Painted Ladies of the Cowtown Frontier by Snell, Joseph

1965. SNELL, Joseph W. Painted Ladies of the Cowtown Frontier. Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Posse of The Westerners, 1965. 1st ed. 24pp. Illus. Orig. cloth. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. About prostitution in western Kansas. .

Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. #30 of 250 signed, numbered, limited first edition copies. Signed by Joseph Snell at the limitation page. With folded publisher's announcement laid in. Red linen cloth with gilt titling and decoration, very good with light rubbing edgewear to bottom edges. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, as issued. Text bright and unmarked.

Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, 1965., 1965. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy number 1. Additionally inscribed on the title page to author, bookseller, and historian Tal Luther: "For Tal Luther - The best bookman in the West, Joseph W. Snell." Red cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover, [4], 24 pp., illustrated, frontispiece, footnotes. Illustrations by Gus Shafer, Frank Steinman and Byron B. Wolfe. One of the first books written specifically on prostitution in Kansas cowtowns, providing extensive research on the prostitutes themselves including average ages, census listings, and fine rates in the various cowtowns. Six Guns 2059 says: "Tells about the killing of Ed Masterson, and has a mention of such gunmen as Bat Masterson, Wild Bill Hickok, Ben and Bill Thompson, and Rowdy Joe Lowe. It is strange that the author does not mention Wyatt Earp, though Earp's… Read More