Author: Matthews, Andrew Illust. by Tony Ross:
Title: The Quiet Pirate. A Scurvy Tale of Derring-Do.
Description: London, Methuen Children's Books, 1988 1st Ed., H/B glazed pictorial bds, Good+, a little surf. wear, spine ends sl. damaged, contents clean and tight, pges tanning, illust. by Tony Ross, lib. stamp, label and label residue on ffep, stamp on title verso. "Quiet, kindly William Barrett doesn't look much like a pirate. But once he decides to do something with his life, it isn't long before he and his cat get mixed up with a cowardly Duke, a stubborn Princess and the barmiest crew of bungling pirates ever to sail the Seven Seas!"

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