Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Title:
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.
Published / Created:
London : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934.
Physical Description:
86, [2] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DU21 .B55 1934+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The voyage of the Bounty's launch has been printed and made in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs & E.J. Ward. Pressman: H. Barker. The edition is limited to 300 copies printed on Arnold's all rag paper."--Colophon.

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 95

BAC: British Art Center copy is numbers 263 of 300. Bound in red and white canvas.
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels. | Bounty (Ship) | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1934.
Contributors:
Fryer, John, 1752 or 1753–1817. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Sandford, Christopher, printer. | Newbery, Francis J., printer. | Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, writer of introduction.