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 includesan AUTHORS’ NOTE, a Listing of Members of THE PITCAIRN COMMUNITY and aGuide to the Pronounciations, measures approximately 5 ¾” x 8½”. The boards are coral color with titles and graphic renderings blindstamped 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 detailedtopographical maps of Pitcairn’s Island in the front and the SouthPacific 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 andthe authors dedication to this previous owner on the page opposite the copyright page. There are no other previous owner indications andno marks, creases or tears. “In 1808 the American ship Topaz, sent a landing party tofind water on this tiny shark’s tooth of rock that rises out of thesea a thousand mile from Tahiti. The landing party scaled the rockyheight and discovered, on a fertile plateau, a small Presbyteriancommunity of middle-aged women, many children and youths, and onevenerable, white haired man, Alexander Smith, sole survivor of theeight mutineers who had taken refuge on Pitcairn’s Island eighteenyears before. “ “The idyllic land of the refugees, the planting of the new community,the shortage of wives, the hatred which arose between white men andnatives, and the death struggle that brought the disaster to the tinykingdom are the elements in this extraordinary island chronicle.” - Little, Brown, and Company PITCAIRN’S ISLAND is the final leg of the Bounty Trilogy written bythe most talented duo, James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff. Bothindividuals having been long term residents of the Tahiti area, theywere able to record this story with rich descriptions of island scenesand life that made for the creation of more than just a sequel, but aindependent tale worthy of its place in literary history. We invite you to visit our eBay Shop for more Island Favorites. Our door is always open.E Komo Mai (Welcome) Mandarin Books Hawaii The design & text portion of this listing is the I.P. (Intellectual Property) of Mandarin Books Hawaii, protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 512 ©(3)(A) and enforced by the eBay Customer Service Trading Community.