A FITTING DEATH FOR BILLY THE KID
Norman: OU, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 310pp. Illus. Index. Owner's signature/date on ffep. Fine in near fine dj.
Norman: OU, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 310pp. Illus. Index. Owner's signature/date on ffep. Fine in near fine dj.
Cleveland: Zubal, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine reprint edition, Revised & Expanded. Cloth. 808pp. Introduction. Acknowledgements, extensive, to both editions. Index. This is one of the all-time set-the-standard bibliographies of Western books. 2491 entries. Fine, like new in dj.
Silver City: High Lonesome Books, 2003. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing of soft cover edition. Pictorial wraps. 285pp. Illus. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Fine.
Silver City: High Lonesome Books, 2002. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st trade paper edition. Pictorial wraps. 307pp. Illust. Bibliography. Index. Intro by Paula Mitchell Marks. "This is the Western lawman that everyone has heard of but no one knows" --- until now. Fine.
Frontier, Calgary, 1973, 1973. First Edition. Soft cover. 4to pictorial stapled wraps. 100pp. Illustrated with vintage photos & modern drawings. Maps. Enjoyable & well-researched item by an authority on the history of Western Canada -- B.C. & Alberta. Light soiling; just a little corner wear. Vg.
Minneapolis: Ross and Haines, 1964. First Thus. Hardcover. 1st printing of R & H reprint. Cloth. 190pp. Illustrated with the original illustrations. Former owner's address label top of ffep. Presentation (to no specific person) by the "editor," Jerome Peltier, who provided Notes and Bibliography. Peltier was the owner of Clark's.....
Raleigh: Argon, 1980. First Thus. Soft cover. Not a book. A paper game of Old West gunfighting. 8 sheets / cards / instructions. Original price sticker on cover. Uses "Character Attributes" names (O.K. Corral folks). Fine. Unused. Interesting ephemera, but does not replace black powder or the "smoke of a......
Summerland BC: Canada West Magazine & N. L. Barlee, 1969. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st and only printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 32pp. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated with vintage photos and the incomparable drawings and drawn maps by the late BC mining and ghost town authority Barlee. This issue features Treasure.....
Summerland BC: Canada West Magazine & N. L. Barlee, 1971. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st and only printing. 4to pictorial wraps. 40pp. Profusely and wonderfully illustrated with vintage photos and the incomparable drawings and drawn maps by the late BC mining and ghost town authority Barlee. This issue features Historic.....
Frontier, Ruidoso, 1960, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Small 8vo cloth. 191pp. Presentation copy signed by Bartholomew. Much sought. Fine in moderately soiled dj.
Dodge City: Boot Hill Museum, 1990. Soft cover. Circa 1990 black & white 8 1/2" x 11" photographic print of Boot Hill Museum gunfighters. This is a glossy print, nicely done, but likely a lot were printed. But find 'em! Signed by ten of the gunfighters. We can't decipher every.....
n.p. (Rodeo, NM): Historical Research Associates, 1997. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1st printing thus, reprint of 1967 edition. Cloth. 135pp. Illus. Appendices. Index. Presentation copy dated & signed by Boyer in year of publication in Cochise County, Arizona. Presentation reads, "For the Sage of the Bitterroots J__ D_______ Glenn". Carefully.....
Honolulu: Talei Publishers, 1993. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Copy #48 of limited edition in 4to gilt-stamped leather of 100 copies. 325pp. Illus. Appendix. Signed by Boyer on limitation page. Laid in: publishers 4pp pictorial promo; photocopy of article in Tucson Citizen Living magazine on publication of this book with interview of Boyer;.....
NY: Frederick Fell, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Gilt-stamped cloth. 287pp. Illus. Appendix. Index. LAID IN: 1) Inscribed card from Breihan to a Pac NW bookseller. 2) Two TLS (typed letter signed) with envelopes from Breihan to the same bookseller. One regards the gun that killed James. 3) Mailing.....
Cranbury: A. S. Barnes, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 302pp. Illus. Bibliography. Biography of Bob Ford. Near fine in dj. Touch of abrasion to upper corner of ffep.
Caldwell: Caxton, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. 4to stiff wraps. 173pp. Illus. Appendices. Index. Foreword by Homer Croy. A former owner dog-eared several page corners; else vg.
Seattle: Superior, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 4to pictorial cloth. 143pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. From the library of Western historian Robert K. DeArment & with his embossment on ffep. Bit of wear top/bottom of spine. Near fine. No dj as issued.
Farmington: Privately Printed, 1949. First Edition. Soft cover. Leather cord tied pictorial wraps with overlapping edges. 52pp. Frontispiece portrait of Bell Hudson. Top edge of covers creased, else fine. 6-guns 290, Dykes Kid 394.
Barbed Wire, Stillwater, 1993, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 341pp. Illust. Index. Appendices: "Westerners' Graves by State", "Outlaw Gangs, Feudists, Texas Rangers, and Other Groups." Includes a number of Oklahoma outlaws. Fine, unread copy just out of shrink-wrap, in dj. A very scarce modern book & much sought.
NY: Atomic Books, 1946. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing of special edition. Pictorial wraps. 96pp. "More or less a reprint" of Buel's rare 1880 book. Pulpy paper; bottom corner of back cover has small hole affecting couple of adjacent leaves; still a good copy. 6-guns 317.
Austin: Eakin Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 304pp. Illus. Appendix, "Modern Day (Native American & Black) Lawmen." Bibliography. Index. Signed by Burton. From the library of Western historian Robert K. DeArment, and with his embossment on ffep. A simply excellent & well-researched volume. Essential for an Indian.....
Gretna: Pelican Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial trade wraps. 236pp. Illus. Chronology. Notes. Index. Fine book on Oklahoma outlaws. Fine.
LA: Los Angeles Corrall Westerners, 1992. First Edition. Soft cover. 1st printing. Pictorial stapled wraps. 24pp. Illus. In addition to essay by Calhoun, essay by Demke, "Joe De Yong: The Cowboy Etcher-Artist" accompanied by a hand-written note from Demke on his letterhead to your bookseller regarding his purchase of a......
Roxbury Crossing: J. S. Canner & Co, 1964. First Thus. Soft cover. 1st printing thus limited to 150 copies of which this is #41. Pictorial wraps. 57pp. Signed by Drago. 739 entries with brief descriptions. Prices to die for now. Fine.
College Station: Creative Pub. Co, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Cloth. 183pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Pictorial endpapers. "This well-researched account of William Antrim's early life is presented chronologically from his youth through his manhood to his final years and death. Fine in dj which is complete with only a......