The Golden Age of Piracy
by Hugh F. Rankin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unmarked. Binding is bright, tight and slightly cocked. Illustrations included. price unclipped DJ is age-toned and worn around the edges. Several closed tears on the back DJ. From the front DJ, "The golden age of piracy spanned nearly a century, beginning in the 1630's and dying hard in the 1720's. During this time England, France, and Spain were wracked by a series of wars, and after each...thousands of able seamen found themselves...without a means to earn a livelihood...Some went back to sea and turned pirate..."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2bc203103
- Title
- The Golden Age of Piracy
- Author
- Hugh F. Rankin
- Format/Binding
- Blue hard cover with gilt lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 173
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...