A) The Pirates Own Book, or Authentic Narrative of the Lives, Exploits and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers. Sanborn & Carter, Portland/Philadelphia, 1844. Hardcover, original boards, decorated gilt illustrated title to spine. Foxing, throughout, several pages with folded corners. B) How Men Propose; The Fateful Question and its Answer. Loves Scenes from Popular Works of Fiction Collected by Agnes Stevens. T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1890. Hardbound in pictorial cloth, faded torn spine. 343pp. First English Edition. C) Ben Perley Poore Illustrated Reminiscences, 2 vols in 1. E.R. Curtis & Co, later edition of 1886 classic.