Author: Edward Teach
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Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Voyages and Adventures of Edward Teach Commonly Called Black Beard, the Notorious Pirate. To which is Added, The Two Princes
Author: Edward Teach
Publisher:
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Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Small Books for the Common Man
Author: John Meriton
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
"Analytical bibliography of the National Art Library's collection of literary ephemera of the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly 800 titles described in detail, including histories, tales, verse collections, primers, alphabets, and allowing accurate identification and verification with other collections. Includes reproduced illustrations from all books described"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
"Analytical bibliography of the National Art Library's collection of literary ephemera of the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly 800 titles described in detail, including histories, tales, verse collections, primers, alphabets, and allowing accurate identification and verification with other collections. Includes reproduced illustrations from all books described"--Provided by publisher.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Forster Collection
Author: South Kensington Museum. Forster Collection
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The Invisible Hook
Author: Peter Leeson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400829860
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flags of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a "pirate code"? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made them so successful? The Invisible Hook uses economics to examine these and other infamous aspects of piracy. Leeson argues that the pirate customs we know and love resulted from pirates responding rationally to prevailing economic conditions in the pursuit of profits. The Invisible Hook looks at legendary pirate captains like Blackbeard, Black Bart Roberts, and Calico Jack Rackam, and shows how pirates' search for plunder led them to pioneer remarkable and forward-thinking practices. Pirates understood the advantages of constitutional democracy--a model they adopted more than fifty years before the United States did so. Pirates also initiated an early system of workers' compensation, regulated drinking and smoking, and in some cases practiced racial tolerance and equality. Leeson contends that pirates exemplified the virtues of vice--their self-seeking interests generated socially desirable effects and their greedy criminality secured social order. Pirates proved that anarchy could be organized. Revealing the democratic and economic forces propelling history's most colorful criminals, The Invisible Hook establishes pirates' trailblazing relevance to the contemporary world.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400829860
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flags of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a "pirate code"? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made them so successful? The Invisible Hook uses economics to examine these and other infamous aspects of piracy. Leeson argues that the pirate customs we know and love resulted from pirates responding rationally to prevailing economic conditions in the pursuit of profits. The Invisible Hook looks at legendary pirate captains like Blackbeard, Black Bart Roberts, and Calico Jack Rackam, and shows how pirates' search for plunder led them to pioneer remarkable and forward-thinking practices. Pirates understood the advantages of constitutional democracy--a model they adopted more than fifty years before the United States did so. Pirates also initiated an early system of workers' compensation, regulated drinking and smoking, and in some cases practiced racial tolerance and equality. Leeson contends that pirates exemplified the virtues of vice--their self-seeking interests generated socially desirable effects and their greedy criminality secured social order. Pirates proved that anarchy could be organized. Revealing the democratic and economic forces propelling history's most colorful criminals, The Invisible Hook establishes pirates' trailblazing relevance to the contemporary world.
The Imprint Catalog in the Rare Book Division
Author: New York Public Library. Rare Book Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Imprint
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Imprint
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description