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PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN is a 50 cigarette card set published around 1888 by Allen & Ginter. The card fronts show pirates of the Spanish Main. This book contains images of the 50 card fronts. The backs of the cards provide a history of the pirates pictured on the card fronts. The histories on the card backs are in text format in this book. This book also included an image of the back of a PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN cigarette card.
NOTE: Standard catalogue number is N-16.
Link to the book:
Pirates of the Spanish Main Trading Cards