Billy the Kid's Writings, Words and Wit

Cooper, Gale

Verlag: Gelcour Books, 2011

SIGNED at first free endpaper by the author, the only such copy available currently on-line. Fine-looking, virtually pristine copy of a well-researched, accessible, scholarly, readable social history of the life and times of Billy the Kid. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound simply in light gray cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Stated First Edition, First Printing. A self-proclaimed revisionist history, from the publisher's blurb, "A definitive study of the written and spoken legacy of the Old West icon, William H. Bonney, aka Billy The Kid, and includes pertinent period documents." xv [2], 4-574 pp. including nearly 100 pp. of notes, bibliography and index. Plentiful Appendices including photos of Bonney's correspondence. All extant Bonney correspondence printed here, including court depositions, court transcripts, bills of sale, letters, newspaper interviews from the day, and quotes from contemporaries' memoirs including those of his criminal partners, plus a new Billy the Kid letter to Governor Lew Wallace, which the author claims to authenticate and validate.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 352757

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Billy the Kid's Writings, Words and Wit
Verlag: Gelcour Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: As New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Signiert: Signed by Author
Auflage: First Edition.