Defoe, Daniel ; Aitken, George A. (editor) ; Yeats, J.B. (illust.). The King of Pirates Being an Account of the famous Enterprises of Captain Avery With Lives of other Pirates and Robbers. J.M. Dent & Co, London, 1895.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover. A well preserved, uncommon antiquarian example of this work, important for how it popularized in the European imagination the romantic idea of pirates as adventurous swashbucklers and antiheroes. 6 3/4" x 4 1/2". 381pp. Bound in original green cloth over boards, with gilt title and stamped decorations to spine. An overall nice copy, with rubbing and fraying at head and tail of spine, and some faint soiling to upper and lower boards. Top edge gilt, deckled page edges. Binding tight, contents largely clean with some light toning of pages. All three illustrated plates with tissue guards are present. Bookseller ticket for Angus & Robertson on front pastedown, along with a printed blank armorial ex-libris. This is volume sixteen from the Romances and Narratives of Daniel Defoe.

Seller: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, U.S.A.

Defoe, Daniel:. Romances and Narratives by Daniel Defoe in Sixteen Volumes.. London, J.M. Dent Aldine House., 1895.

Price: US$364.61 + shipping

Description: The Library Edition. Edited by George A. Aitken. Illustrations by J.B.Yeats. 16 Volumes, Gilt original cloth. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some slight browning to front- and endpapers, otherwise in a very good condition. Ex Libris to paste-down. Limited to 500 copies.

Seller: Biblio Industries Alain Haezeleer, Stuttgart, Germany

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731). Aitken, George Atherton (1860-1917). Yeats, John Butler (1839-1922). The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders / by Daniel Defoe ; edited by George A. Aitken with illustrations by J. B. Yeats - Complete in 2 volumes. London : J. M. Dent, 1895.

Price: US$469.58 + shipping

Description: Provenence; bookplate of Laudatur et Alget. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; 2 v. : tissue-guarded plates ; 19 cm. Series; Romances and Narratives by Daniel Defoe ; 7, 8. Title page printed in black and red. Head-pieces. Subjects; Children of prisoners - Fiction. Women - England - Fiction. Prostitutes - Fiction. Repentance - Fiction. Criminals - Fiction. 2 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731). Aitken, George Atherton (1860-1917). Yeats, John Butler (1839-1922). The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders / by Daniel Defoe ; edited by George A. Aitken with illustrations by J. B. Yeats - Complete in 2 volumes. London : J. M. Dent, 1895.

Price: US$520.00 + shipping

Description: Provenence; bookplate of Laudatur et Alget. Very good copies both in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; 2 v. : tissue-guarded plates ; 19 cm. Series; Romances and Narratives by Daniel Defoe ; 7, 8. Title page printed in black and red. Head-pieces. Subjects; Children of prisoners - Fiction. Women - England - Fiction. Prostitutes - Fiction. Repentance - Fiction. Criminals - Fiction. 2 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Defoe, Daniel:. Romances and Narratives. 16 vols set. Edited by George A. Aitken.. London, J.M Dent, 1895.

Price: US$939.16 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 18,5 x 12 cm. *Limitierte Ausgabe von 500 Exemplaren. Gedruckt auf Büttenpapier. Sehr schön gebundenes bibliophiles Exemplar in sehr guter Erhaltung mit literarischer Provenienz. - Aus dem Vorbesitz der amerikanischen Dichterin Leolyn Louise Everett (1888-1977), alle 16 Bände mit ihrem Exlibris in Radierung. Gewichtsbedingt deutlich erhöhte Portokosten beim Versand ins Ausland. / Higher shippings costs for international shipping due to the weight. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 8000 Dekorative Halblederbände der Zeit auf 5 Bünden mit Rückenvergoldung und 2 Rückenschildern, Kopfgoldschnitt, unbeschnitten.

Seller: Antiquariat Braun, Gengenbach, Germany