Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates by Howard Pyle (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to. The deluxe edition on Japan vellum of this collection of pirate tales and illustrations by Howard Pyle, compiled by Merle Johnson. Publisher's cloth spine and boards, color plate affixed to front cover. Minor soiling and a few scuffs. Near fine Illustrated with 36 full-page plates by Howard Pyle (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. , 1921.
Price: US$4400.00 + shipping
Description: PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Compiled by Merle Johnson. Illustrated with 36 full-page plates by Howard Pyle (of which 12 are in color) on glossy paper, and numerous illustrations in black and white throughout the text. xvii, [1], 247 pp. 4to. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. First edition, no. 7 of 50 copies only on Japan vellum stock, signed by Merle Johnson on the limitation page. Publisher's cloth spine and boards, color plate affixed to front cover. Minor soiling and a few scuffs. Near fine. The deluxe edition on Japan vellum of this collection of pirate tales and illustrations by Howard Pyle, compiled by Merle Johnson.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, an out-of-series copy of the deluxe issue of 50 copies specially printed on Japan vellum, inscribed by Johnson to the designer of the book. This posthumous collection of Pyle's work on pirates celebrates the influence of the artist on our popular imagination, which is still felt today in the mainstream iconography of pirates: David Cordingly names this book as one of the works that "no doubt helped to fix the image in people's minds" of the black flag with the white skull and crossbones. This copy is inscribed by the compiler to the book's designer: "Extra special copy / for A.W. Rushmore / Whose job suits his name / And who gets away with it -- / As this volume - which reflects / his effort as much as mine -- / will testify - Amen -- / Merle Johnson / Aug 22 - 1921." An excellent association. 12.5'' x 9.5''. Original quarter cream cloth, grey paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in dark grey with full-color pirate vignette tipped onto board and framed by dark grey double-rule, single gilt rule to both boards, all edges uncut. Illustrated by Pyle with 36 full-page tipped-in plates (12 color), three tipped-in vignettes (2 color), and more than two dozen pen-and-ink vignettes throughout text. [2], xviii, 247, [1] pages. Inscribed by Johnson on the limitation page. Light foxing and toning to spine and edges of binding, a bit of rubbing to cover illustration, bumping to corners. Interior a touch toned.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.