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Seller's Description:
Good Plus. No Jacket. 4to. xi, 322pp, bw plates, col frontis, endpaper maps. Or black cloth lacking jacket. Prev owner name on front free endpaper and again on half-title page. Surface silverfishing to cloth. Biography of Bully Hayes, notorious 19th century blackbirder and gun runner. He stole women, looted copra but also transported missionaries. The South Seas in the 'bad old days'..
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Near Fine. Photographs, maps; 4to 11"-13" tall; 322 pages; Large format HC in vibrant royal blue cloth with title lettering brightly in gilt to spine. Boards bordered in quadruple ruling; top edge gilt. Remarkably well preserved; snug, bright and fresh. Cloth with just a mild pull at crown. Prior owner's maritime themed bookplate mounted to the non-pictorial half-title page. Pictorial map lining sheets are bright and unmarked. Only a hint of shelf evidence at edges Illustrated with numerous full page B&W photos on glopssy stock. NF...Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Very good. [xi] 322pp. Quarto. Re-cased blue cloth; original spine re-laid. Spine title in gilt; spine slightly darkened, some rubbing to crown and foot. Corners lightly rubbed. Endpaper maps; discreet bookseller's sticker to half title. Colour frontis; 16 plates from photographs, 364pp mislaid. A bright copy; plates exemplary. very good Biography of American privateer William Henry Hayes. Orginally from Ohio, Hayes ran away from home and became a sailor. He made a living raiding the islands of the South Pacific for natives to sell as domestic servants and was shot in 1877 by his ship's cook. A scarce title.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. A terrific copy in brilliant royal blue cloth over board with gilt titles. Map endpapers front and rear. The whole in navy slipcase. Book shows light shelf and edge wear, slight play at head and tale of spine but no tears or splits. Slip case shows typical shelf and edge wear for having done its job quite well, protecting the book within!
