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Garden City, New York, USA: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., 1956 A photographic encyclopedia of historical travel destinations in all 50 States, 64 pages in color! From Pemaquid Point in Maine, the Union Stockyards in Chicago to the Fort Nisqually in Tacoma, Washington. Fascinating look at what a difference 50 years can make. More interesting for its historical value and record of the changes to the city skylines. See maps without Interstates! See how many tourist places you can spot that are no longer even in existence anymore! See what your grandparents used to do in Florida Before-The-Mouse! When Kissimee was a Cow Town and Orlando had Orange Groves! Green and black hardcover (leather???) with gilt lettering on spine in VG condition with slight edge and corner bumping. Spine straight, sewing at end pages starting to show. Pages clean and unmarked except for some slight edge soiling. One page detached. Dust Jacket in Poor condition, shows considerable yellowing and edge wear, other small tears and large chip from back top edge. Backstrip is missing, replaced and taped to front and rear flaps. Else, intact in major parts.. . Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Illus. by Henri Cartier-Bresson , et al., & Rafael Palacios . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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San Antonio, Texas USA: The Naylor Company, 1976 U.S.A.Bicentennial reissue of this historic Centennial issue. Extensive history of Cooke County Texas up to 1948. From the Red Man to the Oil Man. VG hardcover. No DJ. Some yellowing of backstrip and extremities. Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, USA: Four Winds Press, 1982 FIRST EDITION. The life and careerof Cordelia Stanwood, pioneer woman ornithologist in America. Foundress of Birdsacre Sanctuary in Ellsworth, Maine. VG- blue hardcover with has slight rubbing and scufing wear. Photo of six white-breasted birds sitting on a branch on front. Binding tight, spine straight, pages clean, unmarked and unyellowed except for usual library markings. 56 pp. . First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA: Dictus Publications Reprint of the original limited edition published by W. R. Conkey Company of Chicago. " A record of highway robbery, horse stealing, romance and murder. To which is added a detailed and graphic account of the arrest and lynching of Edward Maxwell, at Durand, Wisconsin, November 19th, 1881". (cover blurb). Escapades mainly in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota. Yellow paper wrapper with black spine overwrapped. VG+ condition with minor soiling and two small ink marks on cover. Pages clean and unmarked with slight age toning of page edges. . First Thus. Pictorial Wrapper. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. . more information

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Edinburgh, Newy York and Toronto: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1963 Forward by Paul Angle of Chicago Historical Society. Based on True Stories of the early life of President Abraham Lincoln as told by his older cousin and neighbor, a noted primary source on the early Illinois and especially Kentucky and Indiana years. Presented in dialect, as fiction for juveniles. With numerous illustrations. White cloth hardcover with blue spine. Solor illustration of young Abe on front cover. VG- with usual library markings, stampings and inlaid pocket on rear endpage. Moderate surface and page edge soiling, minor spine edge wear. Pg. 12 has 3-inch tear. Blank rear free page has been cut out, else condition rating would be higher. Binding tight, spine straight, text pages clean and unmarked. Excellent reading copy. 285 pp. Photo may not reflect actual condition of book.. Third Printing. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Leonard Vosburgh. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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College Station, Texas, USA: Creative Publishing Company, 1982 LIMITED EDITION Nr. 648 of 1000. Introduction by Wayne Gard. Sam Bass was one of the boldest bank robbers in the late 1800's. F/NF Fine copy with brown leather cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt six-gun on cover. All edges gilt. DJ Near Fine has very minor rubbing and some minor soiling visible from inside only. Illustrated end papers. Listed by Ramon F. Adams as one of the most important one hundred fifty books written on western outlaws and lawmen. Reprint of rare 1878 wrapper. . Limited Numbered. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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College Station, Texas, USA: Creative Publishing Company, 1982 Introduction by Wayne Gard. Sam Bass was one of the boldest bank robbers in the late 1800's LIMITED EDITION of 1000 although this copy was not numbered. F/NF Fine copy with brown leather cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt six-gun on cover. All edges gilt. DJ Near Fine has very minor rubbing and some minor soiling visible from inside only . Illustrated end papers. Listed by Ramon F. Adams as one of the most important one hundred fifty books written on western outlaws and lawmen. Reprint of rare 1878 wrapper. . Limited Numbered. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York and London: Prentice-Hall General Reference, 1993 Gripping narrative of the multi-century struggle for survival. Each chapter focuses on a particular war or period. Biographies of native and colonizer leaders, maps ot tribal locations and battle campaigns, historical drawings and photos. Extensive chronology and bibliography. Tan paper hardcover with gilt lettering on cloth backstrip. NF book with minor edge soiling/staining and very slight fading of backstrip. NF Dust jacket with minor wear and edge toning.. Third Printing. Half-Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Jules Tavernier. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Chicago, Illinois, USA: The University of Chicago Press, 1971 Written from an economist's perspective. Discusses impact of unions on wage structure, employment and distribution of income. Oddly, author finds that the role of unions lies not in their collective bargaining power, but rather in their role as a social conscience whereby shaping public opinion. VG- softcover with workers standing in front of Union Local building. Has minor cover wear, scuffing and rubbing. Rear corners folded. Minor soilin gof page edges. Pages have no markings or underlining. Binding tight; spine straight. . Sixth Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomas A. Knudtson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, Oxford and London : Oxford University Press , 1975 Story of the infamous corrupt New York city political machine, the Tweed Ring as it plunders the city from 1866-1871. William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, Mayor Oakey "The Elegant" Hall, "Slippery Dick" Connoly, and Peter Barr "$weeney". Book has some surface soiling and yellowing, age toning of page edges. One folded corner on pg. 81. . Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. more information

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New York, New York, USA: The New American Library, Inc., 1956 The great classic study of the political American way of life. Comprehensive and enlightening survey of government, culture, literature and attitudes of democratic America. Written over a 100 yers ago, but still worth reading today. Specially edited and abridged for the modern reader. VG softcover with illustration of eagle with red ribbon in mouth on front. Slight edge wear and age toning of cover. Slight creases at front hinge and spine. Strong crease on side paper edges. Owner inscription on front fly page, else pages unmarked, no underlining or highlighting. Minor agetoning of pages. . Fifteenth Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by S. Neil Fujita. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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College Station, Texas, USA: Creative Publishing Company, 1981 LIMITED EDITION. The Earl-y West Collection. This is one of only 1500 copies of this paperback edition. Intro by Stuart N. Lake. The most complete record of the coroner's inquest and the Wells Spicer Hearing that followed the gunfight. Firsthand accounts of Wyatt and Virgil Earp, James Kehoe, Ernest Storm and others. Many photos and illustrations. Red softcover has some edge yellowing and rubbing. Tape on front cover. , `. . First Edition First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by James. H. Earle. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York & Evanston, Illinois USA: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc., 1999 The entire story of Wyatt Earp's life - birth in Iowa to buffalo hunter, bodyguard, detective, bounty hunter, gambler, boxing referee, prospector, saloon keeper, lawman to advisor on Hollywood Westerns. Includes details on Sarah Marcus his companion of 47 years. Cover is three quarter blue cloth boards and black paper with gold colored lettering on backstrip. Dust jacket has some age toning of inside edges.. Second Printing. Three-Quarter Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Tony Greco and Associates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . more information

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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1967 Reprint (1903). The story of the cowboy life on the old cow paths of the West and the Longhorn Highways of the Plains, Atascosa, Colorado, Brazos and Wichita, Dodge City, Doan's Crossing, The Beaver, Slaughter's Bridge, Forty Islands Ford and the Yellowstone, etc. Five illustrations and cover painting by Charles M. Russel "Through the Alkali". Interesting story of surviving Sherman's March to the Sea while author was a child in Georgia. PB with some edge soiling and dampstaining, one corner torn. One quarter size coffee stain and an one inch piece of tape on back cover. Minor page yellowing. Owner inscription on half title page. Pages unmarked and generally clean, spine straight. . Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by E. Boyd Smith . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1996 Revised Edition First Printing. A forensic anthropological search for final whereabouts of Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid and Etta Place. Author traced the trio thru Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia; in local newspapers and documents, and exhumed skeletons. Unearthed eyewitness accounts of their final holdup and shootout. This revised editon includes new letters by the bandits and interviews with Argentinian police. Fresh information about William Phillips who cloaimed to be Butch Cassidy. Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1969. second Bison Book printing, trade paperback, 390 pages 8 b+w illustrations, condition: NF with some edge yellowing and corner wear.. First Bison Book Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York & Chicago, USA: Dell Publishing, 1991 Presumed First Dell Printing. Listed as a reprint of a Rutledge Hill Press printing. At last, the True Killer revealed ! Who the killer was, the motive for the killings and what Lizzie's actual role in the affair was. Maybe. A sordid tale of greed and infidelity. Red hardcover book with black spine in Fine condition. DJ in VG- condition some dampstaining and very minor yellowing of edges. Slight edge wear.. Unlisted. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by Dena Mortell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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White Sulphur Springs, Montana, USA : Meagher County News, 1980 signed - FIRST EDITION. Legendary badman who rose from being a baker to election as first Sheriff of Montana Territory only to be hung on a scaffold of his own making. Photos and illustrations. Rich brown leatherette hardcover in NF condition except for some dampstaining on bottom edge and rear end page by bottom hinge. Gilt lettering on front and spine bright and intact. Page edges show slightest age toning. Hinges and Binding tight, pages clean. DJ in Good Minus condition, intact but has waterstaining on spine and near bottom of backstrip and on rear flap. Shows age darkening of edges, folds and backstrip. Minor edge wear and one tiny tear at front hinge. SIGNED: Author inscription on front endpage to (the late) Paul Montgomery dated 3/27/83. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Leather. Near Fine Minus/Good Minus. Illus. by Jim Knight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, USA: Pocket Books, 1970 Reprint (Trident Press, 1969) SpelI- Binding Account of Witchcraft and Murder in the German Pennsylvania Deutsch ("Dutch") coal region in the early part of the 20th century. Interesting reports of life and legal practice in the Pennylvania Appalachians. G+ canary softcover. Cover has minor + edgewear and surface soiling. Red-dyed Page ends. Pages have minor yellowing. Two crack marks on spine. Corner folding of covers and p.55. "Lament for the Molly Maguires" by same author also available .. First Publisher's Printing. Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London, UK: Longmans, Green and Co., Inc., 1965 FIRST EDITION. Story of how the Pinkertons, in the pay of the Coal and Iron Special Interests, infiltrated the secret society of Irish coal miners called the Molly Maguires. They were no saints or angels; as neither were the mine operators. While not a labor union nor defenders of all miners or working men they did have enough protecting influence that the coal owners were not able to implement industry-wide pay cuts in the Pennsylvania coal region until the power of the Mollies was broken. G+/G- green hardcloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Interesting reports of the squalor and poverty of life in the Pennylvania Appalachians in the 19th Century. Cover has moderate edge soiling. Page ends have slight age toning. Pages have no markings or undelining. Binding tight spine straight. Dust jacket is intact. Shows moderate yellowing, soiling, rubbing and scuffing. Moderate edge wear and tattering. Dampstaining and cracking of hinges. "Hex" by same author also available .. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus/Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norman, Oklahoma, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958 FIRST EDITION. Forward by Glen Dawson. Vol 10 of The Western Frontier Library series. Reprint of the 1913 edition. Edited by by James H. Wilkins. Besides the Diamond Swindle includes history of little known events during the period from 1857 to 1873 including the Confederate secret society Knights of the Golden Circle, Chapman Case, Civil War history of Kern County, California, and financial dealings of William G. Ralston. Memoirs from Kentucky, California, Mexico, Confederacy, Wyoming, New York and London. B/W photo of author. VG+/G- Blue marble look hardcover, gilt lettering on spine. DJ was printed on inside with original publishers advertising and is intact but has minor edge wear and is age yellowed and starting to crack at all folds. Slight age toning of edges and backstrip. Three inch tear at top front hinge. Book store stick-on label on back flap. Listed by Ramon F. Adams as among the most important written on western outlaws and lawmen. Vols 3, 6, 23, and 53 also available.. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1969 A stirring account of the story ot the American Revolutionary War as fought in Old Northwest Territory, centering around the exploits of George Rogers Clark and his Long Knives. Capture of Kaskaskia and Vincennes, helping to obtain the fertile lands north of the Ohio for the US. Brown cloth boards with black cloth backstrip. Gilt design at hinges; gilt lettering on spine. Book edges have slight agetoning. DJ has only slight rubbing wear but does have moderate yellowing of the paper, particulartly the spine. . Second Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York & Chicago, USA: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910 Four previous copyright dates listed. Published 1910 in arrangement with G. W. Dillingham Co.. Four Rousing Novels of the West Complete in one volume. Red cloth cover with waterstaining of front board. Age darkening of spne. Small tear in back hinge. End pages illustrated with cowboy scene but waterstained as are several pages after. Corners bumped and bottom of front cover is frayed. Bindings at front title page and rear end page are weak Very slight foxing of pages. Text intact. Reading copy only. . Fifth Printing. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. . more information

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Glenview, Illinois, USA: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1987 50 Adaptable, Delightful dimensional displays for the primary grades. Part of the Good Year Books series Bulletin boards for Language Arts, Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, 58 pages with b+w illustrations, condition: VG, with some edge yellowing and corner wear.. Third Printing. Soft Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977 FIRST EDITION. Wonderful, whimsical collection of humorous newspaper articles written in dialect by Finley Peter Dunne in 1890's in Chicago Evening Post. Featuring Martin J. Dooley, a fictional Irish saloon owner on Archer Avenue in Bridgeport with a clear-eyed view of life and politics in Chicago. A regular character was Chicago (Brighton Park) author John McKenna. Period Photos. VG Quarter-bound black boards with black cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and front. Minor edge and corner wear. Pages unmarked. Photo of 1876 Chicago White Stockings (Now Chicago Cubs) with manager A.G. Spalding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, USA: Pantheon Books Div of Random House, 1977 Story of the Invisible women in America's history. Study of women in factories, slave women, colonial women, pioneer women,union women and white-collarwomen. VG- softcover with women workers, train and horses. Has minor scuffing cover wear, folded corner and price label on rear. Binding tight, spine straight. Pages have no markings or underlining. Minor edge toning and soiling. Owner inscription on half-title page. . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Lilly. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA: Loiusian State University Press, 1997 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Life of Cullen M. Baker the Swamp Fox of the Sulfur (River). Romanticized as a six-gun artist and defender of Old South traditions he was a violent misfit of the Reconstruction period who found acceptance as an enforcer of white supremacy. Murdering unarmed blacks and Freedmen's Bureau agents in the Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana triangle until until his own neighbors rose against him. Offers a portrait of social life and conflict among whites in the post-war South. Black cloth cover with metallic red lettering on spine. NF-/NF with minor dampstaining on 3 pages. Dust jacket near fine with age toning of edges. Maps. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine Minus/Near Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . more information

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London, UK: The English Westerners' Society, 1973 FIRST EDITION. The Brand Book Vol. 16 No. 1 October 1973 Publication No. 193. Contains a short biography of Francis B. Heitman, a seargent and clerk, author of "Historical Register and Dicionary of the United States Army" which was the Standard Work of the 19th century American Army and of the Indian Wars. Though the work is famous the author long remained almost completely unknown. Contains comparisons of similar works of the time. NF minus stapled paper with moderate age toning and soiling of spine and cover. One wrinkle of bottom back cover page. Pages unmarked and clean. . First Edition. Stapled Paper. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . more information

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Fort Davis, Texas, USA: Bartholomew House , 1984 Reprint (1947 by Old Fort Davis Company) A history of this historic fort in west Texas.List of Waterhoes from San Antonio to El Paso and distances apart. Camels in Texas. Illustraton of Old Fort now a National Historic Site. VG with slight soiling of covers and some edge yellowing. Pages clean and unmarked. 102 pp.. . First Thus. Pictorial Wrapper. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, New York, USA: Henry Z. Walck Inc. , 1965 FIRST EDITION. Without this book any account of the American Army is only plete. Many b/w photos of soldiers, battles, medals and insignia. Short synopses from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War. VG Book has red boards with 11 scenes of soldiers and battles on front cover. Slight surface scuffing. Slight soiling of page edges. Usual library markings and glued-in pockets on rear endpages. Binding tight, spine straight and pages else clean and unmarked. 56 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bettmann Archive. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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College Station, Texas, USA: Texas A & M University Press, 1989 "The true story of Charles A. Siringo Texas Cowboy, longhorn trail driver, private detective, rancher, New Mexico Ranger and author. Revealing highlights of his action-filled life...and his intermittent battles with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency..." (Authors note). Includes the Coeur d'Alene Labor Riots, hounding moonshiners in Kentucky and Virginia; chasing Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch through the West and other adventures in Alaska, British Columbia and Mexico. Eventually left and denounced the Pinkertons as a "disgrace". Legal battles ensued for 18 years. Top book corner has slight dampstaining; dust jacket has age toning on top and bottom edges but no rips or tears.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Cameron Poulter. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Evanston, Illinois, USA: Row, Peterson and Company, 1941 Basic Social Education Series, Richard W. Bardwell, Editorial Director. History including pre-federal government, President and Congress, Conquering Distance, Equal Justice Under the Law, Insure Domestic Tranquility, Army and Navy, Raising Our Standard of Living, The Family Makes a Living, When Trouble Comes, and Our Constitutional Rights. All those little things that make up how our government is Supposed to work and how it if fact used to work. NF- softcover of 48 pp. Illustrated colored map on inside covers. Many b/w photos and orange illustrations. Minor edge wear. No other library markings except one red ink stamp on title page from (Frank W.) Gunsaulus School Chicago B. of Ed. . First Edition First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Cover. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by James Sieger, Lynd Ward, and Eileen Fox Vaughan. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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New York and London: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1976 FIRST EDITION. Part of the A First Book series. From history to how coal was acquired, mines built, maintained, operated and profited from, unionism excepted. G- condition due to possible cut out rear free page, else yellow hardcover in excellent conditon library markings excepted. Cover has photo of title in black surrounded by red and black flames. Minor surface rubbing, soiling and scuffing. Binding tight, spine straight, pages else clean and unmarked aside from usual library markings; no pocket glued in. 66 pp.. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Lawrence Ratzkin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Wolfe City, Texas, USA: Henington Publishing Company, 1985 LIMITED EDITION. Nr. 86 of 200 copies - First Edition, First Printing. Forward by Bill C. James. Ft. Worth shootout between "Longhair Jim" Courtright of Illinois and Luke Short of Mississippi. 14 pp. tot. Tan pictorial wrappers in VG condition. Illustrated with photos of protagonists. Cover has some dampstaining near bottomspine and agetoning of edges. Pages clean. SIGNED twice by author. Signed and then inscribed to (the late) Paul Montgomery on 5/10/85.. Signed by Author. Limited Numbered. Stapled Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . more information

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New York, New York, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 1995 A Dramatic Narratve of the leader of the last of the free Commanche Indians of the greater Texas Hill country. In an extremely weak position, he was able to play a masterful endgame, making the transition from a desperate and losing guerrilla war to adaptation and assimilation, successful enough to become a railroad investor and having a town named after him. Book in As New conditon, black boards with gold lettering on spine and back cover. NF+ Dust jacket has yellowing of inside edges. Includes many illustrations and maps. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983 Accounts of 600 gunfights by 255 of master Gunfighters, set against their proper background and stature. Wild Bill, Billy the Kid, Billy Breakenridge, Tom Horn, Curly Bill Brocius, Bill Longley, Bass Outlaw, Sam Bass, Black Jack Ketchum., etc, etc,. Red leather-feel cloth cover; Near Fine copy with slight soiling of page edges. Dust jacket Good + with slight tattering, soiling and moderate yellowing of edges. Many Illustrations and photos. . Sixth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . more information

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Bakersfield, California, USA: Bill Reynolds , 1994 LIMITED NUMBERED. Exhaustive alphabetically arranged compilation of New Mexico's famous and obscure lawmen, gunfighters, outlaws and villains. Biographical material with source information. Blue cover, spiral bound decorated wrapper self-published and printed. Very clean pages, some age toning of page edges. Limited Edition. Nr. 155 of only 200 copies. . . Limited Numbered. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Sunnyside, Washington USA: BJS Brand Books, 1993 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Stated First Printing April 1993. This is a Very Scarce booklet as only 25 copies were ever published. Illustrations. Contains the story Ghost of the Lynched Black Man which was left out of the later Nothwest Episodes anthology Yesterdays...Today. Lettuce green stapled Pictorial Wrap. Near Fine copy with minor yellowing around edges and spine. Handwritten Address and postage stamp on back cover. Cancellation stampings on both covers, dated Apr 5 1993. Taped in letter Inscribed "...A gift to you..." by Author to (the late) Paul (Montgomery) on title page. Letter is dated March 31, 1993 14 pp.. Signed by Author. Limited. Stapled Pictorial Cover. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Bob L'Aloge. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Springfield, Missouri, USA : Queen City Publications , 1987 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. This is a very Scarce booklet as only 50 copies were ever published, and those only in soft cover. Also the only known time that the author's name was spelled "La Loge". Five of the most hideous crimes ever to take place in Springfield Missouri and environs. Illustrations. Light blue stapled Pictorial Wrap. Near Fine copy with minor yellowing around edges and spine. Inscribed by Author to (the late) Paul Montgomery on title page.. Signed by Author. Limited. Stapled Paper. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Phoenix, Arizona, USA: Arizona Highways Magazine, 1996 FIRST EDITION. 20 stories of desperados and lawmen and how fate changed their lives. Pearl Heartt, the last lynching, Johnny Behind the Deuce. The Earps, three-Fingered Jack Dunlap, Black Jack Ketchium and more. Softcover is in Fine condition. lllustrations. . . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Gary Bennett, Kevin Kirsey; Mary Winkelman Velgos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Las Cruces, New Mexico,USA: Yucca Tree Press, 1990 LIMITED Edition. Only 250 copies of this run were printed with a total in all authorized printings not in excess of 700. Stories of New Mexico's most famous gunfighters, outlaws and villains, incl. Organ Mountain Trailblazers, historic robberies of 1880-1900, Civil War incident in Old Mesilla and an interview with Billy the Kid Bonney. Very clean pages, some age toning and fraying of cover. Maps and illustrations. . . Second Edition Second Printing. Stapled Paper. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Marquita Peterson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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Las Cruces, New Mexico,USA: Yucca Tree Press, 1991 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Stories of New Mexico's most famous gunfighters, outlaws and villains, inc. Bill the Kid, George Compton, the Black Gunman of Las Cruces, Bronco Sue Yonkers, horse thief and prostitute. Drawing of native Hoosier, Gov. Lew Wallace. Inscribed " Happy Trails " on dedication page. Very clean copy, Maps and illustrations. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Marquita Peterson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Los Lunas. New Mexico, USA: Flying Eagle-Thunderhawk Enterprises, 1995 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Riveting portrayal of the harrowing lives of men and women from pre-Civil War days to the 1963 murder of Eunice Kelly of New Mexico State University. Some material previously published or taken from contemporary newspaper accounts. Incl. Oregon's Blue Bucket gold mine, child kidnapper Claude Piersol, Boxing champion Stanley Ketchel, Cattle rancher Ben Snipes. Inscribed to "Paul" (Montgpmery). Fine copy, notwithstanding the small dampstaining of pages near spine. Maps and illustrations. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sunnyside, Washington USA: BJS Brand Books, 1993 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Narratives from the Northwest 1845-1902. Madame Louise of Helena, Ghost of the Lynched Black Man, Hanging of the Chinaman Lum You, Charley Siringo and the Coeur D'Alene Mining War of 1892, Hoodlum Horse-thiefs, Hellish Honeymoon and other stories. Illustrations. Peach Pictorial Wrap. Fine copy, Laid in handwritten personal letter to Paul (Montgomery) with a rare full signature. Also, inscribed by Author on title page .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Stapled Paper. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Las Cruces, New Mexico,USA: RCS Press (Richard C. Sleght), 1992 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Forward by Leon Metz. A collection of outlaws, prostitutes, & vigilantes. The raw material of the West as it was: Dick Rogers, Curly Bill Brocius, James Masterson, Dutch Charley, Pat Garret, and of course, Billy the Kid. Inscribed by author on dedication page. Green softcover. NF copy. Maps & Illustrations. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by William T. Kelly. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Los Lunas. New Mexico, USA: Flying Eagle-Thunderhawk Enterprises, 1995 SIGNED; FIRST EDITION. Riveting portrayal of the harrowing lives of men and women from pre-Civil War days to the 1963 murder of Eunice Kelly of New Mexico State University. Some material previously published or taken from contemporary newspaper accounts. Incl. First Organ Mountain Trailblazers, Billy the Kid, Cole Younger, Jim Levy, An Old West Christmas and of course, Old West Word Puns! Inscribed to "Paul" (Montgpmery). NF copy, notwithstanding the tiny dampstaining of pages near spine. Maps and illustrations. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Las Cruces, New Mexico,USA: Yucca Tree Press, 1991 SIGNED. Tragic, comical and unexplained, but true accounts of New Mexico and the Old West. The ordinary and larger-than-life people who settled and tamed the West. Pat Garrett, Col. Fountain, Oliver Lee and A.B. Fall. VG- copy, notwithstanding the coffee stains on book edges. Illustrations. . Signed by Author. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by David Kwiecinski. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Las Cruces, New Mexico,USA: B & J Publications, 1992 FIRST EDITION. Exciting collection of stories: Apache Lo, lost gold mines, Arkansas Black, Navajo Frank, Rattlesnake John, Black gunman Pearl Sweeney, Doc Holliday and of course, Billy the Kid's Lawyers. Blue softcover. Fine copy. Illustrations. . . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Marsha Adams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962 Part of a 3 Vol set. Story of the Army of the Potomac in the early years of the Civil War under the eager command of Gen. George B. McClellan. Full of human details that bring history to life. Maps. Red hardcover, VG+/G- Book has slight age toning of page edges and yellowing of pastdown sheets due to paste. DJ shows soiling, age yellowing and edge fraying, backstrip is sun tanned and chipped at top. Bottom of rear leaf has large rubbing wear area. Else intact.. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good Minus. Illus. by Lawrence Ratzkin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. more information

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Garden City, New York, USA: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952 Part of a 3 Vol set. Story of the Army of the Potomac and the last desperate heartbreaking cruel year of the Civil War.Winter of 1864, U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Full of human details that bring history to life. Maps. Red cloth cover. Very good copy, notwithstanding the age toning of pages. DJ shows age yellowing and edge fraying, backstrip is sun tanned and chipped at top. . . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Lawrence Ratzkin . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. more information

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Denton, Texas, USA: University of North Texas Press, 1996 FIRST EDITION, First Printing. The entire story of John Wesley Hardin's life - birth in Texas to his death in El Paso in 1895 with particular attention to the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Charley Webb. Known to Bill Longley, Jesse James, Wild Bill Hickok and Ben Thompson. Killed 42 men, the first at age 15. Book has yellow cloth boards in NF/NF condition. Illustrated with blue endpapers. Dust Jacket and cover have sslight age toning of edges.. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by R. G. McCubbin Collection. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . more information

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