That Bounty Bastard: the true story of Captain Bligh

Robert Hale, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed across the top edge, mostly at the spine, and is severely faded, on the spine section so that the title is no longer visible. Please refer to the associated image. Christmas greetings on the 1st page of the book, no other annotations, no other damage. Illustrated with maps & black-and-white plates, and with list of sources & index. In this book, the author depicts a vastly different type of man – many faults, certainly, of which a hasty temper was perhaps the worst, yet he was a man with a loving wife, and large and devoted family and a wide circle of friends, especially among his fellow members of the Royal Society who certainly would not have welcomed "an inhuman monster" in their midst – dust jacket blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages. Dust Jacket faded on spine section.. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; England; 18th century; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 0709153465. ISBN/EAN: 9780709153467. Inventory No: 0267745. . 9780709153467