The Bounty Mutiny, Bligh, Pitcairn & Norfolk Island
Last update: Monday, 18 November 2024.
45561 ALEXANDER, Caroline THE BOUNTY - The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
$25.00 AUD
HarperCollins. London. 2003. 1st Ed. (20), 491 PP, plus 40 pages with 10 colour and 50 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.2. 0007172834
72509 ALLEN, Kenneth S. THAT BOUNTY BASTARD - The true story of Captain William Bligh
$10.00 AUD
Robert Hale. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 drawing & 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover is lightly soiled, o/wise contents are near fine.. 22.3 x 14.2. 0709153465
Mutinies on board Bounty and when Governor of New South Wales....
39784 ANTHONY, Irvin (editor) THE SAGA OF THE BOUNTY - Its Strange History as related by the Participants Themselves
$50.00 AUD
G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1935. 2nd Impression of November, 1935. XIV, 358 PP, plus 5 b/w plates. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, gilt title on a dulled spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents clean and a very good copy. Image shows title-page. 21 x 14.
Participants: Lieutenant William Bligh, James Morrison, John Fryer...
49594 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 21, Nos.1 & 2, 1997
$30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1997. Includes article on the Pandora between pages 1 and 8 with 12 figures (2 maps, 8 drawings and 2 b/w photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Eighteenth Century Wooden Clubs from HMS Pandora: A Preliminary Analysis, by Janet Campbell.
70702 AWDRY, Frances IN THE ISLES OF THE SEA: The Story of Fifty Years in Melanesia
$120.00 AUD
Bemrose & Sons Limited. London. 1902. 1st Ed. XIV, 147, (5) PP with tables and 54 b/w illustrations (endpieces, drawings by R.Quiller Lane, photos and portraits), plus 1 folded map of the South West Pacific. Fp: Interior of St. Barnabas Chapel, Norfolk Island. Cloth covers, decorated front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Decorated endpapers. Light wear at head and foot of spine, and lower corner of front board. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce.. 25 x 19.5.
Melanesian Mission.
37565 BALL, Ian M. PITCAIRN - Children of the Bounty
$30.00 AUD
Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1973. 1st UK edition. XVI, 380 PP with 1 map, and 32 b/w illustrations. Title spread: Pitcairn Island, viewed from the northwest. Eps: maps with route of HMS Bounty. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing of paper on top outside edge. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0575017171
HMS Bounty, her ill-starred voyage, the mutiny. History of Pitcairn Island and Pitcairners.
17510 BARROW, Sir John THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY
$20.00 AUD
David R. Godine. Boston. 1980. 1st US edition, with an introduction and notes by Gavin Kennedy. 208 PP with 72 b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 9 colour plates. Title page: Facsimile of 1831 original. Fp: Portrait of William Bligh, by J. Smart. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Covers have some speckling around edges and dust jacket has shelf wear and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 25.5 x 16.8. 0879233435
74478 BARROW, Sir John THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY
$30.00 AUD
David R. Godine. Boston. 1980. 1st US edition, with an introduction and notes by Gavin Kennedy. 208 PP with 72 b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 9 colour plates. Title page: Facsimile of 1831 original. Fp: Portrait of William Bligh, by J. Smart. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 25.5 x 16.8. 0879233435
47541 BENNETT, Jack THE LIEUTENANT. An Epic Tale of Courage and Endurance on the High Seas
$20.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), 130 PP . Hard cover, dj. Note on the free fly of the front endpaper. Fine. 22.4 x 13.5. 0207133956
Novel based on the voyage of Captain Bligh from Tonga to Timor.
65226 BLIGH, William THE BLIGH NOTEBOOK - 'Rough Account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor'
$25.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin / National Library of Australia. Sydney / Canberra. 1987 Transcription and Facsimile, edited by John Bach. XIV, 336 with 3 colour illustrations and b/w illustrations including 2 large folded plates with plans of Bounty launch, chart from Tofua to Isle of Java (with 3 insets) and painting of Kupang about 1803, & the facsimile of the Notebook (Page 221 to 328), draft list of mutineers (pages 331 to 336). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 24.6 x 16.8. 0049090321 / 0642104042
74375 BLIGH, William THE MUTINY ON BOARD H.M.S. BOUNTY 1789
$15.00 AUD
Pageminster Press / Argot Press, & Mitchell Beazley. London & Melbourne. 1981. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stephen Walters. No pagination, XIV, 193 PP with 10 b/w illustrations by Roy Williams, and the facsimile edition of the original Log. Fp: Bounty. Simile leather boards, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 33 x 21. 0861340329
The mutiny and the day-by-day account of the hazardous 4,000 open-boat voyage that followed.
21567 BOUNTY THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY" (for ages 10 to 12 years)
$15.00 AUD
Whitcombe and Tombs. Auckland. c. 1950. Juvenile edition, in the "Whitcombe's Story Books" series. 96 PP with 1 map, and 10 b/w illustrations, plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Pitcairn Island from the sea. Title page: Bounty Bay, village of Pitcairn. Card covers, pictorial front (slightly rubbed). Light foxing and soiling. Very good. 17.7 x 12.3.
17532 BOWKER, R. M. & BLIGH, Lt. William, R.N. MUTINY!! Aboard H.M. Armed Transport 'Bounty' in 1789
$15.00 AUD
Bowker & Bertram. London. 1978. 1st Ed. Edited from the original log by R. M. Bowker. XII, 388 PP with 4 b/w illust. in text plus 8 pages with 6 b/w illust. (3 charts, 1 plan, 2 photos). FEP: Plan of the Bounty. REP: Mappe monde. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 19 x 12.5.
Based on the official log of the 'Bounty' with comments and annotations by the editor.
41042 BOWLEY, Robert IN SEARCH OF TRUTH - A new version of the episodes leading up to, during and following The Mutiny on the Bounty
$10.00 AUD
Rebel Publishing. Peterborough, Ontario. 1995. 1st Ed. (4), II, 102 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.6. 0968019706
Quest for truth, following a voyage to Pitcairn Island in September 1988 and Norfolk Island in November 1988.
48687 BOWMAN, Robert (editor) AN ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY ON H.M.S. BOUNTY, Lieutenant William Bligh
$15.00 AUD
Alan Sutton. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 7 b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25.1 x 17.5. 090438747X
14659 BRITTS, M.G. THE COMMANDANTS, The Tyrants who ruled Norfolk Island
$10.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 180 PP, plus 16 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Bookplate of previous owners on FFEP, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0727013963
17507 BRUNTON, Paul (editor) AWAKE, BOLD BLIGH - William Bligh's letters describing the mutiny on HMS Bounty
$15.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin & State Library of NSW. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. (6), 88 PP with 5 colour and 10 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Bligh. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 29 x 21.6. 0044421230
Personal accounts by Bligh written to his family & friends while recovering from the open boat voyage from Tofua (Tonga) to Coupang (Timor). Pages 40 to 83: facsimile of the letters.
56951 BUFFETT, Alice & LAYCOCK, Donald C. SPEAK NORFOLK TODAY
$35.00 AUD
Himii Publishing. Norfolk Island. 1988. 2nd printing in August 1988 of the June 1988 original. Publication No. 5, of Languages for Intercultural Communication in the Pacific Area Project of the Australian Academy of Humanities. Foreword by Shirley Harrison. VIII, 78 PP with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed on title page by Alice Buffett, co-author. Fine. 20.6 x 14.2. 0731631080
38970 THE CAPTAIN THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY", with History of the Survivors on Pitcairn Island and Elsewhere
$25.00 AUD
J. Walch. Hobart. c.1930 2nd edition. 44 PP. Title page: Bounty under sail. Stapled card covers with light soiling, illustrated front. Browning of paper around the edges, o/wise contents near fine. 18.6 x 12.5.
64406 CARPENTER, Jon, PIGOTT, Louis & WHITWELL, Hugh A WATCH FROM H.M.S. PANDORA (in Antiquarian Horology)
$15.00 AUD
The Antiquarian Horological Society. London. 1985. Volume Fifteen, No. Six, December 1995. Edited by Dr. J. M. Plowman. Extract: Pages 560 to 572 and 601 with 15 b/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial soft wrappers, cover illustrated with Figure 8. Very good. 24.7 x 18.5.
37741 CHAUVEL CARLSSON, Susanne PITCAIRN: Island at the edge of time
$20.00 AUD
Central Queensland University Press. Rockhampton, Qld. 2000. 1st Ed. 238, (2) PP with head pieces and 5 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 13 colour and 36 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of Pitcairn Island. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 1875998926
The author is the daughter of the famous Australian film-makers Charles and Elsa Chauvel who made part of the 1933 movie In the Wake of the Bounty.
68760 CHRISTIAN, Glynn FRAGILE PARADISE, The Discovery of Fletcher Christian, Bounty Mutineer
$30.00 AUD
Book Club Associates. London. 1983. Reprint of 1982 edition by Hamish Hamilton. 256 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 18 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. A near fine copy. 25.4 x 19.
The life of Fletcher Christian, one of the mutineers of the Bounty, as told by one of his great-great-great grandsons.
17513 CLARKE, Peter HELL AND PARADISE - The Norfolk, Bounty, Pitcairn Saga
$10.00 AUD
Viking. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. 189 PP with b/w & colour illust. Half-title page: Cat-o'-nine-tails. Titlespread: Matavai Bay, Island of Otahytey. FEP: Map of Norfolk Island. REP: Map of Pitcairn Island. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing , o/wise near fine. 26 x 24.5. 0670815217
Two small islands in the South Pacific, miles apart, but linked by a common history and the descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty.
65594 CLARKE, Peter HELL AND PARADISE - The Norfolk, Bounty, Pitcairn Saga
$15.00 AUD
Viking. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. 189 PP with b/w & colour illust. Half-title page: Cat-o'-nine-tails. Titlespread: Matavai Bay, Island of Otahytey. FEP: Map of Norfolk Island. REP: Map of Pitcairn Island. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Signed by the author on front endpaper and signature of previous owner. Near fine. 26 x 24.5. 0670815217
Two small islands in the South Pacific, miles apart, but linked by a common history and the descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty.
59909 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 9, No. 3
$5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1994. Vol. 9, No. 3, issue June / July 1994. Foreword by Paul Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Once Hell, now a Haven: Norfolk Island, by Becca Saunders (pages 64 to 71 with 1 map and 11 colour photos). National fishfinder June / July.
60669 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 5, No. 2
$10.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1990. Vol. 5, No. 2, issue April / May 1990. Foreword by Fred W. Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 112 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Pages 20 to 28 with 2 maps and 9 colour photos: Makassar - Mecca for Mariners, by Jeffrey Mellefont. Pages 48 to 63 with 2 maps and 23 colour photos: Norfolk Island, by Peter Stone. ...
39904 COLLETT, Bill THE LAST MUTINY
$5.00 AUD
W. W. Norton. New York. 1995. 1st US edition. X, 294 PP with 3 maps. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14.8. 0393038777
Novel. The further adventures of Captain Bligh: while retired in Kent, and reminiscences of his life at sea with Captain Cook or on the Bounty, or ashore as Governor of New South Wales.
74673 COUPER, J. M. THE BOOK OF BLIGH
$10.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. (8), 88 PP with 6 headpieces. Cloth covers, gilt title on a black spine, dj. Dust jacket with insect damage on back cover and at head of spine, o/wise contents near fine. 24 x 15.
41810 CRITTENDEN, Victor THE NORFOLK ISLAND PROPOSAL OF 1785
$15.00 AUD
The Mulini Press. Canberra. 1974. 1st Ed. , No. 1 in the Commemoration Series "The Bicentenary of the Discovery of Norfolk Island on 10th October 1774". No pagination, 12 PP. Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.7.
On the instruction to the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, and their reply.
64485 DALKIN, R. Nixon COLONIAL ERA CEMETERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Robert Brown & Assoc.. Brisbane. 1991. Paperback reprint of the 1974 original. 91 PP with a folded plan of the cemetery, with 5 b/w photos and 33 photos of gravestones. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 27. 1862730601
71220 DALKIN, R. Nixon COLONIAL ERA CEMETERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1985. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1981 edition (original of 1974). 91, (5 blank) PP with 1 facsimile of a poster and 39 b/w photos (34 on gravestones), plus 1 folded plan of the cemetery tipped in on page 19. Card covers, pictorial front. Paper ageing a little, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 27. 085807057X
45923 DANIELSSON, Bengt WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BOUNTY
$10.00 AUD
Readers Union / George Allen & Unwin. London. 1963. 2nd edition of the first English edition of 1962, translated from the Swedish original by Alan Tapsell. 224 PP with 1 portrait of Captain William Bligh, 1 plan of the Bounty and 2 maps. Top outside edge tinted. Cloth covers, device on front cover, dj. Covers lightly soiled. Contents near fine. 21 x 13.
Another account of the famous mutiny shedding a different light on Bligh, revealing him to be a seaman of genius but lacking the perception and patience which could have avoided the mutiny.
10339 DARBY, Madge WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY ?
$25.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1965. 1st Ed. (6), 127 PP with 1head & 13 tail pieces. Vignette on title page. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket has light wear, o/wise a fine copy. 22 x 14.
Investigation into the behaviour of both Bligh & Fletcher Christian plus the role of the third person who the author thinks directed the mutiny from behind the scenes...
74323 DARWIN, Charles THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE IN H.M.S. BEAGLE
$700.00 AUD
Genesis Publications Limited. London. 1979. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 409/500), signed by George Penber Darwin (great grandson of Charles Darwin). Foreword by Prince Charles. Introduction by Richard Darwin Keynes. (2 blank), 843, (8 blank) PP with 4 b/w plates, Journal in Facsimile between pages 31 and 834, Crew List between pages 835 and 840. Fp (in colour): painting by Roy Williams. Marbled endpapers. Half bound, green buckram, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title and 4 gilt decorations, gilt decoration on front board, gilt signature of Darwin on the back cover, all outside edges gilt. Contained in a green cloth slipcase with title on a white vignette. Bookplate of previous owner on verso of the front endpaper. Head of spine worn on 6 cms. Slipcase with minor rubbing on the label, and a 5 cm worn patch close to the bottom. An excellent copy. Format: 28.5 x 20.5 and slipcase: 29.5 x 23.5. 0904351122
71411 DAVIDOW, Leonard S. (editor) THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY and Other Sea Stories
$30.00 AUD
The Spencer Press. Reading, Pa. 1937. 1st edition in the "Classic Romances of Literature" series, with a foreword by Leonard S. Davidow. X, 309 PP with 2 b/w illustrations: frontispiece and 1 chart showing routes of the Bounty, Bligh, the Mutineers and the Pandora". Fp: The Guard around me had their pieces cocked. Cloth cover, device and title on spine. Ageing and light foxing of paper. Very good. 20.8 x 14.5.
Mutiny of the Bounty, by Guy Murchie, Jr. Other Stories: How Old Wiggins Wore Ship, by Captain Roland T. Coffin / Lost in the Fog, by Noah Brooks / "---Mas has come", by Leonard Kip / The Haunted Ships, by Allan Cunningham / Idylls of the Sea, by Frank T. Bullen.
15087 DAVIES, K. & K.A. OLD NORFOLK TOWN, The past in pictures
$10.00 AUD
K.& K.A. Davies. Norfolk Island. 1980. 1st Ed. 77 PP with b/w illustrations & a list of those who landed on Norfolk Island from Pitcairn on June 8, 1856. Inside front cover: The Bounty Folk Museum. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 18 x 24.
21949 DE DECKKER, Paul JACQUES-ANTOINE MOERENHOUT (1797 - 1879), Ethnologue et Consul
$45.00 AUD
Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 1997. 1st Ed. (8), VI, 15 - 406 PP with 1 map. Pictorial hard cover. French text. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.2. 2909790614
Biography of a Belgian citizen who, during his trading voyages from Chile, studied Tahiti and some other islands. He became Consul of the United States and France in Tahiti and helped the French protectorate in spite of the British Consul George Pritchard. In 1846 he moved to California as French Consul.
17511 DENING, Greg MR. BLIGH'S BAD LANGUAGE, Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty
$10.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. London. 1992. 1st Ed. XII, 445 PP with 21 figures & 6 tables in text. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0521383706
A new interpretation of the mutiny in the context of its historical and cultural representations. (analysis of naval life, cultural exploration,...).
57080 DIVING SPORTDIVING IN AUSTRALIA & THE SOUTH PACIFIC - No. 36
$10.00 AUD
Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. Melbourne. 1993. Issue No. 36, February/March 1993. Edited by Barry ANDREWARTHA. 122 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.7 x 21.
Ningaloo, by Heather Falconer & Pip O'Dell. Norfolk Island, by Becca Saunders...
32739 DYALL, Valentine A FLOOD OF MUTINY
$10.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 222 PP. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and short dedicatory note. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 20.4 x 13.5.
The Indian Mutiny of 1857. Battleship Potemkin. Mutiny on the Bounty...
75250 FISH, John A. THE BOUNTY AND BEYOND: A textual and bibliographical investigation of William Bligh's journals of the first breadfruit expedition
$225.00 AUD
Australian Scholarly Publishing & Ancora Press. Melbourne. 2023 1st edition. XIII, 303, (3) PP with 17 illustrations (Image of Bligh at Coupang in July 1789 and 16 facsimile pages of the manuscripts held at the Mitchell Library, Sydney or the National Archives, London). Fp: Image of Bligh at Coupang in july 1789 by Laurence Irving. Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (new condition). 28.8 x 22. 9781922952783
Scholarly investigation between the Bligh's Private journal held at the Mitchell Library in Sydney and its Official version held at the National Archives in London, as well as other manuscripts related to the "Narrative of the Mutiny" (1790).
65603 FORD, Herbert THE MISCELLANY OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Pacific Press Publishing Association. Mountain View, Ca. 1979. 1st Ed. 206 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Newspaper cutting loosely inserted. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.
A brief sketch of its geography and history then: airplanes, animals ... Whales, Wind power, Women...
70972 GAZZARD, Albert Stanley THE BOUNTY AND AFTER - A Short History of the Descendants of the Mutineers of the "Bounty"
$25.00 AUD
Mrs. D.J. Mitchell. Palmerston North, NZ. 1983. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. (6), 118 with 15 b/w illust. Pictorial card covers a little soiled. Signature of previous owner on front cover, title page and last page. Contents near fine. 21 x 14.8.
Written during the period 1930 to 1943, published by the author's daughter. Norfolk Island, the Bounty, the mutineers and their descendants, the missionaries.
36509 GESNER, Peter PANDORA - An Archaeological Perspective
$20.00 AUD
Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 2000. Updated reprint of the 1991 original. XII, 60 PP with b/w & colour illust. (maps, charts, paintings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 9780724244829
Pandora and its historical background on the last voyage, the wreck, its discovery & the excavation on it.
61287 GROOM, Linda CAPTAIN HUNTER ON NORFOLK ISLAND (in The National Library Magazine - Vol 4, No.1, March 2012)
$10.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2012. Vol. 4, No. 1, March 2012. 32 PP. Contains article from P. 18 to 21 with 6 b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21.
43723 GUTTRIDGE, Leonard F. MUTINY - A History of Naval Insurrection
$5.00 AUD
Berkley Book. New York. 2002. Paperback edition of the 1992 original. X, (2), 318 PP with 60 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.3. 0425183211
The many faces of mutiny: from the famous Bounty mutiny to the Potemkin, the problems in the USN during the Vietnam War and the peace movement, the USSR fleet & the Frigate Storozhevoy in 1973 ...
66523 HAMILTON, George A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE PANDORA
$90.00 AUD
Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1998. Australian Maritime Series, No.4. Reissue of the 1793 original with a foreword by Alex Allan, British High Commissioner, and an essay by Peter Gesner, Curator of Maritime Archaeology, Queensland Museum. Limited edition to 950 copies. 38, 164 PP with 7 b/w illustrations (1 portrait of George Hamilton, 1 chart, 1 photo, and 4 engravings). Fp: A manuscript chart of the coast of New Holland sketched by William Bligh whilst in the Bounty's Launch. Hand bound in quarter cherry Scottish calf with marbled papered sides, gilt title on bordeaux vignette on spine. A hint of foxing along top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy22.7 x 14.2. 1875567224
HMS "Pandora" was despatched by the Admiralty to capture the mutineers of the "Bounty".
47242 HEINRICH, Christian & DE LESQUEN, Bertrand PITCAIRN. L'Ile des Révoltés de la Bounty
$50.00 AUD
Gallimard. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed., in Carnet de Voyage series. 93 PP, illustrated with aquarelles by Christian Heinrich. Title page: Pitcairn Island. REP: Location map of Pitcairn Island. Hard cover, decorated front. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.5. 2742410546
13760 HENDERSON, G. C. THE DISCOVERERS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS - Tasman, Cook, Bligh, Wilson, Bellingshausen
$45.00 AUD
John Murray. London. 1933. 1st Ed. XVIII, 324 PP, (2 adv.) plus 47 plates with 53 b/w illust. incl. 21 charts and one large folded map in rear pocket. Maroon cloth cover with a few light marks, gilt title on spine. Light foxing on outside page edges, spine lightly sunned, o/wise near fine internally. Scarce. 23.4 x 15.2.
66095 HENDERSON, Graeme & STANBURY, Myra THE SIRIUS - Past and Present
$30.00 AUD
Collins. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 168 PP with tables, 5 b/w & 30 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Title page with dedicatory note dated and signed by Myra Stanbury, co-author. Fine. 19.7 x 13. 0732224470
The Baltic trading ship Berwick, then Sirius of the first fleet, shipwrecked on Norfolk Island. Diving expeditions and preservation of artifacts.
66375 HILLIER, R. S. THE NORFOLK ISLAND BOOK
$15.00 AUD
Anson Publications. Norfolk Island. 1984. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 106 colour photos. Fp: View on Nepean and Philip Islands. Eps: Seal of Norfolk Island. Hard cover, dj. Title page signed by author, and with a dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the publisher. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing of inside of dust jacket, o/wise very good. 28.5 x 21.6.
70353 HILLIER, R. S. THIS IS NORFOLK ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Harper & Dudley Publications. Norfolk Island. 1973. 3rd edition in April 1973 of the 1969 original. No pagination, 46 PP with over 90 colour photos. Hibiscus flowers on itle page. Eps: Location position of Norfolk Island. Hard cover, illustrated front, dj. Dust jacket with a small repaired tear. Near fine. 26.5 x 21.4.
15085 HOARE, Merval THE DISCOVERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
AGPS. Canberra. 1974. 1st Ed. X, 23 PP with 2 charts and 6 portraits. Fp: Captain James Cook. Title page: Norfolk pine. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642005737
35323 HOARE, Merval RAMBLER'S GUIDE TO NORFOLK ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1965. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 general map of Norfolk at centre fold, and 5 maps, plus 1 isometrical view of Kingston prior to 1856 at rear. Pictorial soft covers (lightly soiled). Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.3 x 13.7.
35326 HOARE, Merval THE DISCOVERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND (in Australian External Territories)
$10.00 AUD
Department of External Territories. Canberra. 1970. Volume 10, No. 2, May 1970. Contains 2 articles pages 8 to 11 , and 30/31 with 6 b/w photos. Illustrated card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.8.
Discovery of Norfolk Island, and King memorial on Norfolk Island.
70340 HOARE, Merval RAMBLER'S GUIDE TO NORFOLK ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1985. Reprint of the 1982 revised edition (original of 1965). 64 PP with b/w illustrations (1 isometrical view of Kingston, 5 sketch maps, 1 sketch and 17 photos), plus 1 large folded map of Norfolk tipped on the inside of back cover. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.3 x 13.7. 0858070316
70341 HOARE, Merval NORFOLK ISLAND, An Outline of its History 1774-1977
$15.00 AUD
University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1978. 2nd edition of the 1969 original. (10), 185 PP, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w illust. FEP: Map of Norfolk Island. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21.4 x 14. 0702211877
Discovery by Captain Cook, convict settlements, arrival of Pitcairn Islanders...
57194 HORDERN HOUSE CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY: chiefly from The Robert and Mary Anne Parks Collection
$50.00 AUD
Hordern House Rare Books Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. No pagination, 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 9781875567539
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14660 HOUGH, Richard CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$10.00 AUD
Readers Union. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1972 original by Hutchinson. 320 PP with 12 head-pieces, 13 b/w illustrations (plans, maps sketches,..), plus 18 pages with 17 b/ w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Very good. 22 x 14.
64457 HOUGH, Richard CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$10.00 AUD
E. P. Dutton. New York. 1973. 1st US edition. XII, 13-320 PP with b/w illustrations (12 head-pieces and 13 drawings or sketches (plans, maps,..), plus 16 pages with 19 b/w plates. Eps: Chart of the track of His Majesty's Armoured Ship Bounty in the South Seas 1788 to 1790. Orig. cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 23.8 x 16. 0525073108
70346 HOUGH, Richard CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$25.00 AUD
Hutchinson of London. London. 1972. Uncorrected proof copy "on proofing paper and the property of the publisher". 314 PP with 12 head-pieces and 13 b/w illustrations (plans, maps,..), plus 20 pages with 19 b/w plates. Fp: Portraits of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian. Eps: Chart of the track of His Majesty's Armoured Ship Bounty in the South Seas 1788 to 1790. Soft covers with light wear/soiling. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 23.4 x 15.5. 0091128609
72074 HOUGH, Richard CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$15.00 AUD
E.P. Dutton. New York. 1973. 1st US edition. XII, 13-320 PP with 12 head-pieces and 13 b/w illustrations (plans, maps, sketches....), plus 16 pages with 19 b/w plates. Eps: Chart of the track of His Majesty's Armoured Ship Bounty in the South Seas 1788 to 1790. Original cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and with a few chips). Near fine. 23.8 x 16. 0525073108
72513 HOUGH, Richard CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$5.00 AUD
Arrow Edition. London. 1974. Paperback reprint of the 1972 original. 320 PP with l2 head-pieces and 13 illustrations (plans, maps,..), plus 16 pages with 14 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top corner of title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 23.3 x 15. 009908600X
42631 HUDGINS, Morgan MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - (An Arcola Picture)
$10.00 AUD
Random House / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. London. 1962. 1st Ed. No pagination, 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Centrefold: Map with Bounty's Course. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.
The story and the movie filmed by MGM in early 1960's with Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard.
60394 INDER, Stuart & BORTHWICK, John NORFOLK ISLAND & IN THE WAKE OF THE BOUNTY (in Australian Geographic, No. 20, Oct-Dec 1990]
$10.00 AUD
Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1990. Contains 2 articles from P.36 to 73 with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded plate with cutaway of Bounty. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
41303 JOHNSON, Irving & Electa THE YANKEE'S WANDER-WORLD (in National Geographic Magazine)
$15.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1949. Volume XCV, No.1, January, 1949. Contains article between P. 1 and 50 with 1 map, 12 b/w and 42 colour photos. Soft cover with light wear. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
4th world cruise (1st after the end of WWII) from Europe to Hawaii, via Galapagos, Easter, Pitcairn, Austral islands, Society Islands. Contains interesting photos.
10340 MACKANESS, George A BOOK OF THE 'BOUNTY' AND SELECTIONS FROM BLIGH'S WRITINGS
$25.00 AUD
J. Dent & Sons. London. 1938. Ist Ed., No. 950 in the Everyman's Library series. XVI, 327, (8 publications) PP. Eps. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ex Libris of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 17.5 x 11.
64636 MACKANESS, George CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH'S Discoveries and Observations in Van Diemen's Land
$10.00 AUD
Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1976. Reprint of the 1943 original. Volume X in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. 50, (4 publications) PP with a frontispiece and 12 b/w illustrations. Card cover (faded near spine). Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
71281 MACKANESS, George A BOOK OF THE 'BOUNTY' AND SELECTIONS FROM BLIGH'S WRITINGS
$35.00 AUD
J. Dent & Sons. London. 1938. Ist Ed., No. 950 in the Everyman's Library series. XVI, 327, (8 publications) PP. Eps. Green cloth cover with some wear, gilt title on spine, somewhat browned dust jacket. Ex Libris of previous owner on front endpaper. Ageing of paper. Very good. 17.5 x 11.
70349 MACKANESS, George (editor) FRESH LIGHT ON BLIGH - Being Some Unpublished Correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N. and Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond R.N. ...
$150.00 AUD
Author / Privately Printed. Sydney. 1953. Limited edition of 135 copies & 15 Presentation copies. "One of the Presentation Copies signed by George Mackaness". Volume XXIX in the Australian Historical Monographs series. 84 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers with light wear and sunned spine. Contents fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 18.
... with Lieutenant Bond's Manuscript Notes made on the Voyage of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1795. Correspondence between Captain William Bligh and John & Francis Godolphin Bond.
32884 MORRISON, James JOURNAL DE JAMES MORRISON, Second Maitre à bord de la "Bounty"
$50.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1966. 1st edition translated from the English by Bertrand Jaunez. Publication No.16 of the Société des Océanistes. XXIII, 200, (4) PP. Fp: Baie de Matavai, Tahiti in 1961. Card covers, browning a little around edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 25.2 x 16.5.
Account of the voyage, and the mutiny of the "Bounty" by one of the participants. He remained in Tahiti and was captured by H.M.S. Pandora...
48491 MORRISON, James JOURNAL DE JAMES MORRISON, Second Maitre à bord de la Bounty
$30.00 AUD
Editions Ouest-France. Paris. 2002. Reprint of the 1966 original, translated from the English by Bertrand Jaunez. 328, (6) PP with the facsimile of the title page of the 1790 French original, 3 plans and 6 maps. Card cover. Fine. French text. 23 x 15.3. 237330785
Account of the voyage, and the mutiny of the Bounty by one of the participants. He remained in Tahiti and was captured by H.M.S. Pandora...
43424 MURRAY, Reverend Thos. Boyles PITCAIRN: The Island, The People, and the Pastor. To which is added a short notice of the original settlement and present condition of Norfolk Island
$100.00 AUD
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. London. 1860. 12th Ed. XIV, 15 - 414, (4 publications) PP with 4 tail pieces, plus 16 plates. Fp: Portrait of John Adams. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title and devices on a sunned spine. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise contents near fine. 16.6 x 11.
31739 N/A MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - The Story of Captain William Bligh seaman, navigator, surveyor and the Bounty mutineers
$10.00 AUD
Rolf Harris Productions / State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1998. Extended edition of the 1991 original. 112 PP with b/w and colour illust. Half title page: Miniature portrait of William Bligh. Title spread: The mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh and some of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship Bounty, 1790. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 19.5. 0731066162
William Bligh's Royal Navy by Richard Ormond. The torment at Tofua by Bruce Harris. New insights from Pandora's Wreck by Peter Gesner... Arresting Bligh by Paul Brunton.
39782 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
$30.00 AUD
Little, Brown and Co. Boston. 1960. Reprint of the 1932 original. XII, 337 PP. Hard covers, decorated front and spine, title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Front endpaper with discreet Ex Libris sticker of previous owner. Very good. 21.7 x 14.5.
71223 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman PITCAIRN'S ISLAND
$40.00 AUD
Chapman & Hall. London. 1935. 1st UK edition. XII, 418, (2 publications) PP. Eps: World map with tracks of Bounty and Pandora. Cloth cover, device on front cover and spine. Spine lightly rubbed at head and repaired at foot. 2 newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Foxing spots in text and on outside edges. A very good reading copy. 20.7 x 14.
71409 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman MUTINY !
$20.00 AUD
Chapman & Hall. London. 1933. 1st Ed. VIII, 416 PP. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean with tracks of Bounty, open-boat and Pandora. Cloth cover, device on front cover and spine. Covers lightly soiled and with fade spots on rear cover. Occasional foxing (heavy on outside edges). Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good copy. 20.7 x 13.5.
72072 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman PITCAIRN'S ISLAND
$40.00 AUD
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1934. 1st edition, November 1934. VIII, 333, (5 publications) PP. FEP: Map of Pitcairn Island, by D & G Hauman. REP: Map of the South West Pacific with tracks of Bounty and Pandora. Cloth cover, device on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. A very good reading copy. 21 x 14.5..
72378 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
$45.00 AUD
Little, Brown and Co. Boston. 1960. Reprint of the 1932 original. XII, 337 PP. Hard covers, decorated front and spine, title on spine, top edge tinted, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Name crossed out on inside front cover, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.7 x 14.5.
72515 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
$35.00 AUD
The Heritage Press. New York. 1947. 1st edition illustrated by Fletcher Martin. X, (2), 465 PP with 15 b/w drawings, plus 16 colour plates. Cloth cover, decorated front and spine, slipcase. The 4 pages issue (No. 12K) of The Heritage Club "Sandglass" on Fletcher Martin and "Bread-fruit, Bread-fruit, All on Account of some Bread-fruit", loosely inserted. Slight ageing of paper and foxing, spine of cover lightly sunned. Original slipcase is tatty and repaired, o/wise book is very good. 24 x 15.8.
72721 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman THE BOUNTY TRILOGY
$20.00 AUD
Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1962. Wyeth edition, reprint of the 1940 original. (2), VI, 633 PP, plus 7 colour plates by N.C. Wyeth. Fp (in colour): H.M.S. Bounty. cover. FEP: The route of the "Bounty's Launch. REP: The route of the "Bounty". Hard covers, device on front cover, top edge tinted. Covers slightly soiled and with a piece missing at head of a repaired spine. Foxing spots on some pages and outside edges. Very good. 21.6 x 14.5.
Comprising the 3 volumes: Mutiny on the Bounty - Men against the Sea - Pitcairn's Island.
73222 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman THE BOUNTY TRILOGY
$50.00 AUD
Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1936. December 1936 reprint of the December 1936 original. VIII, 903 PP with , plus 7 colour plates by N.C. Wyeth. Fp (in colour): H.M.S. Bounty. cover. FEP: The route of the "Bounty's Launch. REP: The route of the "Bounty". Hard covers with light wear, device on front cover, top edge tinted. Price-clipped dust jacket has a piece missing at head of a repaired spine and is in a protective sleeve. A very good clean copy. 21.6 x 14.5.
Comprising the 3 volumes: Mutiny on the Bounty - Men against the Sea - Pitcairn's Island.
73865 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman THE BOUNTY TRILOGY
$10.00 AUD
Back Bay Books / Little Brown and Company. Boston. c. 2010. 9th printing of the 1985 paperback edition. IX, (3), 691 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 22.8 x 15.5. 9780316611664
Comprising the 3 volumes: Mutiny on the Bounty - Men against the Sea & Pitcairn's Island.
59178 NORFOLK ISLAND NORFOLK ISLAND - Home Edition -1989 / Universal Business Directories
$10.00 AUD
Universal Business Directories. Auckland. 1989. 1989 edition. 16 PP with 3 b/w photos and advertisements, plus 1 map in colour of Norfolk Island. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 22.
65670 NORFOLK ISLAND TERRITORY OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Department of Territories, Commonwealth of Australia.. Canberra. 1963. Revised edition of the October 1961 original. Brochure of 4 pages, 1 folded map and 12 b/w photos with captions. Contained in a stapled pictorial envelope. Front cover with b/w illustrations on recto and verso. Very good. Oblong: 14.6 x 20.
Photos: "flensing the blubber from a whale at Cascade Bay" / "lightering cargo at the Cascade jetty" ...
67188 NORFOLK ISLAND NORFOLK ISLAND - Commonwealth of Australia, Territory of Norfolk Island
$25.00 AUD
Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. c. 1960. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 2 maps and 30 b/w photos. Fp: The voyage of the "Bounty". Pictorial boards (Seal of Norfolk Island), cloth spine. The Prayer of John Adams on back cover. Fine. 28.5 x 21.
35331 NORFOLK ISLAND GOVERNMENT NORFOLK ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
Norfolk Government. Norfolk Island. c. 1973. Brochure: 3 folds, with 1 map, 1 colour and 4 b/w photos. Fine. Folded size: 25 x 17.7.
Brief history of Norfolk Island.
39069 NORFOLK ISLAND GOVERNMENT NORFOLK ISLAND - Report 1982-83
$15.00 AUD
Government House. Norfolk Island. 1983. 1st Ed. (4), 42 PP with tables, 1 map and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
67202 NORFOLK ISLAND GOVERNMENT ANNUAL REPORT ON THE TERRITORY OF NORFOLK ISLAND 1963-64
$15.00 AUD
Department of Territories. Canberra. 1964. 1st Ed. 33, (3 blank) PP with tables, plus 1 folded map in colour at rear of book and 4 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ex library copy with stamps on front cover, title page and folded map. Title page with library pocket. Book creased in its middle. Good reading copy. 27.2 x 21.7.
70351 NORFOLK ISLAND GOVERNMENT NORFOLK ISLAND - Report 1987-88
$15.00 AUD
Government House. Norfolk Island. 1988. 1st Ed. (4), 66 PP with tables, 1 map, 2 graphs and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
70352 NORFOLK ISLAND GOVERNMENT NORFOLK ISLAND - Report 1988-89
$15.00 AUD
Administration of Norfolk Island. Norfolk Island. 1989. 1st Ed. 92 PP with tables, 1 map and 2 b/w photos, plus 1 folded "Souvenir" road map. Inside front cover: Map. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
Pitcairn Islands Study Group. Maynard, Ma., USA. 2012. Volume 39, No. 2 (April-June 2012). Edited by Ted Coulson. 20 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 28.2 x 21.5.
Parkin Christian's visit to the U.S.: Dr Herbert Ford recalls 1958 visit with Pitcairn Patriarch.
63208 PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDY GROUP PITCAIRN LOG - Vol. 29 (Nos 114 to 117)
$15.00 AUD
Pitcairn Islands Study Group. Greenville, Me., USA. 2002. Volume 29, No. 1 (January - March 2002) to No. 4 (October - December 2002). Edited by Dr. Everett L. PARKER. 4 issues (Nos. 114 to 117) for a total of 96 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 21.7 x 14.
63209 PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDY GROUP PITCAIRN LOG - Vol. 31 (Nos 122 to 125)
$15.00 AUD
Pitcairn Islands Study Group. Greenville, Me., USA. 2004. Volume 31, No. 1 (January - March 2004) to No. 4 (October - December 2004). Edited by Dr. Everett L. PARKER. 4 issues (Nos. 122 to 125) for a total of 96 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (in colour). Fine set. 21.7 x 14.
63210 PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDY GROUP PITCAIRN LOG - Vol. 32 (Nos 126 to 129)
$15.00 AUD
Pitcairn Islands Study Group. Greenville, Me., USA. 2005. Volume 32, No. 1 (January - March 2005) to No. 4 (October - December 2005). Edited by Dr. Everett L. PARKER. 4 issues (Nos. 122 to 125) for a total of 96 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (in colour). Fine set. 21.7 x 14.
50745 PENNY, Barbara A LIFE STORY LIKE A MORALITY PLAY (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)
$15.00 AUD
Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1970. Volume 14, No. 6, June 1970. Contains article P. 2 and 7 with 7 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
Captain William Bligh: Royal Navy, Mutiny on the Bounty, Governor of New South Wales.
70853 PETERSEN - ROIL, Almuth PITCAIRN und Norfolk
$55.00 AUD
Verlag Almuth Petersen-Roil. Munchen. 1988. 1st edition limited to 200 hand numbered copies (No. 122 / 200). Volume 3 in "Bibliographie Einer Insel" series. (14), 76 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 postal stamp, 2 sketch maps, 2 maps and 4 portraits. Soft covers, pictorial front, with light soiling. German text. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Contents fine. 21 x 14.8.
Table 6: Ship list... 624 entries for published articles .
Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1983. Edited by Angus Smales & Malcolm Salmon. 74 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5.
Bounty lurks in a Swedish forest, by Marie-Thérèse & Bengt Danielsson. A sculpture replica of the Bounty "wooden hull & iron masts and sails", by Calle Örnemark, at Riddersberg, Smoland Province, Sweden.
Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1983. Edited by Angus Smales & Malcolm Salmon. 68 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5.
A way out for the Pitcairners? (pages 21 to 25), by Marie-Thérèse & Bengt Danielsson. Pitcairn Island: Hercules and the Bulldozer (page 49).
Pitcairn Postcard Magazine. Burgess Hill, UK. 2000. No. 4, December 2000. Edited by David RANSOM. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photos, postcards). Pictorial soft cover, staples. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
63765 PITCAIRN PITCAIRN ISLANDS STUDY GROUP UK
$5.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2001. June 2001 brochure. No pagination, 12 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine.
PSIG UK, affiliated to the PISG in the USA. Contains a 5 pages article: "The first Bligh on Pitcairn", by Maurice Bligh.
63803 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 24
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2002. No. 24, July 2002. Edited by David Ransom. 44 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (with colour photos). Fine. 21 x 14.5.
The voyage of the "Swallow" (1766-1769), and the discovery of Pitcairn Island, by Jeff Thomas.
63804 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 25
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2003. No. 25, January 2003. Edited by David Ransom. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Breadfruit). Fine. 21 x 14.5.
Cook's "Bounty" men (part 1), by Jeff Thomas. Breadfruit scrapbook.
63805 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 26
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2003. No. 26, July 2003. Edited by David Ransom. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Burning of the Bounty). Fine. 21 x 14.5.
Cook's "Bounty" men (part 2), by Jeff Thomas. Burning of the Bounty, by Jeff Thomas.
63806 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 27
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2004. No. 27, January 2004. Edited by David Ransom. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (H.M.S. Bounty replica under sail). Fine. 21 x 14.5.
63807 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 28
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2004. No. 28, July 2004. Edited by David Ransom. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (model of H.M.S. Bounty, by Maurice Allward). Fine. 21 x 14.5.
63808 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 29
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2005. No. 29, January 2005. Edited by David Ransom. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
Eric W. Were, the traces of his Pitcairn photographs, by Volkmar Schmid.
63809 PITCAIRN THE UK LOG (Magazine of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group, UK) - Number 30
$10.00 AUD
PISG UK. London. 2005. No. 30, July 2005. Edited by David Ransom. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
Eighth wonder of the world - Panama Canal, by Jeff Thomas.
50320 [PITCAIRN] THE PITCAIRN MISCELLANY
$200.00 AUD
Pitcairn Island School. Adamstown. 1983 to 2002. A run of 204 monthly newspaper published between 1983 and 2002. 1983: Volume 25, issues 11 & 12. 1984: Volume 26, issues 6, 9 to 12. 1985: Volume 27, issues 1 to 12. 1986: Volume 28, issues 1 to 12. 1987: Volume 29, issues 1 to 12. 1988: Volume 30, issues 1 to 10 (complete). 1989: Volume 31, issues 1 to 12. 1990: Volume 32, issues 1 to 12. 1991: Volume 33, Issues 1 to 12. 1992: Volume 34, issues 1 to 4, 6 to 11. 1993: Volume 36, issues 1 to 12. 1994: Volume 37, issues 1 to 10. 1995: Volume 38, issues 1 to 3, 5 & 6, 8 to 12. 1996: Volume 39, issues 1 to 12. 1997: Volume 40, issues 1 to 12. 1998: Volume 41, issues 1 to 12. 1999: Volume 42, Issues 1 to 11 (complete). 2000: Volume 43, issues 1 to 12. 2001: Volume 44, issues 1 to 7, 9 to 12. 2002: Volume 45, issues 1 to 5. Each issue, on average 4 pages with a staple, b/w photos from issue 1, Volume 43, January 2000. Fine run. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Issue format: 33 x 21.5.
The Editor: Resident School Teacher and Government Adviser. Monthly newspaper posted on a quarterly basis, with following headings and columns: Time and place. Town and around. Padre's corner. Shipping news. Fishing Report.... Weather report... School news.
64365 PRINGLE STUART, Robert & BEAGLEY NAYLOR, Thomas NORFOLK ISLAND 1846 - The Accounts of Robert Pringle Stuart and Thomas Beagley Naylor
$50.00 AUD
Sullivan's Cove. Adelaide. 1979. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (No.94). 84, (2) PP. Fp: Facsimile of one of the suppressed pages from Pringle Stuart's Report. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. Folio: 32 x 20.
12493 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol 44, Part 6, 1958
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1958. C. H. Currey & A. J. Gray. 325-412 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 21.4 x 14.
An outline of the Story of Norfolk Island and Pitcairn Island, by C. H. Currey. Social Life at Sydney Cove, 1788-1789, by A. J. Gray, read before the Society, 26 November 1957. John Bennett of the "Friendship", by A. J. Gray. Image of back cover lists all contents and illustrations.
58817 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: - Vol XXV, Part IV, 1939
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1939. P. 249-340 with 4 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.
... Early Postal and Philatelic History of the colony of New South Wales, by R. C. V. Humphery. Lancelot Edward Threlkeld ..., by Dr Ben W. Champion. The local dialects of Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands, by A. R. L. Wiltshire... Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
61059 RAHS JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS - Vol XXXV, Part I, 1949
$5.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1949. Volume XXXV, Part I, 1949. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 31-80 PP with 5 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers a little browned around edges, otherwise near fine. 21 x 14.
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy: A Portrait of an Explorer, by Edgar Beale. Correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N., with John and Francis Godolphin Bond, 1776-1811 - With an Introduction and Notes, by George Mackaness. Image shows back cover with list of contents and illustrations.
59164 RANSOM, David HGK's PITCAIRN TIME CAPSULE (Pitcairn Postcard Magazine)
$25.00 AUD
Pitcairn Postcard Magazine. Burgess Hill, UK. 2003. Special edition, May 2003. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, paintings, photos, postcards). Inside covers: R.M.S. Remuera. Pictorial (group of Pitcairn Islanders) soft cover, staples. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
Pitcairn Postcard Magazine. Burgess Hill, UK. 1999. No. 3, June 1999. 20 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, postcards). Pictorial soft cover, staples. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
55659 RICHARDS, Rhys and LANGDON, Robert TAHITI AND THE SOCIETY ISLANDS: SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES 1767 TO 1852
$40.00 AUD
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books. Canberra. 2008. 1st edition, limited to 100 copies. Preface by Dr. Paul Darcy. Introduction by Rhys Richards (with a French translation by Professor Darrell Tryon). XXVIII, (1), 257 PP with 1 map, 1 graph and 1 table. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 0958201384
48778 RITCHIE, John (editor) A CHARGE OF MUTINY, THE COURT MARTIAL OF LT. COL. GEORGE JOHNSTON for deposing Governor William Bligh in the Rebellion of 26 january 1808....
$25.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1988. 1st Ed. XXII, (IV), 490 PP, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of letter, 2 portraits and 2 paintings). Fp (in colour): Portrait of Major George Johnston tipped in. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is somewhat sunned but no chips, book is in fine condition. 23.4 x 15. 0642104220
Introduction by Dr. John Ritchie and facsimile of the Court Martial of Lt. Col. George Johnston for deposing Governor William Bligh in the rebellion of 26 January 1808.
75704 SCHAFFER, Irene & McKAY, Thelma EXILED! THREE TIMES OVER. Profiles of Norfolk Islanders exiled in Van Diemen's Land 1807-13
$50.00 AUD
St. David's Park. Hobart. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Barbara Valentine. XII, 244 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (HMS Lady Nalson, & HMS Porpoise). Laminated hard covers, illustrated boards. Stamp of the "Maritime Museum of Tasmania" on endpapers, o/wise near fine. 25 x 18. 0724621695
17512 SHAPIRO, H. L. THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY, The Story of Pitcairn through six generations
$60.00 AUD
Simon and Schuster. New York. 1936. 1st US Ed. XV, 329 PP, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Endpapers: map of the Pacific, with insert 'Pitcairn Island". Illustrated cloth cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Ex-libris of previous owner on inside front cover. Covers have light wear, dust jacket has a few chips and a browned spine. Contents are clean and a near fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 15.5.
Story of a 10 day visit on the "Zaca" in 1934 and account of researches on the Pitcairn Islanders by this American anthropologist.
72686 SHAPIRO, H. L. THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY, The Story of Pitcairn through six generations
$30.00 AUD
Simon and Schuster. New York. 1936. 2nd printing. XV, 329 PP, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Endpapers: map of the Pacific, with an insert of Pitcairn Island. Illustrated cloth cover and spine. Covers soiled and speckled. Spine sunned. Slight ageing of paper. Contents are clean and still a very good reading copy. 24 x 15.5.
Story of a 10 day visit on the "Zaca" in 1934 and account of researches on the Pitcairn Islanders by this American anthropologist.
49640 STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - The Story of Captain William Bligh seaman, navigator, surveyor and the Bounty mutineers
$10.00 AUD
State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w and colour illust. Half title page: Miniature portrait of William Bligh. Title spread: The mutineers turning Lieutenant Bligh and some of the Officers and Crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship Bounty, 1790. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 19.5. 0730579867
Exhibition held in 1990/1991. William Bligh's Royal Navy by Richard Ormond. Tragedy of the Pandora by Ron Coleman... Arresting Bligh by Paul Brunton.
35344 SUDBURY, Neil (editor) RETURN OF THE BOUNTY - Flagship of the Fleet
$5.00 AUD
Australian Hi-Fi Publications. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 1988 Commemorative Edition. 64 PP with 6 pages of advertising material, 25 b/w illust. and 46 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 0959126120
Pictorial souvenir. Re-enactement Fleet of 1987/1988.
75590 TASSELL, Margaret and WOOD, David (compilers) TASMANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER from the John Watt Beattie Collection
$25.00 AUD
The Macmillan Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1981 1st Ed. 156 PP with b/w photographies. Fp: Ex Libris of J.W. Beattie. Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket lightly sunned. Fine. 26 x 26. 0333337379
Photographies from the Collections of the Queen Victoria Victoria Museum and Art Gallery: 44 Tasmania: Historic. / 87 Tasmania: Industrial and Scenic / 23 Norfolk Island.
35321 TIAKIHANA, Tamati NORFOLK ISLAND - Being a brief history of the descendants of the "Bounty" mutineers and other settlers of Pitcairn on both Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands
$20.00 AUD
Author. Norfolk Island. 1966. 1st edition with an introduction by the Honourable Roger Nott. 82 PP, plus 14 pages with 8 colour and 9 b/w photos. Card cover, pictorial front (with light wear). Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21.4 x 14.
21957 TOOHEY, John CAPTAIN BLIGH'S PORTABLE NIGHTMARE
$5.00 AUD
Duffy & Snellgrove. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. 216 PP with 1 plan of the Bounty launch, 1 chart, 3 maps and 4 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Captain Bligh. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.7 x 13. 1875989242
42742 TOOHEY, John CAPTAIN BLIGH'S PORTABLE NIGHTMARE
$10.00 AUD
HarperCollins. New York. 2000. 1st US edition. XI, 211 PP with 1 chart, 1 plan of the Bounty launch, 3 maps and 4 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Captain Bligh. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.7 x 14.5. 0060195320
70364 TROWER, Rosalie NORFOLK ISLAND, South Pacific Paradise
$15.00 AUD
Burns Philp (Norfolk Island) Ltd. Norfolk Island. c. 1975. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 PP with 4 b/w and 66 colour photos by Howard Hanstein. Inside back cover: 3 maps (location and Norfolk with dependencies). Pictorial soft cover. Gift inscription on inside front cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0858580411
22163 TURNER, J. S., SMITHERS, C. N. & HOOGLAND, R. D. THE CONSERVATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
Australian Conservation Foundation. Melbourne. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. (2), 41, (9) PP with 1 graph and 12 bw photos. Inside front cover: map of Norfolk Island. Pict. card cover. Very good. 24.6 x 18.2. 0858020327
Conservation of the native vegetation, fauna and landscape.
37599 VIDIL, Capitaine de Corvette Charles HISTOIRE DES MUTINS DE LA BOUNTY ET DE L'ILE PITCAIRN (1789-1930)
$70.00 AUD
Payot. Paris. 1932. 1st Ed., in the Bibliotheque Historique series. 227 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 8 b/w plates. Pictorial soft covers. Uncut copy. Covers browned, piece missing on lower corner of front cover. Internally near fine. French text. 22.5 x 14.
History of the mutiny on the Bounty, and of the Island of Pitcairn.
32414 WEATE, Philip & GRAHAM, Caroline CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH - An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Marine chronometer. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 29.2 x 21.5. 0600070603
His early life, training with James Cook, the breadfruit voyages, the Mutiny on the Bounty, Governor of NSW and the Rum Rebellion.
65597 WELSH, Kathleen (editor) NORFOLK ISLAND COOKERY BOOK
$15.00 AUD
Greenways Press / Sunshine Club. Norfolk Island. 1984. Reprint of original edition. Foreword by Margaret Wordsworth. (4), 48 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 12.5.
Recipes with avocado, bananas, coconut... kumeras, paw paw... Three last pages: Norfolk words and phrases explained.
71332 WELSH, Kathleen (editor) NORFOLK ISLAND COOKERY BOOK
$15.00 AUD
Schöning & Co. / Sunshine Club. Germany / Norfolk Island. c. 1966. Reprint of original edition. Foreword by Margaret Wordsworth. (4), 48 PP. Pictorial soft covers with light soiling. Note on inside front cover, o/wise fine. 20.5 x 12.5.
Recipes with avocado, bananas, coconut... kumeras, paw paw... (N.B.: Imperial measurements: pints, ounces and pounds. Three last pages: Norfolk words and phrases explained.
46604 WILLIAMS, F. Winston CHASING THE GHOSTS OF PITCAIRN'S PAST (in Cruising World)
$10.00 AUD
Cruising World Publications. Newport, R.I. 1998. Volume 24, No. 2, February 1998. 176 PP. Contains article pages 32 to 39 with 5 colour illustrations (1 map and 4 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.4 x 20.4.
On board Irving Johnson's Yankee: locating, discovery and salvage of the anchor of Bounty.
10283 WILSON, Erle ADAMS OF THE BOUNTY
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1958 1st Ed. VIII, 245 PP. Hard cover, nice dust jacket. Light foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 20.3 x 13.
Novel based on historical facts. Story of the part played in the mutiny by Alexander Smith, whose true name was John Adams.