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 (Description)  

Author: PYLE, Howard (Editor).
Title: The Buccaneers And Marooners Of America Being An Account Of The Famous Adventures And Daring Deeds Of Certain Notorious Freebooters Of The Spanish Main.
Language: Text in English.
Publisher: London, T.Fisher Unwin, 1892. Second Edition (stated).
Size: 8.5 " X 6 ". 
Pages: 403 pages + catalogue.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective mylar cover. A rare find in any condition!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, light toning of endpaper - as shown, small ex-libris of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).  
Illustration: Complete with the 6 illustrations including the folding illustration of Captain Bartholomew Roberts.

The book: Scarce and attractive second edition of Pyle's Buccaneers And Marooners Of America Being An Account Of The Famous Adventures And Daring Deeds Of Certain Notorious Freebooters Of The Spanish Main.

The editor: Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.