The pirate publisher - an international burlesque that has has the longest run on record LCCN2011661385, 1886

Title: the pirate publisher - an international burlesque that has has the longest run on record abstract: illustration shows a man, identified as the "pirate publisher", standing at center with one foot on a large book labeled "law", he is wearing 17th century court dress, a large hat with four plumes labeled "american, french, german, [and] english", and a long cape that appears to be made from the title pages of pirated works of literature, and he is carrying two moneybags. Authors from "america, germany, france, [and] england" form a half-circle behind him, included are "mark twain, c. D. Warner, g. W. Cable, e. C. Stedman, f. Brete hart [i. E. , bret harte], j. Hay, o. W. Holmes, f. R. Stockton, j. G. Whittier, t. B. Aldrich, w. D. Howells, j. R. Lowell, heyse, ebers, scheffel, zola, sardou, a. Daudet, jules verne, gilbert, browning, burnand, hughes, tennyson, [and] w. Collins", some hold papers labeled "james payn, louis carroll, thomas hardy, [and] r. L. Stevenson. They are accusing the man of illegally publishing their work without compensating them, while the man maintains that he has a legal right to publish their books. There is a jack-in-the-box labeled "the hugh conway posthumous producer"; the jack holds a knife in one hand and a gun in the other. Includes choruses "of british authors. . French victims. . German and other sufferers, [and] humble american authors". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: j. Keppler.;illus. From puck, v. 18, no. 468, (1886 february 24), centerfold.;copyright 1886 by keppler & schwarzmann.;title from item. Date: 1886.