MIDNIGHT AND NOONDAY OR DARK DEEDS UNRAVELED. GIVING TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONTIER....
Freeman, George D.:
Caldwell, Ks. 1890. 406pp. plus plates. Frontispiece portrait. Original maroon blindstamped cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Cloth discolored and rubbed, worn at spine ends and corners. Inner hinges cracked but holding; inner front hinge repaired, partially obscuring presentation inscription. Frontispiece loosely inserted and with a few chips around edges. Tanned, as usual. Good. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front pastedown. This is the first edition, second issue, with the added page of attestations, and with "Talbot" spelled correctly on the titlepage. Adams describes this edition as "exceedingly rare...the first edition is so scarce that some collectors think the 1892 edition the only one published." Includes much material on the Talbot raid on Caldwell and the bank robbers, Henry Brown and Ben Wheeler. "An extremely rare history of Caldwell during this vital period" - SIX SCORE. Presentation copies are exceedingly rare. HOWES F353, "aa." ADAMS HERD 843. STREETER SALE 2030. SIX SCORE 39. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 763. DOBIE, p.121. GRAFF 1411.
(Item ID: WRCAM38101) $3,000.00