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PHILADELPHIA: THE PENN PUBLISHING CO. Very Good tight condition hardback inkname. 1929. 1st edition.
Vigilantes by Birney, Hoffman - 1929
by Birney, Hoffman
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Vigilantes
by Birney, Hoffman
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Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Octavo (20.5 cm), pp. 346. Brown boards, pictorial jacket and endpapers. Drawings by Charles Hargens. Jacket has light edge wear, darkened spine. Smudge at bottom corner of text block, boards with light wear. A comprehensive history of Montana's Vigilantes, with a focus on gang leader Henry Plummer, the violent gambler who nonetheless got himself elected sheriff of Bannack, Montana, and engaged in a reign of terror under the guise of maintaining law and order (Thrapp, 1151-52; Six-Guns, 214).
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- Date Published 1929
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VIGILANTES
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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
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Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company (1929) 346 pp. Original brown cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Wear to top of spine. Top corner torn from page 119, not affecting any text. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Sixguns 214.. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Charles Hargens. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Vigilantes : a Chonicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang ...
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Philadelphia PA: Penn Publishing. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. The story of the Plummer gang in the gold mining era of the 1860's in Virginia City, Montana. This is #85 of 250 signed copies. This is an ex library copy but has no library markings other than several stamps and a removed pocket on the endpapers. There are two spots on the front cover and the spine is slightly faded. 346 pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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BIRNEY, Hoffman. Vigilantes: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws In and About Virginia City, Montana, in the Early '60s. Phila., [1929]. 1st ed. Illus. Fine in d/j.
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VIGILANTES
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Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 346 pages; Price clipped dust jacket with a closed tear on the upper rear. .
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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.
by Birney, Hoffman, Illustrated by Hargens, Charles
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Philadelphia:: The Penn Publishing Company,, (1929.). Hardcover first edition -. 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. . First printing. 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.
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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
by Birney, Hoffman
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Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, ( 1929). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 12mo, 346 pages, light brown cloth; closed tears to dj "All available information on Henry Plummer - the murderous road-agent sheriff of Bannack who was also a polished gentleman - has here been assembled. Just as fascinating are the portraits ... of Boone Helm, "the worst bad-man"; of Captain Joe Slade, who carried in his pockets the dried ears of his enemy; of the leaders of the Vigilantes, Jim Williams and Wilbur F. Sanders." Illustrated from photographs, and drawings by Charles Hargens. Hargens was known for his accuracy in his depictions: he did over 3000 magazine covers, and illustrated 300 books, including Zane Grey's westerns.
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