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A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants. With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty and of the Subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers.
PITCAIRN'S ISLAND
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832.
12mo (6 x 4 inches). In a cloth slip case, full pigskin
by the DONNELLEY Apprentice School. Raised bands and
gilt lettered title. Blind tooling on front cover with
boats, palm trees and mountains. It is a finely
detailed copy of one of the two plates in the book. Top
edge gilt. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown,
binder's ticket inserted before first blank and neat
ownership inscription to title page. Some foxing to the
text block.
A very interesting binding.
£350.00
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