Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II

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[MUTINY]. LAY, William and Cyrus M. HUSSEY. A Narrative of the Mutiny on board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824. And the Journal of a Residence... on the Mulgrave Islands. New-London: 1828.

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[MUTINY]. LAY, William and Cyrus M. HUSSEY. A Narrative of the Mutiny on board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824. And the Journal of a Residence... on the Mulgrave Islands. New-London: 1828.

12mo. (Dampstaining, a few tiny mostly marginal wormholes.) Modern calf. Provenance: Thomas A. Folger (early signature on flyleaf).

FIRST EDITION, written by Lay and Hussey, who were the only survivors of a mutiny and massacre aboard a Pacific whaler. The mutiny, led by Samuel Cornstock, resulted in the deaths of the four ship's officers. The mutineers were subsequently murdered by natives of the Mulgrave Islands (now the Marshall Islands). Sabin 39467.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II

[MUTINY]. LAY, William and Cyrus M. HUSSEY. A Narrative of the Mutiny on board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824. And the Journal of a Residence... on the Mulgrave Islands. New-London: 1828.

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