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 : 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.
Published / Created:
London : Printed in Great Britain at the Golden Cockerel Press, Ten Staple Inn, 1937.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDU21 .B554 1937+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title on two leaves. Title vignettes."The Log of the Bounty has been printed from the offical manuscript in the Admiralty Records by Christopher & Anthony Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 10th day of March, 1937. The edition is limited to 300 sets of the two volumes, printed on mould-made paper."--Colophon of volume 2.Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 117SML,AOB: "Number 185."BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 271 of 300. Bound in red, white, and blue cloth. Prospectus for the present work removed and cataloged separately (DU21 .B554 1937a+).
Subject Terms:
Bounty (Ship) | Voyages and travels. | Oceania -- Description and travel. | Discoveries in geography. | Bounty Mutiny, 1789. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.