Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main
by Pyle, Howard
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Bros., NY, 1921 Compiled by Merle Johnson, 8 3/'4" x 12 1/8", 4to, 1930 printing. "K-E" on copyright page - Oct. 1930. Pyle captures the very essence of pirate lore. Tan boards and black cloth. Pictorial label on front cover. Illustrated with 23 full page plates on slickpa per of paintings by Pyle - seven of which are in color. In addition, there are many black and white drawings by Pyle throughout, several of which are tipped in. Exquisitely composed. Rubbed slightly at extreme bottom of spine. Dust jacket with some small losses at several corners and at extreme base of spine. Fine/ Very good..
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- Cultural Connection (US)
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- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main
- Author
- Pyle, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros., NY, 1921
- Keywords
- Children's, Fiction, History, Tales
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...