Mutiny of the Bounty and Story of Pitcairn Island 1790-1894
by Young, Rosalind Amelia
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c1894]. Hardcover. Splitting to gutter along 35% of front hinge. Narrow split to gutter along rear hinge. ; Stated "Seventh Printing". No date [c1894]. Introduction dated 1894. xii, 13-266 pages. There are 29 illustrations in the list of Illustrations (page xii). These are made of up of the frontispiece, 20 full page illustrations, and 8 smaller in-text illustrations, all within the paginated leaves. Additionally there are small headpiece and tailpiece vignette illustrations at the beginning and end of most of the chapters. llustrated blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 181 x 119mm. Contents: The Bounty and the Mutineers; The Arrival at Pitcairn; The Mutineers Discovered; The Gem of the Pacific; John Buffett and John Evans; George Hun Nobbs. Death of John Adams; Mr. Joshua Hill; The Flag of Old England; The Queen's Birthday; Visit of H. M. S. Portland; Removal to Norfolk Island; A Goodly Heritage; Ho! for Pitcairn; An Unpleasant Surprise; The Second Party Returns; The Reception; At Home Again; Wreck of the Cornwallis; Visit of Rear-Admiral de Horsey; Friendly Visits; The Wreck of the Oregon; Arrival of Mr. John I. Tay; The Missionary Ship Pitcairn; Appendix. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26069
- Title
- Mutiny of the Bounty and Story of Pitcairn Island 1790-1894
- Author
- Young, Rosalind Amelia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Pacific Press Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Mountain View, California
- Date Published
- [c1894]
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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