Rare prospectus 23 x 15.5 cm [9" x 6"] for the second edition of the first printed book in Montana. 'Vigilantes' is one of the most celebrated and important works dealing with the early settlement and occupation of the West. Author Dimsdale was the editor of the Virginia City Post, and a participant and eyewitness to the events described. This is the first complete account of the outlaws known as 'Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band.' It recounts this gang's reign of terror in the Montana goldfields. A few tiny nicks, chips and tears to the extremities, else a very good copy of a rare item.

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Title: RARE PROSPECTUS FOR THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA, OR POPULAR JUSTICE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; BEING A CORRECT AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF THE TRIAL, CHASE, CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF PLUMMER'S BOLD ROAD AGENT BAND: TOGETHER WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF MANY OF THE ROBBERS AND DESPERADOES; BEING THE ONLY RELIABLE HISTORY OF PIONEER LIFE IN THE MINING CAMPS OF MONTANA
Publisher: Published by Daniel W. Tilton, n. d. [1882]., Virginia City, Montana
Publication Date: 1882
Edition: First edition.

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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.

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