BANNING, Kendall

PIRATES! OR, THE CRUISE OF THE BLACK REVENGE. A Melodrama

1916. Item #89902

(BAUMANN, Gustave, illustrator). BANNING, Kendall. PIRATES! OR, THE CRUISE OF THE BLACK REVENGE. A Melodrama in Thirteen Acts. Plot by Kendall Banning; scenes carved on wood by Gustave Baumann. Chicago: Brothers of the Book, 1916. First edition, published by the Brothers of the Book Society (1898-1922), whose purpose was to publish noteworthy books, and limited to 525 copies printed by The Faithorn Company in Chicago on Kozuchi hand-made Japanese paper. 13 black & white prints by Baumann. Slim quarto, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in., original black paper wrappers with PRIRATES! printed in red on front wrap and spine. Light wear, with a bit of loss, at heel and crown. Pencil ownership on first blank, dated 1932. Near-fine overall.

Price: $950.00