5/17/2023 0 Comments Yankee ships in pirate watersWhen you mention the name “Blackbeard,” these images, and many more often frightening images come to mind. Smoke billowing out from his beard, which was decorated with burning fuses and bright ribbon. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: RSTC 008816 We support FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY nationwide with donations and purchases.Save Hundreds of Dollars On April & May Stays Now! Read Moreīlackbeard: The Fearsome Pirate of OcracokeĬanons. REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 days after item is received. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! We offer free gift wrapping year round on all our products regardless of item's cost. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Illustrated by FRANK E. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. There are light age like foxing or browning specks on a couple of the opening and closing endpapers. CONDITION: The outside is in good condition there are rubs or scuffs to the corner edges of the boards there are a couple of dry spots to the back board the back board has a really minor small size chip to the bottom edge. 1930 EDITION: First Edition assumed for Garden City ISBN: None CATEGORY: Adventure, Famous Illustrators BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Blue with a pastedown label SIZE: 6 ½ x 9 (approximately) PAGES: 317 pages. 1930 Illustrated AUTHOR: RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING, NY, ca. TITLE: YANKEE SHIPS IN PIRATE WATERS By RUPERT SARGENT HOLLAND, ca. The dust jacket has some light soiling to the back cover and spine clean flaps there are small tears along the top and bottom edges, and some small pieces missing at the ends of the spine. The front pastedown has a name/address label affixed. There is a foundation of fact underlying most of the adventures related in this book either the stories are based on actual happenings or are of events that were so many Salem pepper ships off the coast of Sumatra that the Malays 'believed Salem to be a country by itself, and one of the richest and most important sections of the globe." Condition: The book is in excellent condition and nearly appears unread - clean both inside and out with only some tanning to the pastedowns. Thrilling stories of wit and heroism based on the real adventures of hardy American sailors in China and Malay seas." From the Foreword: "Pirates of yellow or brown skin infested the waters of the East Indies, the Fiji Islanders were cannibals and enjoyed making 'Salem stew,' China, except for the port of Canton, was forbidden to foreigners yet Yankee captains dared all perils in their quest for markets and frequently by native shrewdness and sheer audacity won rich cargoes and brought them safely home. With "eight exciting tales of the days when Yankee captains dared make strange voyages in wild waters to trade with black devils and deal with black magic. The book features both full-page color plates and black & white illustrations by Frank Schoonover. This is a terrific condition copy of "Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters" by Rupert Sargent Holland with its original dust jacket.
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