The romance of the Spanish Main : a record of the daring deeds of some of the most famous adventurers, buccaneers, filibusters and pirates in the western seas / by Norman J. Davidson, … ; with illustrations.
Davidson, Norman James, 1860-
Category
Books
Date
1916
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3257399
Summary
Bibliographic description
313, [7], 16 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Pencil price on front free endpaper verso: "5/-". Ephemera: loosely inserted publisher's advertisement leaflet for "The library of romance" series. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "Henry Broughton / Christmas 1915 / Escrick" [i.e.: Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)]. Binding: Early twentieth-century full publisher's dark blue cloth; single white fillet to form an outer border on upper board; gilt and red stamped centrepiece on upper board (within a single white fillet border): sailing ship; red and white decoration and lettering on upper board; gilt and red stamped buccaneer, gilt lettering and red and white stamped decoration on spine.
Makers and roles
Davidson, Norman James, 1860-, author