Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
by PYLE, Howard
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Bryn Mawr,, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1921. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George S. MacManus Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80495
- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
- Author
- PYLE, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- KIDS BOOKS, ILLUSX, PIRATES, M/C, LITX
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
George S. MacManus Company
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Bryn Mawr,, Pennsylvania
About George S. MacManus Company
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- Fine
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- New
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