The Age of Piracy
by [William Goldman Collection] Robert Carse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Gently rubbed and worn, price-clipped jacket lightly soiled and torn. very good. AYW-296
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Gently rubbed and worn, price-clipped jacket lightly soiled and torn. very good. AYW-296. Robert Carse. Ted Trinkhaus, illustrator. The Age of Piracy: A History. New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1957. First edition.
With extensive pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride. With additional multi-page ink notes laid-in.
Octavo. 276pp (indexed). Illustrated, with drawings by Ted Trinkhaus. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over black hardcover boards, stamped in red and black to spine, original dust jacket.
With extensive pencil annotations and notes by William Goldman, presumably used in research for Goldman's novel The Princess Bride. With additional multi-page ink notes laid-in.
Octavo. 276pp (indexed). Illustrated, with drawings by Ted Trinkhaus. Publisher's beige quarter cloth over black hardcover boards, stamped in red and black to spine, original dust jacket.
From the library of Oscar-Winning screenwriter and author William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid / The Princess Bride / Marathon Man). His personal copy, with official ink-stamp from his estate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 296
- Title
- The Age of Piracy
- Author
- [William Goldman Collection] Robert Carse
- Book Condition
- Used - Gently rubbed and worn, price-clipped jacket lightly soiled and torn. very good. AYW-296
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- History, Pirates
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