Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle, First Edition (17 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pyle, Howard (illustrator). First Printing. 246 numbered pages with 35 full-page ilustrations with 12 in color. "K-V" appears on verso of title page, indicating it was printed in October 1921. Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Maiin: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle. Front free endpaper is creasded. Page xv-xvi of the preface is torn and has been repaired with tape that left brown tape stain Some foxing of pages. Corners show wear. Except for the torn page in the preface, all text and illustrations are clean and unmarked. The binding is solid. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Howard Pyle (illustrator). First Edition. The true first edition of this sought-after book, containing some of Golden Age Illustrator Howard Pyle's most renowned work. Book has rubbed leather corners and tape repair to the spine, contents clean and unmarked. With date code K-V (October, 1921) on copyright page. A sturdy, strong, clean copy containing all the color and black and white plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. [2] xiv [1], 247 [5] pp; 12 colour plates and 24 full page drawings, plus illustrations in text, all by Howard Pyle. Tipped in illustration on page three as well as on front board. Date code of K-V indicates that this issue is a first edition, printed in October 1921. The first edition was produced in two formats - a trade binding and 50 copies on Japanese Vellum - this is from the trade issue. Quarter-bound in cloth over illustrated buff boards. Small folio. Boards are rubbed and scuffed on edges, and cloth over spine is heavily worn, chipped and scuffed; a few mild marks. Front hinge a little chipped and loosening, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. For Howard Pyle, pirate gold and pirate adventure held for Howard Pyle endless fascination, despite his Quaker roots. With pen and brush he captured the roistering, adventurous, daredevil spirit for which legendary pirates, such as Blue Beard and Blackbeard, stand. Mr Pyle's well-deserved reputation as an artist rests today largely on his portrayals of pirates. This collection, now hard to find, of his pirate stories and pirate pictures will appeal to the collector of beautiful books as a fine example of American book-making in the 1920s. As a gift book for anyone who likes stories about pirates, its equal can't be found. Our website carries an article on how to date books published by Harper and Brothers from the code on the copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, K-E printing. Hardcover lightly scuffed, edges mildly worn, spine is sturdy but has a small tear at the bottom, No Dust jacket. The pages are bright and have no markings, tearing, or creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates - Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main" by Pyle, Howard; Johnson, Merle (compiler). Harper & Brothers, 1921 first American edition, L-E fourteenth printing. 36 full-page plates with 11 in color (including frontispiece) plus 2 small color illustrations; numerous in-text illustrations. Good condition, with gift insciption on front endpaper. With very good original dust jacket with minor wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pyle, Howard (illustrator). [2] xiv [1], 247 [5] pp; 12 colour plates and 24 full page drawings, plus illustrations in text, all by Howard Pyle. Tipped in illustration on page three as well as on front board. Date code of I-W indicates that this issue was printed in September 1922, a year after the first edition which was produced in two formats - a trade binding and 50 copies on Japanese Vellum. This volume is quarter-bound in cloth over illustrated buff boards. Small folio. Boards a little rubbed at corners, more so on upper leading corner, and titles on spine faded. Dust jacket is chapped at edges with loss across top of front and rear and on lower rear corner; and has speckled marks, but remains in tact. Previous owner's inscription on half title page, else internally clean crisp and bright. One plate page has been repaired, and dust jacket now in archival wrapper. Pirate gold and pirate adventure held for Howard Pyle - although he was a Quaker artist - and endless fascination; and with his pen and brush he was able to express all the roistering, adventurous, daredevil spirit for which the legendary pirates, such as Blue Beard and Blackbeard, stand. Mr Pyle's well-deserved reputation as an artist rests today largely on his portrayals of pirates. This collection, now hard to find in early editions with dust jackets, of his pirate stories and pirate pictures will appeal to the collector of beautiful books as a fine example of American book-making in the 1920s. As a gift book for anyone who likes stories about pirates, its equal can't be found.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A handsome copy. Large quarto. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Tear on dj. xviii, 247 pp. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

First edition, no. 21 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text, this copy EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED on the endsheets with 7 watercolor drawings (5 full-page) by Merle Johnson, signed ("Merle Johnson" or "M.J.") xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to. The deluxe edition on Japan vellum of this collection of pirate tales and illustrations by Howard Pyle, compiled by Merle Johnson. This copy marvelously extra-illustrated by Merle Johnson with 7 full- and double-page watercolor illustrations of pirates. These are not the grim, hardened pirates of Pyle's illustrations Johnson's pirates are drawn in a humorous, cartoon style that blends the historical and the modern. In one double-page spread a flapper in evening dress guides a pirate towards the end of a plank by the barrel of a gun. Another double-page spread at the rear of the book shows a pirate burying his chest of treasure as a film crew shoots in the background. Publisher's cloth spine and boards, color plate affixed to front cover. Spine soiled, small crease to frontispiece plate. In a custom cloth slipcase with red morocco label Illustrated with 36 full-page plates (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text, this copy EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED on the endsheets with 7 watercolor drawings (5 full-page) by Merle Johnson, signed ("Merle Johnson" or "M.J.") xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to First edition, no. 21 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page.

First edition. No. 44 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock the first printing from new plates, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth spine and boards. Very good copy (light rubbing to extremities, endsheets toned). Rare. Custom brown morocco backed folding box Illustrated with 36 full-page plates (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to First edition. No. 44 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock the first printing from new plates, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page.

First Edition, early issue with K-V. Profusely illustrated by Howard Pyle, the illustration include 36 full-page tipped-in plates, of which 12 are in stunning color, 2 additional tipped in colour plates set within the text and many other wonderful illustrations and decorative initials throughout. Folio, publisher's original quarter black cloth and beige boards, the spine gilt-lettered, the upper cover lettered in black and with the famous pictorial paste-down of the pirate in colours, original dustjacket front cover with additional tipped-on colourplate and rear cover provided in a sleeve. xviii, 247 pp. A very fine and very handsome copy, the gilt work on the spine panel still very bright, the covers, hinges and text-block all in fine order, the plates bright and clean. FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE, AND A HANDSOME AND CLEAN COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL BOOK, one of Pyle's best and most popular works. "Why is it that the pirate has, and always has had, a certain lurid glamour of the heroical enveloping him round about? Is there, deep under the accumulated debris of culture, a hidden groundwork of the old-time savage? Is there even in these well-regulated times an unsubdued nature in the respectable mental household of every one of us that still kicks against the pricks of law and order? To make my meaning more clear, would not every boy, for instancethat is, every boy of any accountrather be a pirate captain than a Member of Parliament?" (- from the Introduction).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Hardcover with scarce dustjacket with minor chipping, Pictorial cover, Color and black and white plates and numerous drawings compiled from Harper's Magazine and Merle Johnson Size: Oversize.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Howard Pyle, Merle Johnson (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Large 4to black cloth lettered in black and gilt and with a color pictorial cover onlay. With a color frontispiece and 35 full-page plates, nine of which are in color, numerous b/w text vignettes and two small mounted color vignettes, all by Pyle. This copy with a FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY MERLE JOHNSON on the front flyleaves. Interestingly inscribed twice by Johnson, first to Major Drake from Sergeant Johnson in 1921, and second to Mrs. Colonel Drake from Lieutenant Johnson in 1923. A bit of very light foxing to the title page, else a fine copy in a good dust jacket. A unique copy.

First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates by Howard Pyle (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to. The deluxe edition on Japan vellum of this collection of pirate tales and illustrations by Howard Pyle, compiled by Merle Johnson. Publisher's cloth spine and boards, color plate affixed to front cover. Minor soiling and a few scuffs. Near fine Illustrated with 36 full-page plates by Howard Pyle (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page.

Condition: Very good. Inscribed first edition, an out-of-series copy of the deluxe issue of 50 copies specially printed on Japan vellum, presented by Johnson to the designer of the book. This posthumous collection of Pyle's work on pirates celebrates the influence of the artist on our popular imagination, which is still felt today in the mainstream iconography of pirates: David Cordingly names this book as one of the works that "no doubt helped to fix the image in people's minds" of the black flag with the white skull and crossbones. This copy is inscribed by the compiler to the book's designer: "Extra special copy / for A.W. Rushmore / Whose job suits his name / And who gets away with it -- / As this volume which reflects / his effort as much as mine -- / will testify Amen -- / Merle Johnson / Aug 22 1921." An excellent association. 12.5'' x 9.5''. Original quarter cream cloth, grey paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in dark grey with full-color pirate vignette tipped onto board and framed by dark grey double-rule, single gilt rule to both boards, all edges uncut. Illustrated by Pyle with 36 full-page tipped-in plates (12 color), three tipped-in vignettes (2 color), and more than two dozen pen-and-ink vignettes throughout text. [2], xviii, 247, [1] pages. Inscribed by Johnson on the limitation page. Light foxing and toning to spine and edges of binding, a bit of rubbing to cover illustration, bumping to corners. Interior a touch toned.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Code K-E on copyright page dates the printing as October 1930. A gift card laid in also dated 1930. An unusually fine fresh, crisp copy in like dust wrapper. Also includes the rare original board box with publishers printed label affixed. Bit of age darkening, split at corner joint else also well preserved. Not an uncommon book by any means but rarely found in such a bright copy and with the cheaply made box intact.

PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Compiled by Merle Johnson. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates by Howard Pyle (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Publisher's cloth spine and boards, color plate affixed to front cover. Minor soiling and a few scuffs. Near fine. The deluxe edition on Japan vellum of this collection of pirate tales and illustrations by Howard Pyle, compiled by Merle Johnson.

Later printing of the first edition with publisher's code on copyright page "K-E" indicating publication date of October 1930. A remarkably nice copy of this swashbuckling book featuring tales of "Pirates, Buccaneers, [and] Marooners, those cruel but picturesque sea wolves who once infested the Spanish Main" (from Johnson's foreword). Illustrated throughout with line drawings and full-page plates, including a few in color. Housed in the publisher's original paper-covered box with printed label. Box is missing portion of one side from its top but still solid and in generally good shape though showing some damp staining and wear. Both book and dust jacket are fine with only the barest aging and minor wear. Publisher's announcement for reissue of a number of books in Harper's illustrated "Adventure" series laid in (single cream-colored leaf printed in red on both sides; lists books by Twain, Doyle, et al with order form on back). Scarce in such nice shape and with box.