Title: A General History of the Pyrates, from Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time. With the remarkable Actions and Adventures of two Female Pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny... Author: [Defoe, Daniel] Johnson, Charles, Captain, pseud. Place: London Publisher: T. Warner Date: 1724 Description: [20], 17-427, [1] pp. 3 engraved plates including 1 folding, plus woodcut head and tail pieces. (8vo), 19.5x11.5 cm. (7¾x4½"), period prize binding paneled and blind-tooled calf, re-backed with original spine laid down, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Second Edition. "This rare work embodies many items relating to the Colonial History of British America, nowhere else extant, as, the Adventures of Blackbeard, and his Capture by Lieut. Maynard in the James River, Va., Life and Career of Captin Kyd, &c." -Sabin. Small armorial bookplate on front pastedown reads, "Ditton Park." Engravings include a portrait of Blackbeard the Pirate, Capt. Bartho Roberts with two ships (folding), and Anne Bonny and Mary Read convicted of Piracy. It is agreed that Captain Charles Johnson is a pseudonym, and Moore states the work is by Daniel Defoe. Moore 458; Sabin 36188. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to spine and corners; some light toning to pages with age; else near fine. Item number: 225597
Title: A General History of the Pyrates, from Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time. With the remarkable Actions and Adventures of two Female Pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny... Author: [Defoe, Daniel] Johnson, Charles, Captain, pseud. Place: London Publisher: T. Warner Date: 1724 Description: [20], 17-427, [1] pp. 3 engraved plates including 1 folding, plus woodcut head and tail pieces. (8vo), 19.5x11.5 cm. (7¾x4½"), period prize binding paneled and blind-tooled calf, re-backed with original spine laid down, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Second Edition. "This rare work embodies many items relating to the Colonial History of British America, nowhere else extant, as, the Adventures of Blackbeard, and his Capture by Lieut. Maynard in the James River, Va., Life and Career of Captin Kyd, &c." -Sabin. Small armorial bookplate on front pastedown reads, "Ditton Park." Engravings include a portrait of Blackbeard the Pirate, Capt. Bartho Roberts with two ships (folding), and Anne Bonny and Mary Read convicted of Piracy. It is agreed that Captain Charles Johnson is a pseudonym, and Moore states the work is by Daniel Defoe. Moore 458; Sabin 36188. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to spine and corners; some light toning to pages with age; else near fine. Item number: 225597
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