Notes: No cover artist credit is given LCCN on copyright page Pages numbered with Roman numerals through "xvi", then with Arabic numerals beginning with 17 and continuing through 536. The Doyle stories are listed as "Captain Sharkey" in the table of contents, but are individually titled within the anthology. Non-genre contents: •"The Ballad of Orasmus Nute", poem by Holman F. Day (1900-08-00), p.v •"Introduction (World's Best Pirate Stories)", essay by uncredited, p.ix •"Snake and Hawk", short story by Stephen Vincent Benét (1923-03-00), p.31 •"The Perils of Certain English Prisoners", novella by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins (1857-12-07), p.47 •"The Marooner", novelette by J. Alan Dunn (1918-08-01), p.171 •"The Keys of Mortallone", novella by Arthur T. Quiller-Couch (1917-00-00), p.235 •"Captain Blood's Dilemma", novella by Rafael Sabatini (1921-04-22), p.291 •"The Florida Pirate", novelette by Anonymous (1821-08-00), p.347 •"The Pirate's Treasure", short story by Dick Donovan (1899-00-00), p.375 •"A Game of Life and Death", short story by Lincoln Colcord (1909-02-00), p.417 •"Eight Years in a Rock", short story by Jilian Hawthorne (1901-05-00), p.439 •"The Whaler", novella by Frederick William Wallace (1915-10-00), p.457 •"The Devils of Fuatino", short story by Jack London (1911-06-29), p.501 •"Afterword (World's Best Pirate Stories)", essay by uncredited, p.525