Brooklyn-born Robert W. Chambers, best known today for a series of short stories first published in 1895 under the name The King in Yellow, in his later years focused on romantic and historical fiction. A recent excursion to a sale hosted by an area book dealer (only collectors were invited, and a password was required!) turned up this little treasure. Chambers' The Rogue's Moon, first published in 1928, is described as "a truly gorgeous romance" and a "dashing tale of old buccaneering days."
The dust jacket continues: "Here are famous pirates of other times, vividly recalled in zestful narrative and spirited drawings. Captain Death, Mary Read, Israel Hornygold, and that sinister figure Edward Teach - a motley and picturesque crew, they are seen foregathering to many a hazardous undertaking." This 1929 edition includes Norman Price's art in tinted inserted plates plus in-text illustrations and endpapers and only set me back $5.
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