Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Butch Cassidy: The Congenial Desperado by Herb Walker

 
Author Name    Herb Walker 
 
Title   Butch Cassidy: The Congenial Desperado

Binding   Soft cover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher   Amarillo TX Baxter Lane Company 1975

Seller ID   018014

Softcover. In near fine condition, light cover wear. Biography of Robert Leroy Parker AKA Butch Cassidy. He even rode into town, disguised, to view his own dead body on display.
Price = 20.00 USD

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Jesse James "The Outlaw" by Henry J Walker

 
Author Name    Henry J Walker 
 
Title   Jesse James "The Outlaw"

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    Self Published 1961

Seller ID   019013

Hardcover, no DJ. Near fine, some light foxing on outside book page edges. Stated first edition. Says Volume 1, but no more made it to print. This author's version of the story of Jesse James. He believed that Jesse forced his name on another person and didn't die shot in the back in that house.
Price = 40.00 USD

Monday, June 5, 2017

The War on Powder River: The History of an Insurrection by Helena Huntington Smith

 
Author Name    Helena Huntington Smith 
 
Title   The War on Powder River The History of an Insurrection

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher    McGraw-Hill 1966

Seller ID   017939

Hardcover. In very good condition, minor spotting on top page edges. DJ is good, has minor chipping and creasing a 3/4 inch closed tear at top of rear panel, price has been clipped, now in mylar cover. A very good account of the events that led to the Johnson County War (Wyoming), the invasion and the aftermath. Adams - Six Guns (R) - #2048.
Price = 50.00 USD

Sunday, June 4, 2017

X Beidler Vigilante by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, William Bertsche Jr

 
Author Name    Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, William Bertsche Jr 
 
Title   X Beidler Vigilante

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Type   Book

Publisher    University of Oklahoma 1965

Seller ID   017970

Hardcover, ex-library book. In near fine condition except for library markings, appears to be unread. DJ has some edgewear, in mylar cover. Second printing. Foreword by A B Guthrie Jr. The story of a Montana vigilante in his own words.
Price = 25.00 USD

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Doc Middleton: Life and Legends of the Notorious Plains Outlaw by Harold Hutton

 
Author Name    Harold Hutton 
 
Title   Doc Middleton: Life and Legends of the Notorious Plains Outlaw

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Publisher   Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Sage Books 1974

ISBN Number    080400532X / 9780804005326 

Seller ID   017969

Hardcover. In very good condition, very small burn mark on front boards. DJ is good, has edgwear, chipping and creasing and the original burn mark and small hole, now in mylar cover. The most colorful outlaw in Nebraska, with a Robin Hood reputation.
Price = 30.00 USD

Friday, June 2, 2017

Booze: The Impact of Whiskey on the Prairie West by James Henry Gray

 
Author Name    Gray, James Henry 
 
Title   Booze: The Impact of Whiskey on the Prairie West

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Near Fine

Jacket Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   Rexdale, Ontario, Canada Macmillan of Canada 1972

ISBN Number    0770508936 / 9780770508937 

Inscription   Signed by Author(s)

Seller ID   017924

Hardcover. In near fine condition, with a very good DJ, a 3/4 inch closed tear at the top of front panel. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Wide open boozing was a fact of life in the pioneer west of Canada. And it didn't stay in Canada - booze runners came into the states. In Winnipeg, there is a legend that the city had an informal arrangement with Ginger Snooks, its most famous scavenger, to make a midnight sweep of the alleys behind the Main Street hotels with horse and wagon during the late fall and winter, and to cart the passed-out drunks to the police station. His fee was one dollar per body delivered.
Price = 30.00 USD

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Buckskin and Spurs by Glenn Shirley

 
Author Name    Glenn Shirley
 
Title   Buckskin and Spurs

Binding   Hardcover

Book Condition   Very Good

Type   Book

Edition   First Edition

Publisher   New York Hastings House 1958

Seller ID   017968

Hardcover. In very good condition, pages toning. DJ has some very toning at edges. A Gallery of Frontier Rogues. Burton C Mossman, George W Pike, Thomas J Smith, Wal Henderson, Joe Stokes, Tangdhangtanka, Ben Cravens, Bill Pickett, Pay and Couch, Amos Chapman, Deaf Smith, Henry Starr. Adams - Six Guns (R) - #2008.
Price = 50.00 USD