ERIC RAVILIOUS. Aaron Smith: The Atrocities of the Pirates; being a Faithful Narrative of the Unparalleled Sufferings Endured by the Author during his Captivity among the Pirates of the Island of Cuba; with an Account of the Excesses and Barbarities of those Inhuman Freebooters. Together with a Copious and Explicit Report of his Subsequent trial at the Old Bailey. With engravings by Eric Ravilious

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ERIC RAVILIOUS. Aaron Smith : The Atrocities of the Pirates; being a Faithful Narrative of the Unparalleled Sufferings Endured by the Author during his Captivity among the Pirates of the Island of Cuba; with an Account of the Excesses and Barbarities of those Inhuman Freebooters. Together with a Copious and Explicit Report of his Subsequent trial at the Old Bailey. With engravings by Eric Ravilious

The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1929

First edition thus, limited to 500 numbered copies (this being #471). 8vo. v, 156pp. Buckram-backed boards, lettered in gold at the spine with red paper-covered sides. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Ravilious, which comprise a frontispiece, two header piece decorations and seven illustrations in the text. The tip of one corner knocked, and with a touch of light chafing to several other extremities. Some browning to the free endpapers, and a tiny pinprick or two of spotting to very occasional fore edge margins. A very good copy of this account of Smith's capture by Cuban pirates and his eventual escape, plus an account of his subsequent Old Bailey trial for piracy (for which he was acquitted); originally printed in 1824 and here splendidly enhanced by these Ravilious engravings (his second Golden Cockerel Press contributions).. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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