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HEAD WIND
Written by Hawthorne Daniel. Illustrated by Charles E. Pont.
Stock no. 1326461
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A small Connecticut sea coast town seems hardly a scene for a pirate story... Lilac cloth with white titles. Yellow endpapers are maps of Bluefish Cove. 177 pages. B/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased.

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CAPTAIN PUGWASH AND THE HUGE REWARD: A TALE OF SMUGGLING IN THE ANCIENT TOWN OF SINKPORT.
Written by John Ryan. Illustrated by John Ryan.
Stock no. 1824382
Published by Gungarden Books. 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Captain Pugwash retires from active piracy he is amazed and delighted to be offered a Huge Reward for performing what seems to be a simple task. Little does he realise what villainy and treachery lurk in the little town of Sinkport, or what a hideous fate may await him there. Aqua cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951707108. Reprint. SIGNED (no dedication) by the author with a doodle of Captain Pugwash. Foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to verso and a few foxspots to rear panel, top edge lightly creased and lightly faded.

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BARNEY THE PIRATE
Written by Jess Webb. Illustrated by Tony Kerins.
Stock no. 1323072
Published by Boisterous Books Ltd. 1st 2014. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A picture book for anyone to read. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 200 copies. ISBN: 9780993093609. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. This is copy no. 158.

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THE RUBY OF KISHMOOR
Written by Howard Pyle. Illustrated by Howard Pyle.
Stock no. 2135904
Published by C.F. Braun & Co.. 1965. Very good condition.

Red leather spine with gilt title, marble-effect boards. 73 pages. 10 plates (including colour frontis). Spine is faded. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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GUMDROP AND THE PIRATES
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 2135470
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Children's Books. 1ST 1989. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340501235. Bottom 1.5" of spine is torn to rear; some loss. Fading to spine. Contents are still very good and bright.

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BOB AND THE PIRATES
No author listed. Illustrated by Jupo.
Stock no. 1319230
Circa 1943. Very good condition.

Square format. Black, red and white pictorial paperwraps. 10 pages. B/w text illustrations. Some light rubbing to cover edges and light page browning to contents.

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PUGWASH ALOFT
Written by John Ryan. Illustrated by John Ryan.
Stock no. 2127232
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1958. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Some fade marks to spine, which also has 1" loss to top and smaller chips and nicks to base. Joints have been strengthened with white paper tape. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Binding/stitching is starting to come loose, so that binding is now weak. Wrapper is very torn and chipped with loss, but picture to front panel is still complete.

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THE BLACK PEARL: A POP-UP PIRATE SHIP
Written by Rich Thomas. Illustrated by Jean-Paul Orpinas; Marco Colletti.
Stock no. 1815951
Published by Disney Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean. Relive the story of the Black Pearl in this fearsome pop-up book. Contains punch-out figures featuring nasty pirate villains and the Pearl's swashbuckling crew, including, of course, the notorious Captain Jack Sparrow. Large format. Blue pictorial glazed boards. Paper engineering by Wayne Kalama. ISBN: 9781423108085. Vertical crease to spine. Contents unused.

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JOLLY ROGER AND THE PIRATES OF ABDUL THE SKINHEAD
Written by Colin McNaughton.
Stock no. 1814602
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

'A rumbustious, piratical romp aboard the good ship The Golden Behind'. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Square format. ISBN: 0744510112. Rear pastedown faded from red to orange.

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RUTHLESS ROGER
Written by Geoffrey Lowis. Illustrated by Winslade.
Stock no. 1506822
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A lively, stirring tale of pirates on the Spanish Main, thrilling but never frightening, told by a sailor with a glorious sense of humour. Red cloth, dark blue titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Spine bumped, darkening to top edges of covers. Endpapers browned. Tear to margin of pages 25-32. Foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with loss from top of spine and rear fold. Spine browned.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL AND THE PIRATES
Written by Terence Tiernan.
Stock no. 1503999
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Peter, Michael and their mother's aeroplane trip ended when their plane landed out at sea. They were rescued by pirates who ordered them to walk the plank but Michael's piano playing saved them. Oblong format 8.75 x 6", white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, some loss of surface paper from base of spine, small split to top. Covers grubby. Front endpaper is MISSING. Rear endpaper is creased. A few marks to contents but most pages are clean.

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THE LAST OF THE SKY PIRATES
Written by Paul Stewart. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1207924
Published by Doubleday. 2002. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Book five of The Edge Chronicles. Dark blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385602006. SIGNED by author and illustrator. 3rd printing. Light page-edge browning.

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