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HISTORY OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Edition: Facsimile edition.
Condition: Fine in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine, issued without a dustjacket.
Book ID: 38885More details Price: $110.00 -
THE WILD BUNCH AT ROBBER'S ROOST.
Edition: First thus (Completely revised and certain new material added by the author.)
New York: Abelard-Schuman, (1971.). Hardcover - The story of the outlaws who found sanctuary in the high desert canyon county of southeastern Utah - especially Butch Cassidy and his gang. Illustrated with many photographs, map endpapers. Index. 224 pp.
Condition: Near fine in cream cloth with green lettering, lacking the dust jacket.
Book ID: 48850More details Price: $14.00 -
VIGILANTES: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early '60's.
Edition: First printing.
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, (1929.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Classic account of one of the most notorious 'outlaw gangs' in the story of the Western frontier - and of the organization - the Montana vigilantes - which brought them down, written in a very readable style, with an emphasis on the personalities of those involved. It is interesting to compare this with the 2004 book by Frederick Allen "A Decent and Orderly Lynching." Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 photographic plates, a map and drawings by Charles Hargens. 346 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket - a very attractive copy, straight and tight, with a little light toning to the pages and dustjacket, very minor edgewear to the dj - uncommon in dust jacket and especially so in this condition. Original price of $3.50 still present.
Book ID: 74943More details Price: $135.00 -
LILY.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first novel, set in 1880s Texas, the story of a good girl who falls in love with an outlaw and forsakes everything to follow him. INSCRIBED on the title page. Runner-up for the Western Writers of America's Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award for Best First Novel of the West. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-955.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52847More details Price: $30.00 -
LOOKING AFTER LILY.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her second novel, set in 1880s Texas, sequel to Lily. Lily is not pregnant, and her outlaw lover is trying to reform. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 1565120450.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52848More details Price: $28.00 -
BLUE RUSSELL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel - like "Escape from Sonora" before it, this is a combination western, adventure and mystery novel set in 1899 - 1900 in St Louis, Wyoming, Utah and Montana. California, Arizona and Mexico. The kid Blue Russell is on the run, thinking he has killed his uncle and that he owes his life to a broken-down one-eyed safecracker. 310 pp. Dust jacket design by the author (the dust jacket unfolds to become a poster with WANTED at the top and then showing some of the questions answered in the novel). ISBN: 0-394-487591.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60809More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Faber & Faber, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A fictionalized history of Australia's Kelly Gang as told by the gang's leader, Ned Kelly, orphan, horse thief, farmer, bank robber, police-killer, and a beloved Robin Hood to his poor countrymen. Winner of the 2001 Booker Prize (the second novel for which Carey won this award.) SIGNED on the half title page. Illustrated title page. Map of "Ned Kelly's Australia" laid in (one sheet folded) 352 pp. ISBN: 0-571-192165.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61426More details Price: $100.00 -
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. SIGNED first edition - A fictionalized history of Australia's Kelly Gang as told by the gang's leader, Ned Kelly, orphan, horse thief, farmer, bank robber, police-killer, and a beloved Robin Hood to his poor countrymen. Winner of the 2001 Booker Prize (the second novel for which Carey won this award.) SIGNED on the title page. Map, illustrated title page. 353 pp. ISBN: .
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 63781More details Price: $65.00 -
MAMAW: A Novel of an Outlaw Mother
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the remarkable woman who was the mother of the James boys. Frontispiece portrait. Author's afterword. 350 pp. ISBN: 0-670-821802.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 22618More details Price: $17.50 -
SHOT ALL TO HELl: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013). First edition - "It was the most famous bank robbery of all time, involving the Wild West's most celebrated gang of outlaws and their iconic leader, Jesse James." A detailed account of their last robbery and the two-week chase that followed. Illustrations, extensive notes, resources. 290 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72949More details Price: $20.00 -
MAYBELLEEN: A Novel.
Edition: First printing.