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Wyatt Earp 1848 To 1880. The Untold Story. Two Volume Set

ED BARTHOLOMEW

Other works by ED BARTHOLOMEW

Publication: Frontier Book Company, 1963 & 1964, Toyahvale, Texas

First edition. Signed by the author. 8vo. Cloth, 328 pp., bibliography, acknowledgments. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and extremities. Six Guns 156 says, "An account of Wyatt Earp's Kansas and Dodge City years. The author has unearthed some surprising material from the records. The book is an important addition to the Earp controversy." Color embossed name stamp to front free fly leaf and a signed Christmas card from Bartholomew dated Dec. 21, 1933, and laid-in. Together with WYATT EARP 1879 TO 1882. THE MAN & THE MYTH. A SEQUEL TO "THE UNTOLD STORY." Toyahvale: Frontier Book Company, 1964. First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author. Cloth, 335 pp., chronological bibliography, portraits, plates. Former owner's name in ink and embossed on front free fly leaf, else near fine in dust jacket, sunned on the spine, light wear to spine ends and the extremities. Six Guns 157 says, "The second volume of the author's study of Wyatt Earp, dealing with his Arizona years. Many of the outlaws of that period are also discussed, among them Dave Rudabaugh, Jesse Evans, Russian Bill, Frank Stillwell, Pete Spence, Johnny Ringo, Frank Leslie, Kit Joy, the Clantons, and the McLaurys." This two volume set is one of the major works on Earp and has become scarce.

Inventory Number: 54369
$575.00