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Lot 14

Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Americana] Archenholtz, J.M. von. The History of the Pirates, Free-Booters, or Buccaneers of America


London: Printed by W. Calvert, for J. Stratford, and T. and R. Hughes, 1807. First edition in English. 12mo. xiv, 240 pp., including half-title. Translated from the German by George Mason. Full tan straight grain morocco, red morocco spine label, decorated in gilt, spine and extremities darkened, joints rubbed and dry; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; marbled endpapers; by Riviere & Son; faint ownership signature at top of title-page; spotting and soiling to text. From the family libraries of Americana collectors and bibliophiles Amor L. and Zachary T. Hollingsworth. Sabin 1906; Gosse, My Pirate Library, p. 22

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