Roskill Stephen W Editor (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. The Folio Society, London, UK. 2001. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition/ Stated 5th Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial wrap-around boards and spine illustrating the mutineers on HMS Bounty casting Captain Bligh adrift; with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a brown shadowbox. Slipcase: scant wear and slight sunfading to top edge. Frontispiece engraving of Captain Bligh. Maps as endpapers. 15 B&W illustrations. 261 pp 8vo. This book by Sir John Barrow is considered the classic account of the mutiny on the Bounty. It includes a description of the island of Tahiti, and a narrative of events from the embarkation of the Bounty in 1787 through to the trial of some of the mutineers in 1792 and the survival of others on Pitcairn Island. The story is told through the medium of the original documents in the case, which Barrow critically evaluates. A clean very presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 261 pages. No dustjacket and no slipcase. Ex-library, one stamp to rear end-paper map. Damage to top rear hinge 3cm split, small hole to front hinge 1cm., 3cm stain to front board, very light wear to corners, pages very clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. One page corner is dog-eared, very little wear overall. Quite clean. Illustrated. First published in 1831, Folio Society reprint MCMLXXVI. Bound in deep blue cloth with nautical theme. Includes leather-pattern slipcase which shows rubbing to the boards. 261 pages. 5.75 x 9 inches. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No dust jacket, as issued. Comes with the original slipcase. The SC has no cracks or tears, but the four front corners are showing some wear. The bottom has one tiny spot of wear. The book has clean text, tight binding, no marks or writing, sharp corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Slipcase. 261 pages. No slipcase. No Dustjacket. Blue hardback binding with compass and sea design to front. minimal wear, just a little dustiness to edges. B&W drawings. Maps to end-papers. Pages very clean and in nice condition.

Reprint. Hardcover. Bound in papered illustrated boards, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slip-case. Edited and with an introduction by Roskill. Illustrated with b/w plates and maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Missing slipcase. Widely recognized as the most detailed historical account of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Trove).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Thus. Type: Book 1st printing. An unread in a fine slipcase that shows slight use.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint with a new binding. 5th printing. An unread book in an as new condition slipcase. Fine pictorial printed binding.