A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE, OF NANTUCKET, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, JAN. 1824. AND THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS ON THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS...
by Lay, William, and C.M. Husse
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New London: Lay and Hussey, 1828. 168pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine label lacking. Top and bottom of spine worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on rear free endpaper: "Dartmouth the 22 day 1832. Alma Bullou[?], her book." Browning and foxing, one signature starting, a few minor marginal tears including one in titlepage (not affecting text of titlepage, but loss of a few letters on verso). Front free endsheet excised. Good. An important firsthand narrative of one of the most infamous mutinies in American naval history, compiled by two of the few survivors of the event itself and its aftermath. The Globe was taken over near the Line Islands, four of the officers were murdered, and the remainder of the crew were forced by pain of death to join the mutineers. The crew then proceeded to the Marshall Islands and thence to the Mulgrave Islands, where the leader of the original mutiny was killed, and some of the party escaped to Valparaiso. Lay and Hussey remained on the Mulgrave Islands and were the sole survivors of an attack on their party by natives. They were eventually rescued by a war vessel sent in pursuit of the mutineers. HOWES L158. SABIN 39467. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 3386. HILL 990. FORBES 697.
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- A NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, ON BOARD THE SHIP GLOBE, OF NANTUCKET, IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, JAN. 1824. AND THE JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE OF TWO YEARS ON THE MULGRAVE ISLANDS; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS...
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- Lay, William, and C.M. Husse
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Lay and Hussey
- Place of Publication
- New London
- Date Published
- 1828
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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