The Banditti of the Plains or, The Cattlemen's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (The Crowning Infamy of the Ages) (The Western Frontier Library Series) by Mercer, A. S - 1959

Norman, OK: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1968. Reprint. 5th or later Printing. Leatherette. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6th Printing. Hard cover small 8vo in brown leatherette boards, black spine medallion w/gold titles. Very Good book in Very good clipped DJ. Red star top page edge, bottom margin wrinkled throughout, else book Fine and unmarked; jacket edgeworn w/sunned spine, scuffed and wrinkled, stray pen mark front panel. Adams, Six-Guns 1478. l, 197pp.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1979. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. Reprint Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. G/none, used, illustrated stiff paper wraps, 8th printing, vii-l, 198pp. There is scattered ink underlining in the forward and scattered pencil underlining through the body of the book. Binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners lightly rubbed..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. Hardcover. Foreword by William H. Kittrell. Small 8vo. Brown marbled paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. i, 195pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Handsome, tight third printing of this volume in "The Western Frontier Library." Originally printed in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1894 -- 64 years prior to the "Cheyenne, Wyoming / July 14, 1958" inked by some owner on front flyleaf.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press , 1954. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 12mo. Near Fine/No DJ. Corners worn, mild slant, owner info front endpaper. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR in pencil on front endpaper (tells of the writing of this book). 195pp.

Norman: University Of Oklahoma Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New edition [1954] of Mercer's heavily suppressed 1894 account of the Johnson County range war. Stock lightly toned with minor foxing to block edges and endpapers, but in general VG internal order otherwise. Smart brown paper-cover boards with gilt on black titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, worn to edges, faded to spine and a little marked to rear, now in removable protective sleeve. 12m. l, 195pp

Very Good, endpapers toned, corners slightly exposed. No dj, comes in custom-made slipcase. Foreword by James Mitchell Clarke, b/w illustrations, appendix.

Sheridan, Wyoming:: No Publisher,. G+/NONE. 1930. Softcover. Paperbound copy with lightly worn cover edges, light surface wear to covers, short crease at lower front cover corner, two postage-stamp-size abrasions on front cover. Title page shows shallow band of waterstaining along top edge. 166 pages with some page creasing possibly incurred during production. Hinges sound; pages unmarked. The second edition of a difficult-to-find title. ; .

Sheridan: Privately printed by I.G. McPherren, 1930., 1930. First edition. Second edition. 8vo. Stiff Pictorial Wrappers. 166 pp., preface, introduction. The original 1894 edition is one of the great rarities of Western Americana. This account of the infamous Johnson County War was impounded upon printing due to a libel suit by the several big cattlemen who strongly objected to its content. "Although historians have since questioned some of Mercer's conclusions about the Johnson County range war, they have never controverted the facts of the cattlemen-homesteader struggle as he grimly reported them. With the intention of 'executing' alleged rustlers and terrorizing the homesteaders, a band of fifty-two cattlemen and hired gunmen invaded Johnson Country, Wyoming, in April 1892. After besieging and killing 'the bravest man in Johnson County,' the raiders in turn found themselves besieged by the homesteaders and finally in the protective custody of the Untied States cavalry.… Read More

Cheyenne: Privately printed by A. S. Mercer, [1894]., 1894. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original black pebbled cloth, 139 pp., preface, introductory, illustrated. The original 1894 edition is one of the great rarities of Western Americana. This account of the infamous Johnson County War was impounded upon printing due to a libel suit by the several big cattlemen who strongly objected to its content. "Although historians have since questioned some of Mercer's conclusions about the Johnson County range war, they have never controverted the facts of the cattlemen-homesteader struggle as he grimly reported them. With the intention of 'executing' alleged rustlers and terrorizing the homesteaders, a band of fifty-two cattlemen and hired gunmen invaded Johnson Country, Wyoming, in April 1892. After besieging and killing 'the bravest man in Johnson County,' the raiders in turn found themselves besieged by the homesteaders and finally in the protective custody of the United… Read More