The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty:

£350 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

The first authorized account of the Mutiny. Barrow gives a most interesting account of the later fortunes of the mutineers; also an account of the voyage and wreck of the Pandora, bringing back the mutineers from Tahiti; the trial of the mutineers; letters written by Capt. Peter Heywood to his sister; and the discovery of John Adams and the Bounty descendants on Pitcairn Island. Barrow was a friend of the Heywood family; his book mitigated Heywood's role while emphasising Bligh's severity.[216] The book also instigated the legend that Christian had not died on Pitcairn, but had somehow returned to England and been recognised by Heywood in Plymouth, around 1808–1809.[217] An account written in 1870 by Heywood's stepdaughter Diana Belcher further exonerated Heywood and Christian and, according to Bligh biographer Caroline Alexander, "cemented... many falsehoods that had insinuated their way into the narrative". Second edition; 16mo (15.5 x 10.5 cm); 6 engraved plates including frontis by Lieut.-Colonel Batty, armorial bookplate to pastedown, light offsetting from frontis. to title, otherwise clean internally; contemporary half red morocco, comb-marbled boards and endpapers, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, a little wear to extremities, a very good copy; xi, 356 pp. cf Hill p.346; cf Sabin 3662.

• Binding: Hardcover

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