PITCAIRN'S ISLAND ~ CHARLES NORDHOFF & JAMES NORMAN HALL~1935 HB Signed by HALL

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PITCAIRN’S ISLAND
by CHARLES NORDHOFF
and  JAMES NORMAN HALL
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1934
Copyright, 1934,
By Chalres Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Published November, 1934
Reprinted November, 1935 (twice)
This copy is Dedicated and Signed by Author, James Normal Hall
Hardbound in near fine condition, 333 pages includes an AUTHORS’ NOTE, a Listing of Members of THE PITCAIRN COMMUNITY and a Guide to the Pronounciations, measures approximately  5 ¾” x 8 ½”.
The boards are coral color with titles and graphic renderings blind stamped in silver.  They are clean and bright with little or no significant wear to the edges, perhaps just the slightest bit of fading to the spine. The book has been fitted with a clear Mylar dust jacket to help maintain it in the future.
The interior reveals wonderful mapped end pages displaying detailed topographical maps of Pitcairn’s Island in the front and the South Pacific at the rear.  The contents are clean and firmly bound, no loose or misaligned pages,  no noticeable age toning.   There is a custom printed woodblock-type Ex Libris pasted to the 2nd fly page and  the authors dedication to this previous owner on the page opposite the copyright page. There are no other previous owner indications and no marks, creases or tears.
“In 1808 the American ship Topaz, sent a landing party to find water on this tiny shark’s tooth of rock that rises out of the sea a thousand mile from Tahiti.  The landing party scaled the rocky height and discovered, on a fertile plateau, a small Presbyterian community of middle-aged women, many children and youths, and one venerable, white haired man, Alexander Smith, sole survivor of the eight mutineers who had taken refuge on Pitcairn’s Island eighteen years before. “
“The idyllic land of the refugees, the planting of the new community, the shortage of wives, the hatred which arose between white men and natives, and the death struggle that brought the disaster to the tiny kingdom are the elements in this extraordinary island chronicle.” - Little, Brown, and Company
PITCAIRN’S ISLAND is the final leg of the Bounty Trilogy written by the most talented duo, James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff.  Both individuals having been long term residents of the Tahiti area, they were able to record this story with rich descriptions of island scenes and life that made for the creation of more than just a sequel, but a independent tale worthy of its place in literary history.
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