Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1930
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since August 25, 1996
Condition: Used
US$ 683.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Quarto. (xvii) 247pp. Illustrated by the author. 36 full-page plates with 11 in color (including frontispiece) plus 2 small color illustrations; numerous in-text illustrations. Half black cloth and tan paper boards with color cover illustration in tan dust jacket with matching color illustration; housed in scarce original box with publisher's label on upper front corner. Near fine (bookplate) in like dustjacket (light creasing to lower front edge) in somewhat worn box. Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, including Captain Blackbeard, Jack Ballister, Captain Morgan, Blueskin the Pirate, Captain Scarfield and Tom Chist. "It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the Great West." - Foreword. (Doyle p. 225).
Seller Inventory # 18086
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
- Author
- Pyle, Howard (Compiled by Merle Johnson)
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, New York and London
- Publication year
- 1930
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Early printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Literature & Poetry
Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
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Carpe Diem Fine Books specializes in out-of-print and rare books in all subject areas with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the Missions - and the American West. Visit our shop in downtown Old Monterey, where we feature an ever-changing array of out-of-print and rare books - as well as ephemera, fine art and other interesting collectibles. We currently have several thousand books from our inventory cataloged online (a small portion of our total inventory); please take time to browse our selection. And, as we are adding books regularly, we hope you will bookmark our site and visit often. Since we have many books in stock which are not yet listed online, please inquire about items of special interest. …
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Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
245 Pearl Street
Monterey, CA U.S.A. 93940
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