A General History of the Pirates
Author:
JOHNSON, Captain CHARLES & GOSSE, PHILIP (ed) & OGILVIE, ALEXINA (woodcuts)
Title:
A General History of the Pirates
Publisher:
Philip Sainsbury at The Cayme Press 1925-7
Description:
2 VOL SET, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. Sm 4to, navy buckram bds, gilt rules & lettering to spine & gilt tooled amorial to front & back bds, top edge stained yellow, fore & bottom edges deckled/rough cut, boardered title page with printer's device to vol 1 & amorial to vol 2, vol 1: viii + 130 pp., vol 2: vii + 208 pp. (colophon to p. 208), initials & woodcuts & devices throughout, loose folded sheet of 3 original plates in vol 2, vol 1: VG (light soiling scuffing & fading to bds & spine, moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges, light foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing throughout, sl creasing to gutters, damaged stitching to last gathering, occasional minor cracking to gutters), vol 2: VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, light scuffing & chipping to edges & extrems with moderate bruising also, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, moderate foxing/soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, sl creasing to pgs at gutters, chipping to loose plate edges)
Keywords:
The Cayme Press fine printing 20th century pirates history woodcuts
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