HELL ON THE BORDER; HE HANGED EIGHT-EIGHT MEN. A HISTORY OF THE GREAT U.S. CRIMINAL COURT AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS... BEFORE HIS HONOR, JUDGE ISAAC C. PARKER... by Harman, S. W - [1898]

Muskogee, OK: Indian Heritage Publications, 1971. good. 214, wraps, illus., covers somewhat worn/soiled, edges soiled, ink name on fr cover. Originally published by Phoenix Publishing.

Fort Smith, AK: Hell On The Border Publishing Co.. Near Fine. 1953. Second Edition. Paperback. Softcover in tan matte wraps. Second printing (1953) of book first published in 1898. Book is crisp and clean, with lightly tanned pages. Book's subtitle is "A History of the Great U. S. Criminal Court at Fort Smith and of Crimes and Criminals in the Indian Territory and the Trials and Punishment Thereof before his honor U. S. Judge Isaac C. Parker, " etc. 12mo. 303 pp. .

Paperback / softback. New.

Lincoln: Univ of Nebraska, 1992. First Thus. Hardcover. Collectible As New/New. 1st printing of facsimile edition. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 728pp. Illust. Index (there was no index in the original). New, 12pp. Introduction by Larry D. Ball. A long time in coming, the reprinted full text of the rare 1898 book on Judge Isaac C. Parker's court & outlawry in Indian Territory & environs. A primary text for countless books on Indian Territory. Fine, like new in dj. This edition very scarce now. This is one of an unstated, but rather limited printing. 150 #65, 6-guns 929, Howes H203, Rader 1780, Graff 1785.

Fort Smith: The Phoenix Publishing Company. Fair. (1898). First Edition. Softcover. Printed green wraps. Frontispiece portrait of Judge Isaac C. Parker. Illustrated with many more photographs and some reproductions of drawings. Missing the last leaf of Press Opinions. Also missing the rear cover. The first blank has remnants of an old bookplate. The front cover is loose and is well chipped. The spine is also chipped along the edges and ends. The last leaf present, p. 717-718, is loose and also shows much chipping, creasing and a longer tear. To the first and last 15-20 leaves there is creasing to the upper and lower corners. The remainder of the text is quite tight. A rare classic of the literature of the outlaw and the old west. Adams Six-Guns 929, Howes H-203. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 718 pages .

Fort Smith, Ark: The Phoenix Publishing Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 720pp., illustrated. A very good copy in contemporary green cloth. A thick, heavy volume, printed on coated paper and originally issued in wrappers, this copy, like most others, was rebound by a very early owner in a more practical and sturdy green cloth hardcover binding, with a suitably austere gilt title to the spine. Three contemporary owner's stamps to the prelims, including title page, else unmarked, and quite clean internally. An immensely detailed account of the life of this deeply American character, who was the very essence of the "Hanging Judge" of the old west. Howes H203 ("b"), Six-Guns 929, Graff 1785.

Fort Smith, AR: Phoenix Pub. Co, 1898. First edition, 1/1000 copies. 8vo. 720 pp. Illustrated, portrait frontispiece. Howes H-203 ("b"). Graff 1785: "An important source book." Adams Six-Guns 929: "The chief source of practically every book and feature on the old court and Oklahoma outlaws. The book contains much material on the Outlaws of the Indian Territory who were tried and condemned in Parker's court, but some of the material not dealing directly with the court is unreliable, especially that about Belle Starr. " Owner's name, but a good solid copy. Original black-stamped green cloth wrappers (some wear to edges and joints, tear in front wrapper). (8225).

Fort Smith: The Phoenix Publishing Company, [1898]., 1898. First edition. First edition. Original light green printed wrappers, xiii [blank], 720 pp., frontispiece, author's preface, introduction, numerous illustrations, portraits. Sub-title: A History of the Great United States Criminal Court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and of Crime and Criminals in the Indian Territory, and the Trial and Punishment Thereof Before His Honor Judge Isaac C. Parker, "The Terror of Law-Breakers", and by the Courts of Said Territory, Embracing the Leading Sentences and Charges to Grand and Petit Juries Delivered by the World Famous Jurist..... "An important source book, all the statistical part of the book, the biographical sketches of those connected with the court and the transcriptions from the court records, were the work of C.P. Sterns and are said to be scrupulously accurate. The same cannot be said of all the narrative written by Harman."---Graff 1785. "Exceedingly rare. The rare original… Read More