Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 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.

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Bookseller: Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC) (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 31818
Title: The Queen of the Pirate Island
Author: HARTE, Bret (Illustrated by Kate Greenaway)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Boston and New York. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge. 1887
Keywords: CHILDRENS LITERATURE PIRATES HARTE ILLUSTRATED GREENAWAY FIRST EDITION

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Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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