Books in stock on Pirates
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Illustration (circa 1925) by Bernard T. Wall (1872-1954)

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  • Cabell, James Branch:  There Were Two Pirates A Comedy of Division.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Co., 1946. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated paper covered boards with a 1/4" snag to the head of the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with a 1/2" wide by 1/4" deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area and rubbing to the folds. A love novel set in St. Augustine, Florida in which one of the two main characters turns to murder and piracy. With illustrations by John O'Hara Cosgrave, II.
    TB14230  $20.00



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    Johnson, Merle:  Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.  New York: Harper & Brothers, c1921. Fourteenth Printing (L-E). Very good+ in 1/2 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spine and with an illustrated paper label on the front board. The gilt text on the spine is clear and bright, but there are what appear to be five narrow white paint stains on the backstrip. A quarto of 12 1 /8 by 9 inches with the paint stains noted above, with a gift inscription on the first free end page and several scratches on the paper label on the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 247 pages of text and with 36 black and white and color plate illustrations by Howard Pyle together with numerous sketches within the text. Counting the frontispiece there are 12 color plates (two of which are small 3" x 5"). The subtitle reads: "Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson." A handsome copy in very collectable condition with all plates present and in very nice shape.
    TB32378  $80.00




  • Nelson, James L.:  The Blackbirder.  New York: William Morrow, 2001. First Edition, First printing. Fine in purple paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The second volume in the author's The Brethern of the Coast series. If follows The Guardship. 336 pages of text.
    TB16272  $10.00



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    Pope, Dudley:  The Buccaneer King The Biography Of The Notorious Sir Henry Morgan 1635-1688..  New York: Dodd Mead, 1977. First Edition. Fine in yellow cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two short closed tears with related creasing at the lower edge of the spine area. 379 pages including an index, text and illustrated with maps and a section of black and white photographs of contemporary art works.
    TB26462  $25.00




  • Thrower, Rayner:  The Pirate Picture.  London: Phillimore, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. The author provides a detailed account of the achievements of pirates making every effort to eliminate the romance, myth and folklore which has surrounded the topic.
    TB07444  $12.00






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