1860 Scarce Book - Lives & Daring Deeds of the Most Celebrated Pirates & Buccaneers.
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Author: Anonymous author.
Title: The Lives and Daring Deeds of the Most Celebrated Pirates and Buccaneers of All Countries.
Language: Text in English.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Geo G. Evans, no date (circa 1860).
Size: 7.5 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 288 pages + (22) publisher's catalog.
Binding: Good and still attractive original blind & gilt-stamped cloth binding (hinges fine, upper&lower parts of spine scuffed and worn as shown) under a protective mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Good content (tight, some foxing and staining throughout - as shown, previous owner name on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustration: Including 11 full-page illustrations.
Estimate: (Scarce with few other copies available worldwide).
The book: Scarce mid-19th-century work on the Lives and Daring Deeds of the Most Celebrated Pirates and Buccaneers of All Countries with chapters on Afghan robbers, buccaneers of America, various English pirates and robbers including Robin Hood and Chinese pirates.