A general history of the pirates /
by Captain Charles Johnson ; edited, with a preface by Philip Gosse ; adorn'd with cuts by Alexina Ogilvie.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Kensington : Printed & sold by Philip Saintsbury at the Cayme Press, 1925-1927.
- Note
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"Limited to 500 copies, 50 being for presentation & review."
"The edition from which this re-print is made, is the third, published in 1725."
First ed. published in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.
Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J. H. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. 1939, p. 126-188.
- Physical Description
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2 v. :
ill. ;
30 cm.
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