A general history of the pirates
By: by Captain Charles Johnson ; edited, with a preface by Philip Gosse ; adorn'd with cuts by Alexina Ogilvie
Publisher: Printed & sold by Philip Saintsbury at the Cayme Press
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Kensington
Language: eng
Subjects: Pirates
Notes: Attribution to Defoe is based on internal textual relationship to his works of proven authorship together with supporting external evidence. Cf. J. H. Moore. Defoe in the pillory. 1939, p. 126-188.

First ed. published in 1724 under title: A general history of the robberies and murders of the most notorious pyrates.

"The edition from which this re-print is made, is the third, published in 1725."

"Limited to 500 copies, 50 being for presentation & review."
Table of contents: title: I. Vol: 1925.; title: II. Vol: 1927.