension
(Ponapi) Island, 9 full-page tinted litho. plates, 4 b/w. plates, 6 text
illustrations, 5 appendices; original blind-stamped purple pebbled
cloth (a little rubbed; front hinge cracked, but sound); uncut; a fine
copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Edmonston & Douglas; 1863. ***Ferguson
10528. Treats of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners, and gives a general
account of the “Bounty” mutiny and subsequent events. #48784
A$750.00
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38 Hornadge, Bill; Compiler & Editor. THE PITCAIRN ISLANDS
STAMP CATALOGUE. The stamps, postal history, postal stationery,
postal markings, etc. Compiled by the Editor of “Stamp News”. First
Edition; pp. 128; numerous illustrations; original stiff wrappers.
Dubbo, N.S.W.; Review Publications Pty. Ltd.; 1976. #17101
A$50.00
2013.
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39 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN. The
Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 320; endpaper maps,
18 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illustrations & maps, chronology,
sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn
dustwrapper. London; Hutchinson of London; (1972). #2114
A$65.00
2013.
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40 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN.
The Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. 320;
endpaper maps, 16 plates (1 double-page), 13 text illustrations &
maps, chronology, sources, index; original cloth; a very good copy in
dustwrapper. New York; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; 1973. #2115
A$50.00
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41 Hough, Richard. CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR CHRISTIAN. The
Men and the Mutiny. Med. 8vo, Second Edition, with additions; pp.
320; double-page map, 3 text maps, 18 plates (1 double-page), 10 text
illustrations, including sketches of the Bounty & the Bounty’s Launch,
chronology, sources, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in
slightly faded dustwrapper. London; Cassell; (1979). #2116
A$65.00
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42 Howard, Editor. PITCAIRN AND NORFOLK. The Saga
of Bounty’s Children. Photographs by David Hiser and Melinda
Berge. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 510-541; numerous coloured illustrations;
contained in the complete issue of The National Geographic Magazine,
Vol. 164, No. 4, 1983; original wrappers. Washington; National
Geographic Society; 1983. #58974
A$25.00
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2013.
43 Irving, Laurence; (Preface by). BLIGH AND THE BOUNTY. His Narrative of the Voyage to Otaheite. With an
account of the Mutiny and of his Boat Journey to Timor. First U.S. Edition; pp. [ii], xxx, 284, [4](blank); endpaper map,
numerous fine b/w. illustrations by Laurence Irving, bibliography; original cloth (very slightly marked) illustrated in black; a
nice copy; scarce. [New York]; (E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; 1936). ***From the library of Lawrence Fitzgerald, with bookplate,
and with name of former owner on preliminary page. #52191
A$120.00
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44 Jack, Robert Logan. NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA. Three
Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in and around
the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a Study of the Narratives
of All Explorers by Sea and Land in the Light of Modern Charting,
many Original or Hitherto Unpublished Documents, Thirty-Nine
Illustrations, and Sixteen [actually 17] Specially Prepared maps. 2
vols., thick roy. 8vo, First Edition, First (U.K.) Issue; Vol. I, pp. xvi,
366, [2](blank); portrait of the author as frontispiece & 20 portraits
of explorers; 9 folding maps in pocket (included index map); Vol. II,
pp. xiv, 367-768; 18 portraits of explorers, 8 folding maps in pocket, 3
indices (Persons, Places & Subjects); some foxing & minor soiling, but
a very good set in the dark green cloth of the original issue (the cloth
of Vol. II very slightly dulled); scarce. London; Simpkin Marshall,
Hamilton, Kent & Co.; (1921). ***An important work which contains,
among numerous other narratives, accounts of explorations which are
virtually unprocurable in original form, e.g., those by WILLIAM
CARRON, WILLIAM HANN, JAMES MULLIGAN, GEORGE
DALRYMPLE, DONALD LAING, J. T. EMBLEY, and others,
including the not unimportant explorations of the Author. The early
voyagers, Quiros, Cook, Bligh, the “Pandora”, Flinders, etc. are also
A$1350.00
included. #23256
2013.
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45 Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel George: A CHARGE OF
MUTINY. The Court Martial of Lieutenant Colonel George
Johnston for deposing Governor William Bligh in the Rebellion of 26
January 1808. Introduced by John Ritchie. Med. 8vo, First Edition
(with this introduction); pp. XXII(Introduction); [iv], 486(last blank,
the facsimile), 487-490(modern index); mounted coloured portrait
frontispiece, 5 illustrations on 4 plates, appendix, errata, index;
original cloth; a nice copy in taped dustwrapper. Canberra; National
Library of Australia; 1988. ***Facsimile of “Proceedings of a General
Court Martial ... for the Trial of Lieut-Col. Geo. Johnston ... on a Charge
of Mutiny ... for deposing ... William Bligh ....” first published in 1811.
A$95.00
#20998
2013.
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46 Julier, Keith. THE PERIOD SHIP. Handbook III. 4to, First
Edition; pp. 190, [2](blank); very numerous illustrations, index;
original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. (Swanley, Kent); Nexus Special
Interests; (2000). ***Detailed photographs for model building, including
Nelson’s Victory, H.M.S. Bounty (and her Jolly Boat), etc. #24149
A$35.00
2013.
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47 Kennedy, Gavin. BLIGH. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 420;
endpaper maps, 20 plates, bibliography, index; original cloth; (lower
front board waterstained; otherwise a very good copy in slightly worn
dustwrapper). London; Duckworth; (1978). #64300
A$50.00
2013.
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48 Kennedy, Gavin. CAPTAIN BLIGH the man and his mutinies.
Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 322(last blank); endpaper maps, 8
plates, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in
dustwrapper. London; Duckworth; (1989). ***A different book from
the author’s biography of Bligh published in 1978, this book addresses the
“Bounty” mutiny and the lesser-known mutinies on the “Director” and in
A$110.00
New South Wales. #45680
2013.
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49[Mackaness, George; Editor]. A BOOK OF THE ‘BOUNTY’.
William Bligh and Others. Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 326, 10(adv., last 2 blank);
builder’s draft of the “Bounty’s” launch, chart of the launch’s course,
facsimile of title-page to Bligh’s “Voyage to the South Sea”, bibliography;
original cloth; a nice copy. London; J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; (1952).
***Everyman’s Library No. 950. Includes Stephen Barney’s “Report of
the Court Martial of Ten of the Mutineers”, with an Appendix by Edward
Christian; also Bligh’s Answer to Edward Christian’s Assertions, and
A$75.00
other material. #12276
2013.
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50 Mackaness, George.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH’S
DISCOVERIES AND OBSERVATIONS IN VAN DIEMEN’S
LAND. Demy 8vo, Reduced Facsimile Reprint; pp. 50, [6](adv., last
2 blank); 13 illustrations; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. [Dubbo;
Review Publications; 1976]. ***Australian Historical Monographs,
Volume X (New Series), first published Sydney, D. S. Ford ( for the
A$30.00
Author), 1943 in a limited edition. #14911
2013.
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51 McKay, John. THE ARMED TRANSPORT BOUNTY.
Anatomy of the Ship. Oblong 4to, First Edition; pp. 120; very
numerous photos. & detailed drawings, chronology; original papered
boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Conway Maritime
Press; (1989). ***”A complete anatomy of the ship in words, photographs
and drawings, accurate, visually exciting and totally comprehensive,
offering ship buffs, historians and modelmakers a novel insight into the
A$85.00
technicalities of each ship type covered”. #24096
2013.
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Short List Number 99
52 McKay, John & Coleman, Ron. THE 24-GUN FRIGATE
PANDORA 1779. Anatomy of the Ship. Oblong 4to, First
Edition; pp. 128; very numerous photos. & detailed drawings, select
bibliography; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper.
(London); Conway Maritime Press; (1992). ***”A complete anatomy
of the ship in words, photographs and drawings, accurate, visually exciting
and totally comprehensive, offering ship buffs, historians and modelmakers
a novel insight into the technicalities of each ship type covered”. HMS
Pandora was the vessel sent to capture the Bounty mutineers, but she was
wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef, with the loss of 31 of the crew and four
A$85.00
mutineers. #24097
2013.
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53 Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY.
Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History’s Most
Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp.
725-790; numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the complete
issue of the National Geographic Magazine, December, 1957; original
wrappers; a very good copy. Washington; National Geographic
A$45.00
Society; 1957. #58972
2013.
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54 Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY.
Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of History’s Most
Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 725790; numerous coloured illustrations; plain wrappers. Washington;
Extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. CXII, No. 6,
December; 1957. #51847
A$35.00
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2013.
55 Marden, Luis. I FOUND THE BONES OF THE BOUNTY. Lonely Pitcairn Island, Home of the Descendants of
History’s Most Famous Mutineers, Yields Its Secret to a Diver. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 725-790; numerous coloured illustrations;
binder’s cloth; a fine copy. Washington; Extracted from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. CXII, No. 6, December;
1957. #17587
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56 Marden, Luis. HUZZA FOR OTAHEITE! Modern-day
Bounty, a replica of the square-rigger Captain Bligh knew, relives
history in the South Seas. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 435-459; numerous
coloured illustrations; contained in the complete issue of The National
Geographic Magazine, April, 1962; original wrappers. Washington;
National Geographic Society; 1962. ***Including two other articles on
A$25.00
the Pacific and one on New Zealand. #13263
2013.
Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books
Short List Number 99
57 Marshall, James Stirrat and Marshall, Carrie; Compilers. PACIFIC
VOYAGES. Selections from Scots Magazine, 1771-1808. Med.
8vo, First Edition; pp. [xiv], 100; endpaper map, several illustrations
(1 coloured); original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Portland;
Oregon, Binfords & Mort, Publishers; 1960. ***Including Cook, La
Perouse, William Bligh, the Nootka Sound Controversy, etc. #53480
A$100.00
2013.
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58 Maxwell, John. H.M.S. ‘BOUNTY’. First Edition; pp. 288(last
blank); bibliography; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London;
Jonathan Cape; (1977). ***Novel based on the mutiny. #35183
A$50.00
2013.
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THE BOUNTY MUTINY
59 Morrison, James. THE JOURNAL OF JAMES MORRISON
Boatswain’s Mate of the Bounty describing the Mutiny & subsequent
Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island
of Tahiti. With an Introduction by Owen Rutter and five engravings
by Robert Gibbings. Printed & made in Great Britain by The Golden
Cockerel Press 1935. F’cap folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](blank),
246(last blank), [6](blank); 5 illustrations; original blue & cream linen;
top edge gilt, others uncut; (a few minor marks, but a nice copy); very
scarce. [London]; Golden Cockerel Press; 1935. ***Edition limited to
325 numbered copies. Du Rietz 1122. Although its limitation is similar
to the other Bligh-related volumes issued by the Golden Cockerel Press,
A$2500.00
this book is very much scarcer on the market. #30223
2013.
Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books
Short List Number 99
60 Morrison, James; Royal Navy. AFTER THE BOUNTY. A
Sailor’s Account of the Mutiny and Life in the South Seas. Edited
and Annotated by Donald A. Maxton. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp.
xvi, 256(last 3 blank); 5 maps, 16 plates, glossary, bibliography, index;
original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Washington,
D.C.; Potomac Books, Inc.; (2010). ***Comprising the Journal of
James Morrison, Boatswain’s Mate of the Bounty, describing the Mutiny
& subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of
the Island of Tahiti. The only other edition in English is the rare Golden
Cockerel Press edition of only 325 copies published in 1935. #9089
A$60.00
2013.
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61 Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles. PITCAIRN: The Island, the People,
and the Pastor: With a Short Account of the Mutiny of the Bounty.
Fourth Edition. F’cap 8vo; pp. xiv, [15]-304(last blank); 13 plates
(including map) & 1 text illust. as per list at Page [viii], plus 3 tail-piece
illustrations in text; original blind-stamped blue cloth, title in gilt on
spine & gilt ship device in centre of front board; (spine slightly rubbed,
hinges strengthened); a very good copy; scarce. London; Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge; 1854. ***Ferguson 13010. #34478
A$225.00
2013.
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62 Murray, The Rev. Thos. Boyles. PITCAIRN: The Island, the
People, and the Pastor. To which is added a Short Notice of the
Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island. Eighth
Edition. F’cap 8vo, Eighth Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, [15]-428; 16 plates
including map, 3 text illustrations; recent half hard-grained morocco;
(some foxing & soiling; slight defects to a couple of blank margins); a
very good copy; very scarce. London; Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge; 1857. ***Ferguson 13014 (Mitchell Library copy only).
The list of illustrations has 16 entries and this edition includes the Preface
A$275.00
to the Eighth Edition. #16577
2013.
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63 Nicolson, Robert B. THE PITCAIRNERS. With the assistance
of Brian F. Davis. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 222, [2](blank);
double-page map, 16 plates, appendices, bibliography, index; original
cloth; a very good copy in worn dustwrapper; scarce. (Sydney); Angus
and Robertson; (1965). #33133
A$125.00
2013.
Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books
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64 Oliver, Douglas. RETURN TO TAHITI. Bligh’s Second
Breadfruit Voyage. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxii, 282; 27 coloured
& 2 b/w. plates, 17 text maps & figures, appendix, bibliography,
index; original cloth; a fine copy in faded dustwrapper. Melbourne;
Melbourne University Press; 1988. ***An important new study of
Bligh’s voyage in the Providence. The colour plates are reproductions of
fine watercolours by Lieutenant George Tobin, who was third mate on
the voyage. Number 2 in the Miegunyah Press series; 1250 copies were
A$110.00
printed. #20719
2013.
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Short List Number 99
65 Peard, Lieutenant George: TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC
WITH BEECHEY. The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of
H.M.S. ‘Blossom’ 1825-1828. Edited by Barry M. Gough. First
Edition; pp. x, 272, [6](blank); 4 charts (2 folding, 1 double-page & 1
full-page), plan of Pitcairn Island by Beechey, 3 plates, notes, appendix,
bibliography, index; original cloth; a very good copy in dustwrapper.
Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press;
1973. ***Hakluyt Society Second Series, Vol. 143. Includes an account of
A$75.00
Pitcairn Island. #9334
2013.
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66 Pelham, Camden; Esq. THE CHRONICLES OF CRIME;
or, The New Newgate Calendar. Being a Series of Memoirs and
Anecdotes of Notorious Characters who have outraged the laws of
Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841. Comprising Coiners.
Extortioners. Forgers. Fraudulent Bankrupts. Footpads. Highwaymen.
Housebreakers. Incendiaries. Impostors. Murderers, Mutineers,
Money-Droppers. Pirates. Pickpockets. Rioters. Sharpers. Traitors.
&c., &c. Including a number of curious cases never before published.
Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by
“Phiz.”. 2 vols., med. 8vo; Vol. I, pp. xii, 592; engraved (additional)
title-page & 24 engraved plates with tissues; Vol. II, pp. viii, 636; 23
engraved plates with tissues; original cloth, decorated in black & gilt
(spines slightly faded); uncut; a nice set; scarce. London; T. Miles
& Co.; 1887. ***This edition not in Ferguson, but see F. 3273 for the
First Edition of 1841. Notwithstanding the statement on title-page the
set appears to be quite complete with a total of 48 engraved plates (incl.
title). Many cases of Australian interest are included, notably George
Barrington, Mary Bryant, Joseph Hunt, the Bounty mutineers (with
A$450.00
engraving), and others. #12938
2013.
Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books
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67 Phillips, Marion. A COLONIAL AUTOCRACY. New South
Wales Under Governor Macquarie 1810-1821. 2nd Impression; pp.
xxiv, 336; chronology, bibliography, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper.
Sydney; Sydney University Press; (1971). ***First printed in 1909.
Includes Bligh’s deposition. #6466
A$75.00
2013.
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68 Rawson, Geoffrey. BLIGH OF THE ‘BOUNTY’. First Edition;
pp. [x], 244, [2](blank); folding map, 8 plates; references, index;
original light blue cloth (spine faded; some foxing); a very good copy;
scarce. London; Philip Allan & Co., Ltd.; (1930). ***A secondary issue.
Du Rietz 1071. #64302
A$95.00
2013.
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69 Rienits, Rex. STORMY PETREL. First Edition; pp. 238,
[2](blank); original papered boards; a very good copy in worn
dustwrapper. London; Frederick Muller Limited; (1963). ***A novel
of the rum rebellion under William Bligh. #30058
A$15.00
2013.
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70 Roughley, T. C. BOUNTY DESCENDANTS LIVE ON
REMOTE NORFOLK ISLAND. Super roy. 8vo; pp. 558-584; map,
numerous coloured illustrations; contained in the National Geographic
Magazine, October, 1960. Washington; National Geographic Society;
1960. #16034
A$20.00
2013.
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71 Shapiro, H. L. THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY. The Story
of Pitcairn through Six Generations. First U.K. Edition; pp. 320; 8 plates,
appendices, sources; original cloth; (some foxing); a very good copy;
scarce. London; Victor Gollancz Ltd; 1936. #33129
A$175.00
2013.
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72 Shillibeer, Lieut. J[ohn]. A NARRATIVE OF THE BRITON’S
VOYAGE TO PITCAIRN’S ISLAND; including an Interesting Sketch of
the State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America. By Lieut. J. Shillibeer,
R. M. Illustrated with Sixteen Etchings by the Author, from Drawings on
the Spot. Third Edition. London: Printed for Law and Whittaker, No.
13, Ave Maria Lane, Ludgate Street. 1818. Demy 8vo, Third Edition; pp.
xii, 180; 16 etched illustrations on 12 plates (2 folding & 1 printed in redbrown ink); modern half calf in antique style; the frontispiece (with a small
tear repaired), title-page & following leaf washed, some occasional very mild
browning or soiling to other leaves; the two folding plates sometime split at
folds, with minor loss of upper margin to the second, but now well-restored
and laid down; blank foremargin of pp. 173/4 restored; uncut; a very good,
sound copy; rare. London; Law & Whittaker; 1818. ***Ferguson 728; Du
Rietz 1188 “this edition [revised and extended] is the best (and apparently also
the rarest) of the three English editions.” We are disposed to dispute Du Rietz’s
claim as to rarity, the First Edition, printed in Taunton, being the rarest in our
experience, but all editions are rare. The Briton visited several places on the
South American coast, but was ordered from Brazil to find the American frigate,
U.S.S. Essex, Captain David Porter, which was threatening British whalers in
the Pacific. Details of the activities of U.S.S. Essex in the Marquesas are related.
When the Briton called at Pitcairn the author interviewed John Adams, the sole
survivor of the Bounty mutineers, who gave him a full account of the history of
A$750.00
the mutineers after they left Tahiti. #51805
2013.
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73 Toohey, John. CAPTAIN BLIGH’S PORTABLE NIGHT­
MARE. First U.S. Edition; pp. xii, 212(last blank); 4 maps, several
illustrations, appendix, sources; original papered boards; a fine copy in
dustwrapper. (New York); HarperCollins Publishers; (2000). ***An
interesting account of Bligh’s experiences with Captain Cook, the Bounty
Mutiny, etc. #64833
A$35.00
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74 Vaughan, Crawford. THE LAST OF CAPTAIN BLIGH. Cr.
8vo, First Edition; pp. [x], 234; original cloth; a very good copy in
slightly worn dustwrapper. London; Staples Press; (1950). ***Novel
based on the facts of the Rum Rebellion. Du Rietz 1319. #51816
A$30.00
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75 Weate, Philip & Graham, Caroline. CAPTAIN WILLIAM
BLIGH. [An illustrated history]. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 160;
double-page map & a few text maps, numerous coloured & b/w.
illustrations (many full & double-page), bibliography, index; original
papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Sydney; Paul Hamlyn;
[1972]. #32147
A$45.00
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76 Wilkinson, C. S. THE WAKE OF THE BOUNTY. How a Ship
having passed the Line was driven by Storms to the cold Country
towards the South Pole; and how from thence she made her course to
the Tropical Latitude of the Great Pacific Ocean: and of the strange
things that befell: and in what manner the Ancyent Marinere came
back to his own Country. Argument of the ‘Ancient Mariner’ by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. With 8 pages of half-tone illustrations.
First Edition; pp. [xiv], 200, [2](blank); 2 maps, 8 plates, 6 appendices
including the full text of the original version of the “Ancient Mariner”,
index; original cloth (spine ends rubbed; slight foxing of endpapers); a
very good copy with front panel from dustwrapper tipped to endpaper;
scarce. London; Cassell & Company Ltd; (1953). ***Du Rietz 1351.
A$75.00
Geoffrey Ingleton’s copy, with bookplate. #33138
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Australian Naval History. Aviation. Australian Aborigines. Shipbuilding and Naval Architecture. Captain James Cook and associates (Part I). Africa. Queensland. Shipping. World War I. Royalty and a few items of Heraldry. The First Fleet and Early Settlement of Australia. Naval History. Voyages. Hodge-Podge. Victoria. World War II. Australian Literature. Ship Modelling, with a few books on Nelson and his Ships. New South Wales. Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters. Natural History. South Australia. World War I Naval History. The Pacific Region. Sailing Ships. World War II. Australiana. Australian Land Exploration (Part 3). Books and Printing.
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