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[BOUNTY MUTINEERS, et al]. Adventures of British Seamen in the Southern Ocean, Displaying the Striking Contrasts Which the Human Character Exhibits in an Uncivilized State. Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1827. 32mo. In Constable's Miscellany, volume IV. Frontispiece portrait of Tippahee a New Zealand Chief and vignette title-page. xi, [1, blank], [1]-353, [1, blank] pp. With half-title.Publisher's full blue cloth, brown gilt morocco lettering label (spine sunned and worn, label chipped, some marginal toning, wear to boards, ink signature on front board, joints with tears, occasional foxing, thumbsoiling in text, contemporary ink gift inscription on fp., skewed). Good. PRESUMED FIRST EDITION OF THIS COLLECTION. Chapters include: Shipwreck of the Antelope; Mutiny of the Bounty, with Consequences Arising from It Bligh's Voyage Through the Pacific in an Open Boat…, Voyage of the Pandora; Account of Pitcairn's Island; Particulars of the Destruction of a British Vessel on the Coast of New Zealand with Anecdotes of Some New Zealand Chiefs.