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The court-martial of the "Bounty" mutineers / edited with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter, F R. G. S.
LIBRA - Rare KD6323 .H49 1989 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heywood, Peter, 1773-1831, defendant.
- Series:
- Notable trials library
- The notable trials library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bounty Mutiny, 1789.
- Trials (Mutiny)--Great Britain.
- Trials (Mutiny).
- Great Britain.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 202 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Special edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Birmingham, Alabama] : [Notable Trials Library Division of Gryphon Editions, Inc.], [©1989]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chronological table
- The Court-Martial: First day-Wednesday, 12th September, 1792. Evidence for Prosecution; Second day-Thursday, 13th September, 1792. Evidence for Prosecution (continued); Third day-Friday, 14th September, 1792. Evidence for Prosecution (continued); Fourth day-Saturday, 15th September, 1792. Evidence for Defence; Fifthday-Monday, 17th September, 1792. Evidence for Defence (continued); Sixth day-Tuesday, 18th September, 1792. Verdict and Sentences.
- Notes:
- Court-martial on board H.M.S. Duke, in Portsmouth, September 12-18, 1792.
- "Trial of Peter Heywood, James Morrison, Charles Norman, Joseph Coleman, Thomas Ellison, Thomas M'Intosh, Thomas Burkitt, John Millward, William Muspratt, and Michael Byrn for mutinously running away with the armed Vessel the "Bounty" and deserting from His Majesty's Service."--Pages 69-70.
- "This special edition ... has been privately printed for the members of The Notable Trials Library by Arcata Graphics/Kingsport. The introduction was written for this edition by Alan M. Dershowitz ... Film was prepared from the first English edition of 1931 courtesy of The Allegheny County Law Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. New type matter was composed by P&M Typesetting, Inc. in Caslon. The text paper was especially made for this edition by the P. H. Glatfelter Company. The volume has been quarterbound in genuine leather by Arcata Graphics/Sherwood. Endleaves are a specially commissioned original marbled design of Richard J. Wolfe. Edges are gilded; the spine is stamped in 22-karat gold. Cover stampings and design of the edition by Daniel B. Bianchi and Selma Ordewer."--Colophon.
- Reprint. Originally published: Toronto :Canada Law Book Company, Limited, 1931.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-202).
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Library by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has red ribbon bookmark.
- Potok Collection copy has label "This is copy number 12853 of The Notable Trials Library in the Library of Chaim Potok" laid in.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heywood, Peter, 1773-1831. Court-martial of the "Bounty" mutineers.
- OCLC:
- 24688366
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