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Houston: Stagecoach Press, 1962. 1st . Paperback. fine. Title page illustration by Jose Cisneros One of 800 copies printed by Jack D. Rittenhouse at the Stagecoach Press. Adams 6 Guns 182.
BACA'S BATTLE by Beckett, V.B - 1962
by Beckett, V.B
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BACA'S BATTLE
by Beckett, V.B
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Houston: Stagecoach Press, 1962. First edition. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Softcover. 6 3/4" x 5 1/4". 30pp. Limited to 800 copies. Nicely printed heavy white paper wrappers with pictorial dust jacket (cover art by Jose Cisneros). This is an account of the one of the most famous gunfights in the history of the west. Elfego Baca in New Mexico in 1884 withstood a siege by 80 cowboys. Nice clean little book.
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- Publisher Stagecoach Press
- Place of Publication Houston
- Date Published 1962
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Baca's Battle; Elfego Baca's Epic Gunfight at "Frisco Plaza, N.M., 1884, as Reported at the Time. Together with Baca's Own Final Account of the Battle.
by Beckett, V. B
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Baca's Battle
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1962. BECKETT, V. B. Baca's Battle. Houston, TX: Stagecoach Press, [1962]. 1st ed. 30pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial wrappers. One of 800 copies. Fine. "One part of this pamphlet is a reprint by the author from The Black Range, published in Chloride, New Mexico, in 1884; the other part is a reprint from Baca's own pamphlet, which he had printed while running for office"--Adams, Six-Guns, 182. .
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Baca's Battle
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Houston, Texas: Stagecoach Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Limited Edition. Pamphlet. Small pamphlet; dust jacket contains black text with illustration by José Cisneros in adobe ink on cream paper; one small scuff mark each on front and back cover, else fine. Book covers are textured embossed cream paper with decorative design in adobe ink surrounding black lettering. Inscription by publisher in blue ink on first free end paper: "For Mrs. Margarite Grillo, with best wishes! - Jack D. Rittenhouse"; interior book clean w/ tight binding. Handset type edition limited to 800 copies. This pamphlet contains two accounts of the famous 1884 New Mexico gunfight, in which Elfego Baca withstood a siege by 80 cowboys and lived to tell the tale. One account printed in this pamphlet is a news story published a few days after the fight; the other is a short account by Elfego Baca himself. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 30 pp .
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