Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993 FIRST EDITION. From Robin Hood and Blackbeard through John Dillinger and D.B. Cooper. Examines the continuing fascination of the American public with the larger than life myths of the smaller than expected lowlifes that capture popular imagination. Black cloth hardcover in Fine conditon. NF Dust jacket has edge yellowing. Printed on alkaline paper. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Bill Cason Edge Yellowing. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Surrey, BC Canada and Blaine, WA USA: Hancock House Publishers, 1990 Escapades of a 1920's bank robbing gangs along the Canada-US border and a final hunt for buried treasure. Smiling Johnny Reid and Arthur Davis. Written from a Canadian perspective. Tight copy with peach colored cover, marred only by age toning of edges. . First Trade Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Merkur Publishing, Inc., 1995 A spiritual autobiography of Hermetic Adept Franz Bardon cast as a novel of Frabato the Magician, which was a former stage name of his. Set in 1930's Dresden, Germany it describes his magical battles with a dangerous Black Lodge, revealing the dark occult forces which lay behind the rise of the Third Reich. Intro by Dieter Ruggeberg with Otti Votavova. Translated by Gerhard Hanswille, Ed. by Kenneth Johnson. 173 pages with illustrations, including Hermes Trismegistos, Lao-tse, Mahum Tah-Ta and Shambala. NF+/F Book in As new physical condition except for owner presentation on free page. Navy blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering on front and spine. Red DJ with white gothic lettering and white mass-printed signature on front . Photo of author. Original, German, edition published in 1979, Wupperthal, Germay by Dieter Ruggeberg Verlag. . First Publisher's Printing. Cloth. Near Fine Plus/Fine. Illus. by Reed Perkins. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Fairfax, Virginia, USA: Patrick Henry Center (?), 2003 SIGNED-FIRST EDITION. A look in the mirror at all that has gone wrong with this government and politics in this country since the Clinton administration. Publisher not clear as DJ claims Allegiance Press, Inc. of Washington, D.C. AN/F black plain paper-board hardcover with gilt-lettering on backstrip and front. Cover has dour-faced squinting man on steps of Capitol building with title in RED letters. . Signed by Author. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/As New. Illus. by Aldo Tutino. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Simon & Schuster, 1966 Wonderful collection of articles, stories, and provocative exposes from The National Police Gazette. Accompanied by the original unsurpassed woodcut artwork that brought terrific realism to the forefront of news reporting and were in their technical innovation the wonder of the world, Covers the era of glorified Gilded Age of the 19th century from 1878-1897. Belles of the Bowling Alley, Recruiting for Sin's Army, Kilrain and Sullivan, Jaguarina, A Bovine Duel etc. Intro by Tom Wolfe. VG+/P Quarter-bound red paper with bone cloth spine cover with scarlet metallic lettering on front and spine. Edge yellowing and soiling of pages and cover. DJ text intact, moderate age yellowing and embrittlement of glossy paper. About a dozen taped tears of one inch size or more. Both fold-ins have several creases each. 2-inch chip of cover at rear fold. . . Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Poor. Illus. by Paul Bacon . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Glendo, Wyoming, USA: High Plains Press , 1993 FIRST EDITION. Six men using the power of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association to hide their Lynching of their competition to maintain their abuse of public lands for profit. Witnesses to the murder of Ellen Watson (afterwards libeled with the name of Cattle Kate) and husband Jim Averell disappeared or died mysteriously. No perpetrator or accomplice was punished. 368 pages with maps and photos. The story that would not die. NF+/NF+ Book has dark rose-colored cloth boards with gilt letteing on spine with triflingpage edge soiling. Dust Jacket has trifling age toning of edges. . . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990 Good reading for fans of the outlaw. Historical account of the Bandit Queen of the West. VG Soft Cover with /bw photo of woman in Cowboy hat.. Slight wear and yellowing of edges. Binding tight, spine straight, pages clean and unmarked. Over 30 illustrations. 324 pp. . First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Chicago, Illinois, USA: The Swallow Press Incorporated , 1978 FIRST EDITION. Early histories of the administration of order and law in the Niobrara Valley of Nebraska Committees of Vigilance. Featuring Kid Wade and Doc Middleton. Beginning of Populist Party. First hand account of murder of Crazy Horse. Personal accounts of 98-year old former vigilante. NF-/ G+ Full tan cloth with blindstamped swallow on front cover; Minor soiling of top page ends and stain on bottom spine edge. DJ intact with insignificant edge wear; does have rubbing, scuffing, staining and soiling. Spine sun-faded. Price corner clipped. 43 photos, 9 maps including endpapers, 365 pp. . First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine Minus/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Chicago, Athens USA: Sage Books Swallow Press Ohio University Press , 1983 The story of the range cattle industry from 1843 when the Olives appear in Texas until the death of Isom Prentice Olive in 1886 in Colorado. Copiously illustrated and annotated. Cover art was painted specifically for this book by famed Arizona artist George Phippen. F/VG+ Blue cloth cover with gold letters. Some rubbing of backflap. . Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by George Phippen. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Reading, Massachusetts, USA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. , 1996 FIRST EDITION. A biography of Adolph Hitler focusing on the crucial month of January 1933. Reconstructed from eyewitness accounts, his personal diaries and archival materials. Examines not only how he emerged as German Chancellor, but also speculates on the alternatives if he had failed. Many photographs. Quarter-bound red cover with black cloth backstrip; argent lettering on spine. Red DJ has photo of Hitler with first raised. Book in As New Condition. First Edition First Printing. Quarter-bound. As New/As New. Illus. by Robert Dietz . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Garden City, New York, USA: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1949 Revised De Luxe Edition. Everything you ever wanted to know about running a business, legal, accounting, banking, National Flag Code, Agriculture (Tables of how many bushels of grain in a load), Lumber and nail sizes, brick work, Ready Reckoner Tables. F/P quarter-bound green cloth cover with tan cloth backstrip. Dust jacket Poor with bottom half of sides and spine missing. slight tattering, soiling and moderate yellowing of edges of balance and inner folds. Taped. Many Illustrations and photos. . Fourth Printing. Quarter-bound. Fine/Poor. Illus. by Edward Ratcliffe. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . (more information)

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London, UK: Heath Cranton Limited, 1934 The author was a civil engineer who was Shanghaied in San Francisco for a voyage via Mexico to Chile, Australia and Fiji. His vessel a four-master and his narrative: "barbarous, exciting,and humorous". Owners initials dated 1945 on inside first page. Illustrated by 4 drawings. First cheap edition of 1934 (first publisihd in 1925) issued "at a price commensurate with the pockets of those humbler followers of the briny". Red cloth cover, black lettering, with some water marks and front cover slightly warped. Pages age yellowed, spine undamaged, Glue loosened between 1st and 2nd page. otherwise excellently readable copy. Few Copies Available. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York & Evanston, Illinois USA: Duell, Sloan And Pearce, 1949 Scarce FIRST EDITION. The story of the James Boys with local flavor collected from neighbors, a house servant, former member of the gang and surviving family members and descendants. Photo of Mother of James Boys on back dust jacket. Dust jacket is covered in plastic, front of jacket missing, spine back of jacket with photo and both flaps intact. . First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London, UK: William Heinemann Limited, 1964 FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. A macabre account of the 30-year period in English history of the "resurrection" men or professional grave robbers and the medical professionals who employed them, with all the moral and medical controversy. Compiled from contemporary pamphlets, newspapers, books and medical jourmals. NF/NF green cloth book with gilt lettering on spine. Very slight shelf and corner wear. Owner signature on front free page. DJ has slight edge wear and sunfading of backstrip. Protected in mylar cover. Illustration of man with handcart in yellow field above a set of grave clothes in a brown field. (Proceeds will help support implementation of a National Single-Payer Health Insurance program for US). 7 b/w illustrations.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Royal College of Surgeons of England. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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San Francisco, California, USA: The History Company, Publishers, 1887 Vols 36 (Vol I) and 37 ( Vol II) Early histories of the administration of justice in the American West, Committees of Vigilance. Stamped "Edward Grey Estate" on 1st page. Full tan leather with raised bands; gilt lettering; 749 and 772 pps. Condition: fair to good minus; cracks on front spine joints; tanning on endpapers from leather; two damaged corners on Vol. I. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Tucson , AZ USA: University of Arizona Press, 1987 FIRST EDITION. Author challenges popular views of one of the best known and maligned names in Western Lore. Based on 20 years research in historical archives and Ringo family interviews. From his birth in Greenfork, Indiana, up to his part in the Hoodoo War of Texas to his death in Tombstone, Arizona, where he encounters the Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Curly Bill Brocius and Buckskin Frank Leslie. Maps and illustrations. Includes only photo of Ringo ever published. Book in Near Fine condition with Very slight edge soiling. Red cloth cover with argent lettering on spine. DJ is NF-has slight age toning on edges and price corner is clipped. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Penguin Books Inc., 1984 Twin volume Old French Chronicles. Includes Vellehardouins's Conquest of Constantinople: an authoritative and fairly objective history of the 4th Crusade which instead turned into a war on the also Christian Orthodox Church. Joinville's Life of Saint Louis is an intimate and vivid record of the author's experiences of a later Crusade including accounts of the customs of the East. Inspired by memories of his beloved King Louis. G+ black softcover with illustration of castle, rowing ship and manuscript. Trifling edgewear. Rubbing/scuffmarks about one-inch in size on front cover. pencilled price mark on front fly page. Binding tight, spine straight and pages clean. No markings or folded corners. . Eleventh Printing. Trade Paperback. Good Plus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975 "The Mystical Origins of Nazism and the Search for the Holy Grail". Revealing the strange dark and mystical cullts and occult forces which lay behind the rise of the Third Reich. How the Nazis rose from the ancient Catharist tradition and the occult Thule Society. Translated by Lewis Sumberg. Co-authored by Jean Angelini and Michel Bertrand. 306 pages VG white softcover Book with red swastika with snakes entwined. Minor edge wear and surface scuffing, rubbing and soiling. Spine has single crack line, else spine straight and binding tight. Spine bumped at bottom edge. 1/2 inch split at bottom front hinge. Very slight agetoning of pages which are else clean with no markings.. First Publisher's Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 Comprehensive Accounts of 9 Lawmen and outlaws in the wild heydey of Old California, Kid Thompson, Ben Thorn, John C. Boggs, Curly Smith, Hugh Bunty Owens, Billy Breakenridge, George Ranney, Plott Thorn and Katie Kincade. NF red leather-feel hardcover with gilt lettering on spine has bumped bottom edge. . NF Dust jacket has minor edge yellowing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Norman, Oklahoma, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983 FIRST EDITION. In the conquest of the West Indies and New Spain dogs played a crucial role, second only to that of the horse. The Spaniards brought specially bred and cultivated European dogs that were used as lethal weapons of war and terrorism. Breeds include mastiffs, greyhounds, alans, wolf hounds, lurchers and whippets. Gorgeous looking book in a glossy rich burgundy hardcover with gilt lettering on the backstrip. Yellow endpapers. Very, very slight edge soiling and 2 almost unnoticable dampspots on front end paper. Copiously illustrated, 17 maps. DJ has small amount of edge and spine yellowing and back flap fold is creased, starting to split. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Bantam Books, 1959 Reprint (1946, Alfred A. Knopf) Horror-filled account of the dropping of the Atom Bomb on a civilian tarrget in Japan during WWII. Based on interviews with survivors. Written while the ashes were still warm. G softcover with mushroom cloud on gold background. Moderate edge wear and surface scuffing. One-inch split at bottom front hinge. Moderate page age toning but no markings. Binding tight.. Sixth Printing. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Chicago, Illinois, USA: Lake View Press , 1985 Story of the Industrial Workers of the World by one its own members. Study of violence, unionism, Cripple Creek, the Lawrence Strike, Centralia Tragedy. The early 1900's were one of the bloodiest and most crucial period of labor struggles in US history. Describes illegal use of government power by industry to gain an economic advantage over labor through brutal and violent repression, including killings. The IWW was a special target of this campaign, that often differed little from what was going on in Germany or Russia at the time. NF+ red and black softcover with worker breaking chain. Has slight cover wear. Pages have no markings or underlining. Publisher label on rear. Binding tight spine straight. Agitprop posters. Original oral history collected for movie The Wobblies.. First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Larry Smith. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Norman & London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1996 Scarce FIRST EDITION. The story of Ralph Fults, co-founder of the Barrow Gang. This is the story of his life in the Texas crime underworld from 1925 to 1935 especially his time with Bonnie and Clyde. VG+/NF Yellow cloth hardcover vey minor edge scuffing and age toning. Slight soiling of page edges. One dampspot on endpage, quarter size. DJ has slight agetoning of edges. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, USA: Horace Liveright , 1928 SCARCE. FE Second Printing, November 1928. (First Printing was also 11/28) Veritable field guide to the touts, chiselers, hustlers, fire-proofers, Queer shovers, shillabers, cannons and other species of the genus Con Man that inhabited the wilds of New York's Broadway in the early 1900's. (Not that they have become extinct today!). Glossary included. 255 pp. Deckle edged dark blue cloth hardcover with faded gilt lettering on backstrip and front cover. Green Winged Dollar illustration on front. G- condition with agetoning of pages. Cover has some moderate rubbing and edgewear. One inch wide discoloration streak full length of back cover, Shallow brown stain on top corner of last 50 pages not touching the text. Binding weak between flypaper and title page. Rear endpaper has tiny bookplate from Brentano's New York Booksellers and Stationers. . First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. . (more information)

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New York, New York, USA: Da Capo Press, 1995 Reprint (1963) Baby Face Nelson, Ma Barker, Machine Gun Kelly, and Preetty Boy Floyd. For 13 months of the Depression Era these criminals terrorized America. Of them all John Dillinger was Public Enemy Number One. Based on hundreds of interviews and research in 34 states, including visits to jail cells and every bank he robbed. Maps and lllustrations. Near Fine minus condition; marred only by some edge discoloration and soiling. . . First Paperback Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Dorothy Wachtenheim. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Urbana Chicago London: University of Illinois Press, 1978 FIRST EDITION. Bloody Harlan County Kentucky was the site of one of the longest and biggest labor struggles in US history during which 13 people died which ended only after federal intervention. Author describes the rabid resistance of coal operators to rationalization of the coal industry while trying to make a very contorted argument to deny the obvious fact that coal operators, state and county officials joined in a conspiracy to thwart national labor policy, destroy Civil Liberties and impose a murderous police state. Classic use of police powers to gain an economic advantage. Grey cloth cover with silver lettering. Dust jacket shows moderate yellowing and minimal edge wear. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986 FIRST EDITION. Olympic bi-athlete Kari Swenson is kidnapped by a father and son pair of recluses in the Big Sky country of Montana. A rescuer is killed. A massive manhunt ensues with FBI teams, helicopters. In the end it is the local sheriff who brings them in. Map and Photos. NF/VG+ Half-bound tan hardcover, blue cloth backstrip with gilt lettering some minor edge wear and soiling. Hinges and Binding tight, pages clean. DJ intact, has minor edge wear and one tiny tear at back hinge. . . First Edition First Printing. Half-Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Linda Best . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1986 Reprint (1983. Billy the Kid: a Bio-bibliography. Greenwood Press) A tour de force of western scholarship: an attempt to tell everything really known of the unvarnished life of Billy the Kid including Lincoln County War and shooting by Pat Garret. Points out 75 errors in Pat Garretts's 1882 biography plus errors by Charles Siringo, Zane Grey, King Vidor, Howard Hughes. VG+ Softcover with minor age toning of page edges and surface scuffing. Cover has Billy the Kid with rifle and his shadow holding a handgun. Spine and Pages tight and readable. Many illustrations.. . First Publisher's Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Tony Schappaugh. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. . (more information)

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Chicago, Illinois, USA: Lithuanian American Council, Inc., 1974 SCARCE material on World War Eastern Front History. Translated by Algis Mickunas. Intro by Kazys Bobelis. A noted political scholar examines the sources of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian resistance to Soviet Russian Imperialism. Traces the trickery and old lies to the Concepts of the Oriental Prince of Byzantine and Tatar Origin. Published "On the Occasion of The European Security and Cooperation Conference". Extensive Bibliography. Table on "The Advance of the Soviet Union towars the Atlantic after the Secon Word War" VG+ Book binding is tight. White stapled wrapper covers have some scuffing, rubbing. edge wear. 2-inch long dampstaining line on front. Pages unmarked. 27 pp. . First USA Edition. Stapled Pictorial Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Brooklyn, New York, USA: Lithuanian National Foundation, Inc., 1984 SCARCE - FIRST EDITION. A noted political scholar examines the sources of Soviet Russian Imperialism. Traces the trickery and old lies to the Concepts of the Oriental Prince of Byzantine and Tatar Origin, Western Royal Absolutism, Pan-Slavism and Slavic Chauvinism, the legacy of Lenin and Stalin. Provides historical insights to current situation of Putin and modern rebirth of Mother Russia. Book binding is tight. Yellow pictorial wrapper covers have some scuffing, rubbing, dampstaining, edge wear and some agetoning of edges. Pages unmarked. 30 pp. . First Edition First Printing. Stapled Pictorial Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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