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188638950New York: International Book Co. 1886. 12mo. 314 pp. Frntsp. plates. Embssd & decrtd green cloth gilt lettrng on spine uniform interior toning slght sunning to spine vry mnr shlfwr still an exceptionally good copy w/ contemporary ownrship signature of Edward W. Long West Oakland CA and the bkplate of Lyle N. Anderson on frnt pstdn w/ Pan playing his pipe. First edition thus of this scarce and rousing semi-fictional account of William Cody Buffalo Bill. Buntline was a notorious dime-novelist rabble rouser promoter of Buffalo Bill; almost certainly lived nearly as exciting a life as Buffalo Bill. International Book Co., hardcover
1887F8729New York: McLoughlin Brothers. 1887. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Wrappers lightly edge worn more so to spine. Spine now stitched. One small closed tear to one internal page ; Overall an excellent copy of a fragile item ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 16 pages; Illustrated with nine chromolithographic plates one double page and seven tinted illustrations. Chromolithographic wrappers. The wild west colorfully illustrated and told in rhyme. . McLoughlin Brothers unknown
1895323970New York: Fless and Ridge 1895. First. paperback. near fine. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs drawings and interesting advertisements of the day. 84 pages. Slim 4to publisher's original pictorial color paper wrappers staple-bound. New York: Fless and Ridge 1895. Some light rubbing to exterior but still a near fine copy remarkably clean and well-preserved.<br/> <br/> An interesting and scarce piece of Victorian Americana -- a program from Buffalo Bill's 1895 show in the Greater New York area. The two-page programme of events is followed by historical sketches of Western Americana. Buffalo Bill was a figurehead of the American Old West his shows displaying cowboy themes and escapades as well as tales from the American Civil War and Indian Wars. Though it was a large and successful show the expenses were so high that the endeavour lost money.<br/> <br/> Fless and Ridge unknown