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old Piracy books: Southeast Asian/East Asian waters

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Capt. Sherard Osborn, R.N.
My Journal in Malayan Waters; or, the Blockade of Quedah
London: Routledge, Warne 1860. Second Ed. Fold. map. Tinted lithographs
slightly affedcted by some light staining at some pages. Margins some
chipping. Recased in worn cloth spine cipped awat at top. Bookplate of
Charles Driscoll. [the 1857 First Ed. was issued under the title:
Quedah: Or, Stray Leaves from a Journal in Malayan Waters ]
SOLD

Capt. H.C. St. John, R.N.
Notes and Sketches from the Wild Coasts of Nipon With Chapters on Cruising After
Pirates in Chinese Waters
Edinburgh: David Douglas 1880. Illustrations. Map. Good ex-lib. with some minor chipping
some margins, small stains at two margins. Tissue guard not present at Frontispiece.
A few tiny pen marks and a bit shaken in slightly worn cloth. Booklates of Driscoll Piracy Collection
$ 285.00

Rounsevelle Wildman
Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines
Boston: Lothrop 1899. Second Ed. Plates. Illus. Upper corners at a few pages shipped away, some
creasing. Withal quite good in worn decorated cloth
$ 47.50

Col. John Biddulph
The Pirates of Malabar and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago
London: Smith, Elder 1907. Frontispiece. Map. Clean ex-lib. Bookplates of Driscoll Piracy Collection.
Cloth light wear
$ 90.00

Capt. Ragnar Nyberg and Alvar Zacke
On the Dragon Seas. A Sailor's Adventures in the Far East
London: Hurst & Blackett 1935. Third Impression. Plates. Some light foxing mostly at
foredges, some at margins. Cloth light wear, dustjacket torn
$ 75.00

Owen Rutter
The Pirate Wind. Tales of the Sea-Robbers of Malaya
London: Hutchinson 1930. Plates. Clean ex-lib. bookplates of Driscoll Piracy Collection.
Endpaper maps. Cloth
$ 90.00

Aleko E. Lilius
I Sailed With Chinese Pirates
London: Arrowsmith 1932 printing. Clean ex-lib. Plates. Cloth some wear, faded at spine
$ 60.00

Kwan-wai So
Japanese Piracy in Ming China During the 16th Century
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University 1975. Cloth. Dustjacket bit soiled
$ 75.00

Charles Grey
Pirates of the Eastern Seas (1618-1723) A Lurid Page of History
London: Sampson, Low [1933]. Clean ex-libris. Plates. Quite minor foxing at foredges. Cloth.
Dusjacket some taers
$ 95.00

Grace Fox
British Admirals and Chinese Pirates 1832-1869
London: Kegan, Paul 1940. . Clean ex-lib. Plates. Map. Bookplate of Driscoll Piracy Collection.
Cloth. Dustjacket bit torn
$ 90.00

John M'Leod
Narrative of a Voyage in His Majesty's Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea Along the Coast
of Corea..to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of Her Shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar
London: John Murray 1817. Frontis. Four colored plates. Some minor staining, light to
moderate scattered foxing. Withal reasonably good disbound in later worn boards and leather.
Should be rebound
$ 200.00
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