[Bounty Mutiny]; Lady BelcherBiblio.com
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187134854New York: Harper and Brothers 1871. First American Edition. With a map and nine engraved illustrations. 8vo publisher's original pebbled royal blue cloth the covers framed and with publisher's device in blind the spines attractively gilt lettered and with gilt Greek-key rules at the head and tail. 277 6 ads. pp. A well preserved copy with a bit of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine panel. FIRST EDITION AND AN EARLY WORK ON THE BOUNTY MUTINEERS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY FOUNDED. The author was the stepdaughter of Peter Heywood who was originally charged as being a mutineer but was later pardoned. She married Admiral Sir Edward Belcher who as a lieutenant visited Pitcairn Island in 1825 on HMS Blossom commanded by Captain Beechey. Harper and Brothers hardcover