Mutiny on the Bounty

New York: Heritage Press, 1947. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fletcher Martin. The plentiful black-and-white engravings and drawings by Fletcher Martin greatly augment this fine copy of an important title in the history of travel and exploration and English social history. A sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy of a Heritage Press title, being a First Edition Thus. Appendix containing the true story of Peter Heywood. Clean, bright, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, having been preserved well in a Good condition, red paper-covered cardboard slipcase, scuffed along the edges. The Heritage Press operated from 1937 - 1982 and was created by George Macy, who managed with editors the reprinting of volumes from the Limited Editions Club, thus enabling fine printing exemplars to trickle down to a broader public still thirsty, newly thirsty, for classic nineteenth-century novels and biographies. x [2], 1-464 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.