Tales of Pirates and Buccaneers by Pyle, Howard (Author and Illustrator); Gregory R. Suriano, Editor - 1994

Children's Classics, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. First Printing of this Edition. Hard cover in fine condition with pictorial boards, red leatherette spine cloth with gold gilt designs and black panel with gold gilt title and author. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings note. Pictorial end papers; front free end paper has a block ""This book belongs to"" with lines - clean & new, no names, no writing (see photos.) Top text block stained red; deckled side edges. Appears unread. Contains black & white illustrations throughout in addition to eight full-page color plates. * From the copyright page, this Editor's Note, ""The stories and illustrations in this book were originally created a century ago, and much of the text is based on historical incidents and real persons. Any offense to modern sensibilities as may occur is unintentional and does not reflect the attitudes of the editor or publisher of this book.""