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Lot 723
Sale 1277 - Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II
Nov 17, 2023
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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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.