Hordern House releases Bligh catalogue

Hordern House Rare Books has just released its latest catalogue: Captain William Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty. This is a companion volume to Captain James Cook, the Greatest Discoverer. Sumptuously illustrated in colour and black & white, this catalogue contains 133 rare books, manuscripts, paintings and prints fully described and individually priced.

Six months in the making, this work will become a reference on Captain Bligh and a landmark of its kind. Chiefly describing material from the collection of Bob and Mary Anne Parks, the catalogue is comprehensive and extensive.

Highlights include: original and evocative manuscript material by Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian; the two magnificent aquatints of Bligh, his officers and crew being cast adrift from HMS Bounty, and Transplanting the Bread Fruit trees from Otaheite; the legendary rarity, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court Martial held at Portsmouth, 1792; accounts of the official narrative of the voyage and the subsequent mutiny, to name just a few.

Quarto; bound in cloth with colour dustjacket, with bibliography of principal references and an index. $45.00 AUD + Shipping directly from www.hordern.com for worldwide delivery.