1st edition, first printing. viii, 200pp, four plate illustrations and further drawings in text. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine, stain on rear. 8vo. Rubbed corners and spine ends with cloth wearing. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. True stories of pirates, told in a narrative, engaging manner, reading more like fiction than history. Chapters on Captain Kid; Captain Avery; Privateers and Pirates; Blackbeard; Captain Condent; Pirates and Buccaneers etc.
