THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway
Published by Chatto & Windus
in 1886
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THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2106919
1st.
1886.
Hardback.
Good condition.
Cream cloth covers, colour vignettes to front and rear, black titles to spine. Full-page colour frontis illustration, colour text illustrations throughout. 58 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Covers are heavily worn with some bumping, fading and marks. Front joint is cracked; half-title page is nearly detached. Contents are generally very good, but pages do have some grubby margin marks.
THE QUEEN OF THE PIRATE ISLE
Written by Bret Harte.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 378930
1st.
1886.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Cream cloth covers, colour vignettes to front and rear, black titles to spine. Full-page colour frontis illustration, colour text illustrations throughout. 58 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Engraved and printed by Edmund Evans. Spine very slightly bumped at head and tail, covers lightly browned with a few faint marks. Removal of small (name?) plate to half title page which has caused some light browning to page and verso of front endpaper opposite. Lower 3" of front joint cracked. Light foxing to contents and small circular mark to margin of a few pages. Small erased pencil mark to margin of one page. A nice copy of the first edition.