Mutiny on the Bounty
by Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press, 1947. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fletcher Martin. The plentiful black-and-white engravings and drawings by Fletcher Martin greatly augment this fine copy of an important title in the history of travel and exploration and English social history. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Appendix containing the true story of Peter Heywood. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, having been preserved well in a Good condition, red paper-covered cardboard slipcase, scuffed along the edges. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. x [2], 1-464 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355750
- Title
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- Author
- Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall
- Illustrator
- Fletcher Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- insular Pacific Charles Nordhoff James Normal Hall Fletcher Martin H.M.S. Bounty William Bligh
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About the Seller
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