Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.The Literary Lion
AbeBooks seller since February 28, 2003
Condition: Used - As new
US$ 800.00
Quantity: 1 available
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The October, 1921 printing. (First was April 1921). Large 4to half black cloth and tan paper-covered boards. Spine lettered in gilt; front cover lettered in black. Color pictorial cover onlay. Illustrated with 12 full-page color and 24 full-page b/w captioned plates as well as b/w pictorial endpapers and chapter headings by Pyle. This copy presented to a young "Pirate" by Willard Morse, Pyle's biographer. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket (price $6.00). The whole preserved in a worn publisher's box which is heavily repaired with tape and is missing a small piece from one flap. A nice survival with an interesting presentation.
Seller Inventory # 5485
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
- Author
- Pyle, Howard (Johnson, Merle, compiler)
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Publication year
- 1921
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle
The Literary Lion
San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 28, 2003
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The Literary Lion
CA, U.S.A.
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