H. M. S. 'Bounty'

Jonathan Cape, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Bill Botten -- Cover Art. bibliography. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound) by Brian Botten, with black, red and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A retelling of the mutiny on the ship H. M. S. Bounty, in 1879, when Fletcher Christian mutinied against Captain William Bligh. Based on surviving records both in England and in Pitcairn Island, it retells the mutiny, the personalities, society of the time, but, unlike most retellings, the author looks into the why of the mutiny, and,suggests that there was a hidden secret that caused Christian to mutiny, then set adrift Bligh and 14 other members of the crew on a journey that was almost inevitably to be their death. Also released as: Hell's Paradise under the authorship of Brian Freemantle. Maxwell, John (Pseudonym of Brian Freemantle.) (Cover illustration by Bill Botten.) Softening and fading to the backstrip edges with bumping to the top book corners. Fading and some dust marks to the top book edges with rubbing of the lower book edges. Age toning of the textblock edges. Minor rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], the 11-287, [1] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Bill Botten -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0224014145. ISBN/EAN: 9780224014144. Inventory No: 0117898. . 9780224014144