Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Smith, Aaron, active 1823-1852
Title:
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, by Aaron Smith ; together with a copious and explicit report of his subsequent trial at the Old Bailey ; decorated throughtout with engravings by Eric Ravilious.
Published / Created:
Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXIX [1929]
Physical Description:
[2], v, [3], 156, [2] pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
F2161 .S65 1929
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This book was printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, and completed on September 28th, 1929. Compositors: F. Young and A.H. Gibbs. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. The text is that of the original edition of 1824. 500 copies have been printed."--Colophon.

Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 68

MUDD West Indies Cxb e824sc: No. 87.

BEIN 1994 56: No. 306.

BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 139 of 500. Bound in black quarter buckram and red boards.
Subject Terms:
Pirates. | Smith, Aaron, active 1823–1852 -- Personal narratives. | Private press books -- England -- Waltham Saint Lawrence -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1929. | Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Ravilious, Eric William, 1903–1942, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, printer.