The Pirates Own Book, or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers

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The Pirates Own Book, or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, andExecutions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers. Portland: Sanborn & Carter, 1844.
Octavo, illustrated with many wood engravings of pirate characters and adventures, in publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, with the title blocked on the spine in gold with the skull and cross bones, somewhat worn, one signature sprung, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
[with] Lewis H. Morgan's League of the Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee, or Iroquois, Rochester: Sage & Brother, 1851, first edition, illustrated with frontispiece, large folding map of the Iroquois nation (New York state),and numerous text illustrations, many full-paged, folding table, etc.; in worn publisher's cloth, blocked in blind, with gilt-stamped spine, sewing supports attaching back board broken, de-cased, binding worn and rubbed, head cap torn, 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. (2)
Estimate $250-350


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