Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the Writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson [a.k.a. Pyle's Book of Pirates]
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York & London, 1921
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.Counterpane Books
AbeBooks seller since December 11, 2019
Condition: Used - Good
£ 311.31
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SECOND PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION hardcover (code K-V on copyright page; true first edition had code D-V), quarter-bound in black cloth with brown pictorial board, is in G condition, having tiny tear at bottom of front cover (see photo); some very faint wrinkling to bottom front board also; tipped-in color plate of pirate on front cover shows some very slight wear; back cover shows some light stained area at top; some rubbing wear to spine (see photo); corners lightly bumped and worn; former owner's attractive 1920s-style book plate (un-named) with the motto: "The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead" is on first fixed endpaper (see photo); slight foxing and darkening to endpaper sections; binding is very slightly shaken with threads slightly visibe in first endpaper section (still a very solid copy); dust jacket, enclosed in protective mylar (mylar not pictured), is in G condition, having been re-inforced with ancient tape on inside of jacket (absolutely NO bleed-through of tape on outer dj surface)--this was to repair or prevent small tears to edges which there are a few, as well as some tiny missing pieces from top and bottom jacket spine, and fold areas. Jacket also sports the identical color pirate plate featured on the book's front, also tipped-in (and this has some wear to surface) (see photo); dj also has some rubbing/scuffing, creasing and staining to surface (see photos). A landmark book on imagining the buccaneers of the Spanish Main and elsewhere, with a variety of magazine-published writing by Pyle, compiled by Merle Johnson. Book is illustrated with color plates, b&w plates, and in-text b&w drawings by Howard Pyle. Book also features two color plates not listed on the illustration page: two tipped-in plates, one on p. 232 and the other on p. 239, both illustrating the story of "The Ruby of Kishmoor." Literature. United States. All ages. Classic stories. Pirates. Buccaneers. Freebooters. Caribbean. Adventure tales. Because of the weight of the book, (58 oz), extra shipping cost may apply. [DB 6].…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the Writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson [a.k.a. Pyle's Book of Pirates]
- Author
- Pyle, Howard, (Merle Johnson, compiler)
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York & London
- Publication year
- 1921
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle
- Printing
- 2nd Printing
- Item weight
- 58 ounces
Counterpane Books
Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 11, 2019
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