Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$28.28 + shipping
Description: 22cm, first American edition, 58p., colour frontis, title-page vignette, 26 colour text illustrations, beige cloth, colour illustrations on upper & lower covers, library plate on front paste-down, child s scribbling on rear free endpaper, covers worn & soiled, good Thomson 110. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. A scarce Harte juvenile book published shortly after his move to London in 1885. A fine match between author and illustrator.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Harte, Bret.. The Queen of the Pirate Isle.. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pictorial tan cloth. Small quarto. 58pp. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. First American edition of this short tale about a day in the life of an imaginative little girl who lives near the mining camps of California during the Gold Rush. This copy is complete with all 27 color illustrations by Greenaway. A good copy with some light edgewear and some spotting to the spine and lower portion of the front cover. Internally the text is very good and clean with minor wear.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is the first American edition with 28 color illustrations internally by Kate Greenaway, in addition to her front and back cover illustrations, in good+ condition. The spine is fraying on top and bottom, one of the front endpapers is lose but complete. The rest of the book is clean and bright with no staining. An uncommon book at a very reasonable price.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Harte, Bret. The Queen of the Pirate Isle. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1887.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. Beige pictorial cloth. All edges gilt. 1st American edition. 58pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Covers edge-worn with cloth worn through at corners. Some faint spotting to front cover. Tiny ink name-stamp on front end-paper. Interior very good. Overall, not as bad as it sounds.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Bret Harte. The Queen of the Pirate Isle. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1887.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Some discoloration and smudges to covers.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Harte, Bret. The Queen of the Pirate Isle. Houghton, Mifflin And Company, Boston MA, 1887.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover is soiled with a few small stains. Bookplate removed. Binding shows some looseness. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
. Queen of Pirate Isle Children's Story 1887 Kate Greenaway illustrated book. , 1887.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Old Books, 19th Century Books, Juvenile Books, Illustrated Books, Children's Stories, Kate Greenaway). The Queen of the Pirate Isle, by Bret Harte. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Published 1887, Boston & New York by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.58 pages. Text in English. Profusely illustrated throughout in color. First American Edition (precedes U. K. First). Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, pictorial cover decorations, all edges gilt. Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition. Book is ever so slightly "cocked", but because it is so thin it hardly registers visually. Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, trivial minor fraying to spine head (looks worse in pic than it does in person), book remains overall attractive as an object. Nicer than typical for this 19th century juvenile classic. Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally. Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account. Book Measures c. 9" H x 6 1/2" W.[B6954]. Schuster & Engen, Printed Kate Greenaway- Catalogue Raisonne, 165, First American Ed., 2a- noting the American ed. contains the earliest impression of the plates and that only a few copies were sent over to be printed here (!).
Seller: RareMapsandBooks, Dover, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated binding with some soil but very good. Front end paper creased in one corner. 28 color illustrations by Greenway (complete). 58 pages.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Greenaway, Kate. First American edition. Colored illustrations by Kate Greenaway. 1 vols. Small 4to. Unbleached illustrated cloth, a.e.g., darkened, some soiling, back hinge broken. back free endpaper missing. A good copy of this scarce edition Colored illustrations by Kate Greenaway. 1 vols. Small 4to
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The legendary illustrator Kate Greenaway collaborated with the extraordinary Bret Harte to produce this delightful tale. This is a very good copy with no fading at all to the illustrations or the cover.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887, with 1886 copyright date. See scans. First American Edition. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway, engraved & printed in colors by Edmund Evans. 8½x6¼, original beige linen with color pictures on both covers, lettered in gold & black, blue-green coated rear endpapers, All Edges Gilt. BAL's "A" binding. "Printed and bound at the same time and places as the London edition" - See BAL 7337 (London edition) & 7338; Schuster & Engen 165 (2a). Light soiling and shelf wear, corners a bit bumped; front hinge cracked, half-title page loose, small previous owner's old rubberstamp on title page and on p. [9]; still a strong very good, bright and tight. See scans. Twice beloved for its author, Bret Harte, and its illustrator, Kate Greenaway - a talent both natural and groomed. whose popularity as an illustrator [starting at age 21] became such a runaway phenomenon that the widespread piracy thus induced - not combatible at the time - eventually caused her to retire from illustrating children's publications and turn to other largely unsuccessful ventures in art. See scans. L18n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Harte, Bret. The Queen of the Pirate Isle. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original beige cloth over boards with color pictures on both front and rear covers. Lettering in gold and black. All edges gilt. Blue/green endpapers. Light soiling and shelf wear on edges and corners. BAL's "A" binding. "Printed and bound at the same time and places as the London edition" Printed in color by Edmund Evans. An attractive copy with few faults.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: ; 58 pp.; Ill.Bds; F-; . Printed and bound at the same time and place as the British. BAL=7338. [kwA_ 1st Ed. ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: , [6] 1-58 pages, colour illustrated frontispiece and illustrated title page, colour illustrations throughout First US Edition , cover is marked, shows light signs of wear to the gilt, the corners and spine are worn, the hinges have small partial splits but are held, leaves 24-26 have a small tear up from the tail edge contents unaffected, some shadows, the illustrations are cris , bound in beige cloth with printed illustrations, gilt ruling and titles front and back, black titles to the spine , 22 x 16 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Greenaway, Kate. First American edition. 28 Colored illustrations by Kate Greenaway. 58 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Unbleached illustrated cloth, a.e.g. A Nice copy 28 Colored illustrations by Kate Greenaway. 58 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Harte, Bret. THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston; New York, 1887.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (Greenaway, Kate) illustrator. THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE by Bret Harte; illustrated by Kate Greenaway; engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887, (1886). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION [Schuster & Engen 165 (2a)]. 8vo - 8-3/4" x 6-1/2". AEG. Beige cloth covered boards with titles stamped in gold and black on both covers; front cover with a picture of three children on a "boat" stamped in colors; back cover with a different picture of three children on a "boat" stamped in colors; double-line border on both covers stamped in gilt; title on spine stamped in black for what is a fresh, unworn, near perfect copy of the book. Blue endpapers. 58 pp. The story is illustrated by Greenaway with a full color frontispiece, title page vignette and twenty-six full color drawings within text; light scattered foxing to the endpapers, the first two leaves and last two leaves for what would otherwise be a FINE copy of the book. The condition of the book is NEAR FINE.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.