Search Results: the banditti of the prairies or by bonney edward

VG HC 1963

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. 1st . Hardcover. fine/very good. Introduction by Philip D. Jordan. The Western Frontier Library. Spine of the dust jacket is sunned bt clearly readable.

hardcover. A Tale of the Mississippi Valley. illus. 8vo, boards;; (rubbed). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1963).<br/> <br/>

University of Oklahoma Press. new edition,first printing thus,1963. Good/Good hard cover. small 12mo,boards,262pp,illus. edgewear,stains,chips,small tears,scrapes,rubbing,scratches,tanning,price clipped,dust jacket. shelfwear,cover. dustsoil & foxing edges,clean,tight,text. memoirs.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. hardcover. Good. 7x5x1. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

University of Oklahoma Press, January 1963. Hardcover. Very Good - Cash/Good. Light rubbing and edge wear to the cover . Still great condition. Corners are bumped. Has a gift inscription. Unmarked pages. Dust jacket has minor surface and edgewear. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Binding is intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardcover. Very good. University of Oklahoma, 1963, 1st printing, hardcover in a very good price clipped dust jacket, no underlining, gift inscription on end paper, light wear, a little edge wear on jacket.

University of Oklahoma Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. hardback. 7.6 X 5.0 X 1.2 inches; 262 pages .

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963., 1963. First edition. First printing of Western Frontier Library edition. Boards, 262pp., illus. A nice reprint of the rare first edition of 1850. A classic account of crime in the Mississippi River valley. Fine. A fine copy in dust jacket with some light rubbing and minor edgewear.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

This 1885 reprint from T. B. Peterson and Brothers is rebound (half binding of dark brown leather with light brown cloth). Illustrations supplied in facsimilie. Binding tight. Note in light pencil on first free fly leaf details binding and illustrations. These "bandittis" were criminal gangs that terrorized the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and the territory of Iowa in the early to mid-19th century. The author, Edward Bonney (1807-1864) led a full life as an adventurer, miller, hotel keeper, city planner, counterfeiter, livery stable keeper, bounty hunter, private detective, postmaster, merchant, soldier. "Banditti of the Prairie" is his best known work and details his undercover effort to expose the killers of Colonel George Davenport.

Chicago: D. B. Cooke & Co.. Poor. 1856. Third Edition. Hardcover. Modern green hardback binding with gilt on spine. Missing back wrapper. Front wrapper trimmed and included as a pastedown on modern endpaper. Textblock is lightly foxed; edges are soiled. Front leaves have moderate corner wear with several fore edges of leaves showing short perpendicular closed tears. 4 leaves noted with previous archival repairs to fore edge. 18 pages of text are missing! We are including a modern re-print to complete missing text. Includes 13 block prints portraying murder and mayhem. Howes (B-606) calls this a "sensational account of the tracking down of these confederated criminals--mostly Mormons--who murdered Colonel Davenport at Rock Island and terrorized the upper Mississippi valley from 1843 to 1848. Flake (590) says, "Includes the Mormon's unlawful activities in Nauvoo." Today we would call this a historical novel. Nonetheless, a rare book last seen in this edition at auction… Read More