HOOVER, J. EDGAR [ISSUER]
An 8"x8" Poster/Mailer printed on stiff paper stock. Light tan. Identification Order No. 1227 May 21, 1934. The aliases listed for Mrs. Roy Thornton are Bonnie Barrow, Mrs. Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker. The aliases listed for Clyde Champion Barrow are Clyde Barrow, Roy Bailey, Jack Hale, Eldin Williams, Elvyn Williams. Includes physical descriptions of each, 2.375"x2" photographs of each, lists several relatives of each, and their criminal record. Director, J. Edgar Hoover states on the poster:"Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker constantly travel together and extreme caution must be exercised by arresting officers as they are wanted in connection with assault and murder of officers.If apprehended, please notify the Director, Division of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., or the Special Agent in Charge of the office of the Division of Investigation listed on the back hereof which is nearest your city." On verso the 30 Division offices are listed. Poster is produced so that it can be folded in half and sent via mail. Two days after this poster was issued Bonnie & Clyde were killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, by a posse of lawmen led by Texas Ranger, Frank A. Hamer, accompanied by 3 other Texas lawmen and 2 from Louisiana. Fine, bright condition.
BEESON, JOHN
Revised Second Edition. 7 ½" x 4 ½" in green printed wrappers. [i]-viii, [9]-143 p.p., [144 advertisement]. Rear wrapper offers advertisement for a, "proposal to publish a monthly magazine, devoted to the development of a True Womanhood and the Casuse of Humanity, especially that of the Indians. It is to be entitled, "Lafga, The Giver Of Bread." Inside rear wrapper offers review of Plea for the Indians by the New York Tribune and by the National Era. This pamphlet is filled with telling facts and comments of the intolerable wrongs perpetrated upon the Rogue River Indians. "It is sickening, it is dreadful to think that such unprincipled covetousness, recklessness and humanity as are narrated in this pamphlet, have characterized our Pacific Territorialists."Streeter 3376 says, "This pamphlet's value lies not in its account of an overland journey, which takes only a few pages, but in the description of the harsh treatment of the Indians by the emigrants, and in giving the Indian point of view of the Indian War of 1855-6 in Oregon. The publication during the Indian War in one of the New York papers of a letter of Beeson's telling of the wrongs inflicted on the Indians got back to Oregon and infuriated the military party. They made the situation so hot for Beeson that his life was threatened and he had to flee to California. Beeson speaks highly of Joel Palmer and General Wool." Wagner-Camp 284 states, "Beeson left Illinois in March of 1853 and arrived in Southern Oregon by the Humboldt River and the Applegate Trail in September. At this time, the hostilities since known in the history of Oregon as the Rogue River War were nearly ending. "Fletcher Free Library" label affixed to inside front wrapper as well as stamp to bottom of title page. Light soiling to front and rear wrappers as well as wear to the extremities and minor chipping. A very good ex-library.
MARTIN,JAMES C. AND ROBERT SIDNEY MARTIN.
First edition thus. Originally published in 1981 under the title, CROSSROADS OF EMPIRE: PRINTED MAPS OF TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST, 1513-1900. Oblong quarto. Two-tone quarter leather and cloth, tan endpapers, x, 174 pp., preface to the reprint edition, preface, introduction, illustrated, sources cited, index. The plates of the first edition were destroyed, so it was impossible to reprint the book exactly as it was. The original edition was used to prepare new text plates. The fifty maps collected for this volume represent many of the most historically significant maps of Texas and the Southwest from 1513 to 1900. Fine in dust jacket. An elusive title.
BASINGER, J. MARTIN [COMPILED BY].
First edition. Quarto. Dark blue cloth, tan endpapers, [6], 351 pp., foreword, introduction, illustrated, bibliography, index. Volume I is the first of five volumes which will include all of Mr. Bayers' records scanned directly from his original record book and papers. There is some information on the Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company. This volume includes photographs of the Four Sixes by Bob Moorhouse, and it?s the first of a projected five volume series that deal with spurs made by the legendary Adolph Bayers. This volume represents 760 pairs of spurs, numbered 2 through 276, made between 1952 and 1978, and includes Mr. Bayers? records and patterns. Fine in dust jacket, lightly sunned on spine.
FROST, H. GORDON AND JOHN H. JENKINS.
First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Signed by H. Gordon Frost, John H. Jenkins, Mrs. Frank A. Hamer, Sr., and Frank Hamer, Jr. Full Green Morocco with raised bands, housed in a Green Cloth Slipcase. Imbedded in the spine is a gold replica of a Texas Ranger badge, as issued. Frank Hamer, a famed Texas Ranger, was one of the most formidable peace officers of the 20th century, and participated in more serious gunfights than any famous 19th century gunfighter. Hamer's career as peace officer lasted fifty years, from his early days as a cowboy and border ranger at the turn of the century, until 1948. He is best known as the Texas Ranger who tracked down and killed Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. He was known to have participated in nearly 100 individual gunfights, to have killed 53 men in the line of duty, to have been wounded 17 times, and left for dead twice. Hamer was known for his toughness, marksmanship, and investigative skill. He acquired status in the Southwest as the archetypal Texas Ranger, and was ultimately voted into the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. John Boessenecker described Hamer as"one of the greatest American lawmen of the 20th century". Walter Prescott Webb wrote in his Texas Ranger classic, "one of the most fearless men in Western history." The gold Texas Ranger badge replica imbedded in spine is unusual,.all other copies we have seen has a silver badge replica. This copy is XIV. A previous owner, or the publisher has neatly affixed a small open-envelope to the front paste-down. Enclosed is an original 1931 Rail Pass No. A2369 issued by the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Company. Pass is issued to Captain. Frank A. Hamer - Headquarters Co., Texas Ranger Force, Res Austin Tex, permitting Hamer to pass between all stations until December 31, 1931, and signed by President of the railroad, E. H. Jackson. On verso the pass is neatly signed by Frank A. Hamer. A fine, bright copy of this special limited edition in fine slipcase. The numbering of this copy, it's gold badge replica, and the signed rail pass make us suspect that this copy is an extra-special edition, as issued by the authors and publisher.
WADE, B. F.-CHAIRMAN
First Edition. Half Morocco and Marbled Boards, with title in gilt on spine. VI, 108pp. Thirty-Eighth Congress, Second Session. In the House of Representatives, January 10, 1865. The Committee was convened to investigate all matters connected with the action between Colonel Chivington and the Cheyenne Indians and to ascertain who were the aggressors; whether the campaign was conducted by Chivington according to the recognized rules of civilized warfare; and whether or not it was forced upon the Indians by the whites. The investigation was virtually a court-martial of Chivington and Governor Evans, and reveals in detail the acts of cruelty, barbarity and murder perpetrated upon a body of unoffending Indians. "According to the report, U.S. Army troops.attacked without warning a village of Cheyenne Indians and killed over one hundred, three-quarters of whom were women and children"--Wagner-Becker-Camp 418. An attractive copy of this important report. Fine with some occasional very light tanning to a few pages.
FORTUNE, JAN I. [EDITOR].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth, black endpapers, iv, 255 pp., frontis. (photograph of Bonnie and Clyde, 2 months before their deaths), foreword. The story of Bonnie and Clyde as told by Mrs. Emma Parker, Bonnie's mother, and Nell Barrow Cowan, Clyde's sister. An interesting and rare account of the lives of these notorious outlaws. This book was published to much acclaim but the completed book outraged both families. Clyde's sister Marie called FUGITIVES, "romanticized, sentimentalized claptrap," and Nell Barrow protested that she "never told the writer any of that stuff." But the families never sued the author." A fine, bright copy in dust jacket with a tiny chip at the bottom of rear cover. A unique copy of a book about a young couple whose big dreams and being poor led them into a life of virtually no return.
First Edition. Original Cloth binding. 532pp. "Lurid details of Chivington's sickening massacre of unoffending Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado."--Wright Howes. The section on Sand Creek (pp.26-98) is titled "The Chivington Massacre". This report, also known as the Doolittle Report, has much information on Indian Affairs throughout the West. "One of the most generally useful Congressional documents on Indian Affairs along the Santa Fe Trail.there are long biographical depositions, including opinions by 'Kit' Carson, William Bent,and others." The report's largest section, "Letters Relating to Indian Affairs in the Department of New Mexico During the Years 1862 and 1863" (pp.98-362), documents the brutal treatment of the Navajos by General James H. Carleton. Sunning to spine, lower fore-corner of rear blank endpaper is missing, and very small hole in cloth near bottom edge of back panel. In all, a very good copy in original cloth.
First edition. 8vo. Signed by Dobie on a special tipped-in sheet, bound in by the publisher. Neither McVicker nor Cook describe this edition. Decorated cloth, xv [3], 237 pp., frontispiece, "Esau the Hunter," illustrated, sources, index. The story of a great American hunter . the greatest bear hunter in history after Davy Crockett, by his own account and also by the record. J. Frank Dobie met Lilly and was so struck by this extraordinary man that he collected everything he could find about him. Here are the stories Ben Lilly told and a great many more Frank Dobie heard about him. Former owner's inked name and date and bookplate on front pastedown sheet else a near fine copy in price-clipped, bright dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and corners and tiny nicks and chips to bottom edge of front cover.
First Edition. Original blue cloth, xi, 601pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Appendices. An excellent first-hand account of the military activity related to the hostility of the Cheyenne and Sioux Indians in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. The author, a Captain of Co. "F", Seventh Iowa Cavalry, was a participant and provides interesting, detailed commentary regarding his units' activity from September, 1863 through January, 1865. "Day-by-day occurrences in the campaigns around Forts Kearney and McPherson."--Wright Howes. Previous owners name at top edge of front free endpaper. Some light rubbing and light wear to spine ends and corners. Very good-near fine.
First Edition. Disbound, and rebound in Half-Leather and Cloth binding. 228pp. Senate. 39th Congress, 2nd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 26. Proceedings a Military Commission Convened by Special Orders No. 23, Headquarters District of Colorado, Denver, Colorado Territory, Dated February 1, 1865, In the Case of Colonel J. M. Chivington, First Colorado Cavalry. "The Commission.is convened to for the purpose of investigating all matters connected with the action between Colonel Chivington and the Indians, known as the Sand Creek fight, to ascertain, as far as possible, who are the aggressors, whether the campaign was conducted by Colonel Chivington according to the recognized rules of civilized warfare, and whether based upon the law of equity from the commencement of Indian hostilities to the present time". An important report. Small, minor repair with archival tape tp first page, else a fine, clean copy.
First edition. Cloth, 288 pp., many illustrations, maps. An eyewitness account of the Modoc War, told by a Modoc Indian, the son of Wi-ne-ma, the Modoc woman who saved Peace Commissioner Alfred Meacham when Captain Jack and other Modocs killed General E.R.S.Canby and others during peace negotiations. Cowan II, p.532: "Riddle's eye-witness account of this Indian war, together with the reproductions of rare old photographs which illustrate his text, makes his history one of the most important narratives of the Modoc War, especially in so far as it presents the Indian side of the conflict." Much regarding the treachery of the whites in events leading up to this difficult and protracted war. Very slight wear to spine ends, else an uncommonly clean, fine, bright copy.
