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London: T. Evans and W. Otridge, 1774. Fifth Edition. [4], 318; [2], 360, [12]pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines gilt, spine's abraded, joints cracking. Hinges reinforced. Fifth Edition. [4], 318; [2], 360, [12]pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The classic book on buccaneering. Exquemelin was an eyewitness of many of the events he records here, and the work has been the source and inspiration for innumerable tales, novels, plays, and films. "Perhaps no book in any language was ever the source of so many imitations, and the source of so many fictions as this" (Sabin). ESTC N66667; Sabin 23489. Not in Gosse

London: Printed for T. Evans, 1771. 2 volumes. Fifth edition. The Rare 1771 Earliest Imprint. The more usual imprint dated 1774. Large 12mo, full contemporary calf, the spine panel renewed, raised bands, one red morocco label lettered in gilt. [4], 318; [2], 360, [12 Index] pp. A very good copy, internally quite fresh and clean. RARE EARLY PRINTING OF THE CORNERSTONE WORK OF ALL BOOKS ON PIRACY AND THE EXPLOITS OF THE BUCANIERS AND FREE-BOOTERS. "Perhaps no book in any language was ever the parent of so many imitations, and the source of so many fictions as this" (Sabin). Here are the exploits of Henry Morgan, who sacked Panama and absconded without dividing the booty--a transgression of the pirate's honor that Exquemelin could not applaud; here also the vicious Francis L'Ollonois, who tore out the hearts from his still-living victims and ate them; here are countless tortures and robberies, raids and rampages, as related by a reliable witness. For Exquemelin was himself a pirate: he had… Read More

London. VG+. 1699. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good+ condition without dust jackets. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Volume 1 (1699) - THE HISTORY OF THE BUCANIERS OF AMERICA: From Their First Original Down to This Time; Written in Serveral Languages; and Now Collected Into One Volume. Volume 2 (undated) - Bucaniers of America. The Second Volume. Part IV. The Dangerous voyage, and bold attemps of Capt. Bartholomew Sharp, and others, in the South Sea, for two years, &c. Volume 3 (1698) - A Journal of a Voyage Made Into the South Sea, by the Bucaniers or Freebooters of America; From the Year 1684 to 1689. Written by Sieru Raveneau de Luffan. Two Which is Added, The Voyage of the Sieru De Montauban, Captain of the Freebooters on the Coast of Guiney, in the Year 1695. Rebound in full green leather. Illustrated with maps and portraits, some folding. Well preserved three volume set. Volume 1 published in London. Printed for Tho. Newborough at the Golden-Ball in St. Paul s Church-Yard, John… Read More