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Bligh, Captain William A COLLECTION OF FIVE WORKS, FOUR RELATING TO CAPTAIN BLIGH AND THE BOUNTY, ONE INSCRIBED BY BLIGH, COMPRISING: Bligh, Lieutenant William. A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Printed for George Nicol, 1790, FIRST EDITION, 4 folding maps and plans, 2 folding [Hill (2004) 132; Ferguson 71; Parsons Collection 151; Sabin 5908a], one map repaired at margin with minor loss, M2 with short tear in gutter not affecting text [Barney, Stephen, and Edward Christian]. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792 on Ten Persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty. With an Appendix containing a full account of the real causes and circumstances of that unhappy transaction, the most material of which have hitherto been withheld from the Public. J. Deighton, 1794, FIRST EDITION, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE, ownership signature of Edward Cotton on advertisement leaf [Hill (2004) 1162; Ferguson 175; Parsons Collection 158] Bligh, Captain William. An Answer to Certain Assertions contained in The Appendix to a Pamphlet, entitled Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12th, 1792, on Ten Persons charged with Mutiny on Board his Majesty's Ship the Bounty. Printed for G. Nicol, 1794, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BLIGH (From the author | Mr Cotton") [Ferguson 176; Parsons Collection 159; not in Hill] Christian, Edward. A Short Reply to Capt. William Bligh's Answer. J. Deighton, 1795, FIRST EDITION, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE [Ferguson 218; not in Hill (but cf.143, modern reprint) or Parsons Collection], title slightly soiled, final leaf in facsimile Portlock, Captain Nathaniel. [bound first] A Voyage Round the World but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon. Embellished with Twenty Copper-plates. Stockdale and Goulding, 1789, FIRST EDITION, 6 folding engraved maps and 7 engraved plates (only, of a total of 18) [Howes P-497; Sabin 64389], title and some other leaves repaired, lacking 5 plates and maps together 5 volumes bound in one, 4to (295 x 230mm.), twentieth-century morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, covers panelled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, spine gilt, slipcase