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A general history of the pyrates, :
from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny; contain'd in the following chapters, ... To which is added a short abstract of the statute and civil law in relation to pyracy. /
By Captain Charles Johnson.

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Main Author
Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731.
Related Names
Edgar, Herman Le Roy, former owner.
Warner, Thomas, -approximately 1734, bookseller.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
Language(s)
English
Published
London : Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, 1724.
Edition
The second edition, with considerable additions.
Subjects
Blackbeard, > -1718.
Read, Mary, > -1720?
Bonny, Anne, > 1700-
Avery, John, > active 1695.
Women pirates > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Pirates > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Pirates > History > Early works to 1800.
Bookplates.
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Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Leather bindings (Binding)
Calf bindings (Binding)
Marbled calf bindings (Binding)
Biographies.
Note
Publisher's advertisements "Next week will be published ..." on page [1] at end.
Appears to be first publication that includes biography and portrait of "Captain Teach, alias Black-beard" (pages 70-90).
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Signatures: A⁸ a² B-2C⁸ 2D⁸ (-2D3,4).
First edition entitled: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates. London: Printed for Ch. Rivington ..., 1724.
Edition statement precedes author's name on title page.
Charles Johnson is believed to be pseudonym of Daniel Defoe. Consult English short title catalogue.
Physical Description
[20], 17-427, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : portraits ; 20 cm (8vo)
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