Villains and vigilantes; the story of James King of William and pioneer justice in California by Coblentz, Stanton A - 1936

New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, Inc., 1961. H2 - Book has chipping/peeling on the back bottom left corner, old price written on the front top right corner, some crease on the spine, discoloration and normal shelf wear otherwise good. A century ago San Francisco was a turbulent city where men were knocked down in the streets and robbed of their possessions, stabbed in..... Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A.S. Barnes Company, 1961 Softcover, (Trade paperback), 261pp. Name stamp discretely front endpaper. Near Fine.

hardcover. illus. 8vo, cloth. New York, (1957).<br/><br/>

NY. Wilson-Erickson 1936 Hardcover. Bookplate removal scars on front endpaper, small 1/4" spine tear, spine sunned, else covers & text clean/tight: VG+/no dj. 8vo. 8 full page plates. Apparent 1st Edition.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 261pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Ownership stamp on front flyleaf. Later printing.

New York: Yoseloff. Hardcover. 1957. 8vo 261pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. The stories of two San Francisco Committees of Vigilance which took the law into their own hands in order to curb criminals .

New York: Wilson-Erickson Inc., 1936. 262 pp. Original green cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped w/ mild wear to bottom corners. Light scattered foxing. Edges of leaves a bit age toned. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. Constable & Co., Ltd., Pub., London, 1939, 1st edition; illustrated by Feliks Topolski; very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket; George Bernard Shaw, Modern First Editions

Book about vigilantes and mob justice just after the California Gold Rush in 1849 during the 1850's. According to the blurb, James King is an overlooked character of American history, as the instigator of one of the more notorious vigilante groups in the west.
Villains and Vigilantes The Story of James King of William and Pioneer Justice in California by Stanton A. Coblentz Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Wilson-Erikson 1936. Cover price still intact: $3.00. Illustrated with 8 illustrations/pictures, including the frontispiece. Most of the illustrations depict the so-called Vigilance Committee enacting their raison d'etre.
Near Fine+ in Near Fine Dust Jacket, very clean, pages clean, just a slight creasing to the upper right-hand corners of the pages, not really serious, and a bump to upper right-hand front board. Dust jacket is complete with an amateur repair to the back near the spine, and typical nicks to corners, but all there essentially. Not often found in a jacket of this condition.… Read More

Wilson-Erickson New York, 1936. First Edition Orig. cloth. Fine., Tan dust wrap. 8vo., Original jade green cloth, red lettering n black and tan pictorial dust wrapper..