Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
by Pyle, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Harper & Bro. Pub; 1921
- Seller
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Bangor, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY. Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Harper & Bro. Pub; 1921. Pyle, Howard. Howar Pyle's Book of PiratesFiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Bucaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the writing & Pictures of Howard Pyle: Compiled by Merle Johnson. NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, June 1927, (FB Code on copyright page), 208 pages. Black cloth with colour pastedown to front board, gilt titles to spine. Good, chipping to head of spine, spine faded, front hinge cracked. Gift inscription, illustrated front free end paper. Includes a colour frontipiece, eight colour plates, four black and white plates, and numerous in-text drawings. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Bluestocking Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9454
- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates
- Author
- Pyle, Howard
- Illustrator
- Pyle, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Cloth; Harper & Bro. Pub; 1921
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...