Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921/April 1921 D-V, thus first trade edition; brown paper boards with paste on plate, black cloth spine; 36 b/w/ and coloured plates incl. frontis, present, as issued, other small paintings tipped in and many drawings in text; ; 9x12.5"; 247 pp. Reference illustrator.
"Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: from the Writing and Pictures of Howard Pyle." Compiled by the publishers as a tribute after Pyle's death, this serves as a reference to his work rather than storybook.
CONDITION: Good without jacket; collector's plate on fixed endpaper, backstrip torn 1.5" at spine foot, corners worn on tips, loosening, even soil to boards, spine gilt bright, paste on plate scratched, pages clean but not flat. Item #19885
Price: $150.00