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1878 BEADLE'S NEW YORK DIME LIBRARY #01 THRU #13. 13 ISSUES IN VERY GOOD NEAR FINE CONDITION VERY VERY SCARCE ISSUES These are the very first issues named " NEW YORK DIME LIBRARY" but they were orginially named "FRANK STAR NEW YORK LIBRARY" and reintroduced as the new series in 1878. The KIT CARSON issue all by itself sold for $350 last time it was up on eBay, I know, I sold it. They have some very classic stories from this series in both historical figures, adventure and suspense. These books are in very good / near fine condition with minimal wear. Scarce, rare or just call it hard to come by they just aren't out there in any condition. Dealer stamp is on an inside page.This issue has some very scarce issues of The Texas Headless Horseman, Kit Carson, Young Scalp Hunter This issue is a large format 12.5 inches by 8.25 inches, pages are in the large printing of a very collectible stories.
1. Philip S. Warne. A Hard Crowd; or, Gentleman Sam's Sister. May 10, 1877. .
Omaha when it was a tough town, and when across the Missouri was out of the states. Gamblers, outlaws, horse thieves, plainsmen and Indians. Gentleman Sam's sister could take care of herself. This number contains also the first installment of Mayne Reid's "Death Shot."
2. Prentiss Ingraham. The Dare Devil; or, The Winged Witch of the Sea. May 24, 1877. Buccaneer, smuggler and privateer life in 1812. This booklet also contains the second installment of "Death Shot."
3. Sam S. Hall. Kit Carson, Jr., the Crack Shot of the West. A Romance of the Lone Star State. June 7, 1877.
Buckskin Sam's first novel for Beadle. Texas in 1860. Pursuit of the Mexican bandit Cortina. Big Foot Wallace, Captain John Donaldson, Bill Mann, Joe Booth, Colonel Ford, Tom Clark, Jack Hodge, Jim Bearfield, Ben Thompson, Phil Coe, Jim Ransom, Mat Nolan, John Littleton, Texas Bill George, and other men noted in Texas life appear. Contains also the third installment of "Death Shot."
4. Philip S. Warne. The Kidnapper; or, The Great Shanghai of the Northwest. June 20, 1877. On the Minnesota border. Sioux Indians, renegade, kidnapping. Also contains the fourth installment of "Death Shot."
5. Anthony P. Morris, Jr. The Fire-Fiends; or, Hercules, the Hunchback. July 10, 1877. Also contains the fifth and last installment of "Death Shot."
6. Edward L. Wheeler. Wildcat Bob, the Boss Bruiser; or, The Border Bloodhounds. July 25, 1877. A tale of western Kansas in the days when buffalo roamed. Danger in quicksand. Bandits, gamblers, and a beautiful rope walker.
7. Oll Coomes. Death-Notch, the Destroyer; or, The Spirit Lake Avengers. August 10, 1877. The pictorial title is marked "Death-Notch, the Young Scalp Hunter."
8. Mayne Reid. The Headless Horseman. A Strange Story of Texas. August 16, 1877. This is a double number and sold for twenty cents. A
9. Samuel Lover. Handy Andy. August 23, 1877. A famous humorous novel of Irish life. Andy was willing and always did literally what he was told to do.
10. François Eugene Vidocq. Vidocq, the French Police Spy. August 30, 1877. The supposed confessions of F. E. Vidocq, thief, police officer, and spy.
11. Frederick Marryat. Midshipman Easy. September 6, 1877. The best of Marryat's sea stories. Jack Easy goes to sea to find "equality," and has some of the nonsense taken out of him. Mesty, his negro companion on many of his adventures, is well characterized, but he uses an impossible dialect.
12. Mayne Reid. The Death-Shot; or, Tracked to Death. September 13, 1877.
13. J. H. Robinson. Pathaway; or, Nick Whiffles, the Old Trapper of the Nor'west. September 20, 1877.
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