Shelfmark
Lx.3.45
Author
Title
The atrocities of the pirates : being a faithful narrative of the unparalleled sufferings endured by the author during his captivity among the pirates of the island of Cuba, with an account of the excesses and barbarities of those inhuman freebooters / by Aaron Smith, together with a copious and explicit report of his subsequent trial at the Old Bailey; decorated with engravings by Eric Ravilious.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXIX [1929].
Physical description
vi, [2], 156, [2]p, [1] leaf of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 20cm.
Note
Printed by Robert Gibbings.
Note
Paper has vertical chain lines ; watermarked ; deckled edges.
Note
Original black buckram quarter-binding with red paper boards and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Note
ECL copy: No. 334 of 500 copies.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Note
Ms. bookseller's price in pencil.
Provenance
Booklabel and stamp of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Pascoe Glyn.
Subject
Pirates.
Subject
Caribbean Area Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Gibbings, Robert, 1889 - 1958 printer.
Added entry--name
Ravilious, Eric William, 1903 - 1942 engraver.
Added entry--name
Glyn, Pascoe Anthony George, 1911 - 1935 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England Berkshire Waltham Saint Lawrence.
Identifier
B24889