Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Glasspoole, Richard, 1788-1846
Title:
Mr. Glasspoole and the Chinese pirates / being the narrative of Mr. Richard Glasspoole of the ship Marquis of Ely ; describing his captivity of eleven weeks and three days whilst held for ransom by the villainous ladrones of the China Sea in the year 1809 ; together with extracts from the China records and log of the Marquis of Ely ; and some remarks on Chinese pirates, ancient and modern, by Owen Rutter ; and four engravings on wood by Robert Gibbings.
Published / Created:
London : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXXV [1935]
Physical Description:
57, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Head-pieces.
Subject Terms:
Glasspoole, Richard, 1788–1846. | Marquis of Ely (Ship) | Pirates. | China Sea. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1935.
Contributors:
Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, writer of introduction. | Gibbings, Robert, 1889–1958, engraver. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.