The story of Jack Ballister's fortunes / by Howard Pyle ; being the narrative of the adventures of a young gentleman of good family, who was kidnapped in the year 1719 and carried to the plantations of the continent of Virginia ; where he fell in with that famous pirate Captain Edward Teach, or Blackbeard ; of his escape from the pirates and the rescue of a young lady from out their hands.

First edition. Johnson, AFE, 4th ed., p. 423.

Verso of title-page: The De Vinne Press.

The American merchant -- Jack Ballister -- Jack and his Uncle -- Captain Butts -- Kidnapped -- Aboard the Arundel -- Across the ocean -- To the end of the voyage -- In Virginai -- Into bondage -- Marlborough -- Down the river -- The roost -- In England -- Life at the roost -- Jack's master in the toils -- Jack rides on a mission -- Miss Eleanor Parker -- The visitor again -- The wild turkey -- The stuggle -- The escape -- A meeting -- At Marlborough -- In captivity -- The pirate's lair -- At Bath Town -- In North Carolina--In Virginia -- An expedition -- The attempt -- The return -- A scene -- How Jack resolved -- The escape -- The beginning of the voyage -- A stop over night -- The second day -- The third day -- The fourth day -- Flat Justitia -- The boat adrift -- The next day -- the return -- Rising fortunes -- Preparation -- The fight -- In the new life -- Jack meets some old friends -- The departure -- The return.

In the early eighteenth century, when Jack is kidnapped from his home in England and made an indentured servant in the Virginia colony, he runs away from his cruel master and joins Blackbeard's gang of pirates.

Publisher's decorated grey cloth stamped in dark olive green and russet on front and back cover with stylized oval vignette depicting pirate ship firing on schooner centered within conjoined medallions; titles in dark olive green on cover and spine; four compartments on spine featuring stylized emblems of palm tree, pirate ship, twin scales, and money bag.

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