Bounty

Best.-Nr. 2381 — Boston: Congregational Publishing Society 1875. . 12mo aubergine cloth some wear to head and tail of spine; title page detached Second Edition much enlarged the original 1855 edition having only 19 pp. There are three holdings of this in OCLCÑtwo at the University of Illinois and one at Pacific Union College. Written 85 years after the Bounty mutineers first landed on Pitcairn this volume offers a somewhat sanitized version of the history of this tiny IslandÑthe world's smallest democratic unit administeredby the British High Commissioner to New Zealand for the British Crown. The 2010 constitution gives authority for the islands to operate as a representative democracy with theUnited Kingdom retaining responsibility for matters such as defence and foreign affairs. The Governor and the Island Council may enact laws for the 'peace order and good government' of Pitcairn. The Island Council customarily appoints a Mayor of Pitcairn as a day-to-day head of the local administration. There is a Commissioner appointed by the Governor who liaises between the Council and the Governor's office. Boston: Congregational Publishing Society, 1875. hardcover books