Wild Bill And His Era, The Life & Adventures Of James Butler Hickok.

WILLIAM ELSEY CONNELLEY

Publication: The Press of the Pioneers, 1933, New York

First edition. 8vo. Maroon colored cloth, titles & decorations stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, maroon colored front and rear endpapers, xii [2], 229 pp., frontispiece, introduction, editor's note, preface, illustrations, notes, index of names and places. A classic biography of the legendary Wild Bill Hickok, covering his family and early life, scouting, the Civil War period, cowboys and cattle towns, Dodge City, Abilene, Hays and other Kansas communities, and his career as a lawman and gunfighter. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown sheet, else a near fine copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, with a few small nicks, chips and closed tears to the extremities of this very scarce edition, especially in the elusive dust jacket.