Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Compiled by Merle Johnson.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921.

Price: $4,000.00


About the item

First edition. No. 44 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock the first printing from new plates, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth spine and boards. Very good copy (light rubbing to extremities, endsheets toned). Rare. Custom brown morocco backed folding box.

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