Neptune Library edition. xvi, 272pp with monochrome plate illustrations. In beige cloth boards with green lettering front and spine. 8vo. Cloth is a little worn and discoloured, gently rubbed at corners and spine ends. Some spotting on text block edges and rear endpapers, previous owner's name on slightly toned front free endpaper, else internally neat, clean, bright nd tight. In its original pictorial dust wrapper, chapped along upper edge with minor loss, and minor loss at spine base, some mild creasing and shelf worn.
A thorrough examination of the rise of piracy, based on eye-witness narratives and first-hand records of pirates, buccaneers and privateers, enriched with the lore of the sea and of strange lands.
