VIGILANTES
BIRNEY, HOFFMAN
Published by The Penn Publishing Company, [1929]., Philadelphia, 1929
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First edition. 8vo. Cloth, decorated front and rear endpapers, 346 pp., frontis., foreword, illustrated. Illustrations by Charles Hargens. A chronicle of the rise and fall of the Plummer gang of outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early 1860's. On page 340 there is a picture of the "Hangman's Tree," which claimed the lives of 13 outlaws in Helena during Vigilante days. A fine, bright copy. Scarce dust jacket has some very slight wear to spine ends and spine is very lightly sunned. Signed presentation by author on half-title. Seller Inventory # 52460
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Title: VIGILANTES
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Company, [1929]., Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First edition.
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Vigilantes; a chronicle of.the Plummer gang.in and about Virginia City, Montana
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Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Ed. 346pp, smaller octavo hardcover in brown cloth. mild wear to book edges and spine ends, boards clean, rear inner hinge lightly starting yet binding and block remain solid, interior text clean. Seller Inventory # 162170
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Vigilantes, A Chronicle of the rise and fall of the Plummer gang of outlaws
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The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1929
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. "Good" condition hardcover copy of the first edition, 1929. SIGNED by the early western movie star Buck Jones. This copy has been read and reread and shows moderate wear. From the library of fames western historian Larry D. Ball and has his signature. Seller Inventory # 014690
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VIGILANTES.
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Penn Publishing, USA, 1929
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Seller: ABACO LIBROS USADOS, MADRID, MAD, Spain
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Tela. Condition: Bueno. 22x15 346 Tela Inglés Mar/15/20. Seller Inventory # 38515
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VIGILANTES: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws in and About Virginia City Montana in the Early '60's
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The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA
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Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Charles Hargens (illustrator). (1929) 346 pp. Original brown cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Wear to top of spine. Top corner torn from page 119, not affecting any text. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Sixguns 214. Seller Inventory # 579
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Vigilantes.
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Philadelphia. 1929. Penn. 1st.ed., 1929
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Seller: The Bookroom, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
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good-v.good. 6Guns 214(scarce). Seller Inventory # 453
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Vigilantes : a Chonicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang .
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Penn Publishing, Philadelphia PA, 1929
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Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited/Numbered Edition. The story of the Plummer gang in the gold mining era of the 1860's in Virginia City, Montana. This is #85 of 250 signed copies. This is an ex library copy but has no library markings other than several stamps and a removed pocket on the endpapers. There are two spots on the front cover and the spine is slightly faded. 346 pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 550305
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Vigilantes A chronicle of the rise and fall of the PLummer gang of outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early '60s
Published by
Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1929
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Cat House Books LLC, Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. See Ramon Adams Six Guns -#214. p pl., [17]-346 p. front., iilus., plates, ports, fasm. map. Half title; illus end papers, vignette. "Almost a third of this book appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in short articles before the publication of the book." About a third of the book appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in short articles before the publication of the book." It contains little new information of the vigilantes." There was a deluxe copy of 250 that was signed by the author. Charles Hargens was the illustrator of Birney Hoffman's book. Seller Inventory # MC00053
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VIGILANTES: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws in and about Virginia City Montana in the Early '60s
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The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1929
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Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 346p. A tan cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Number 52 of 250 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; this copy also warmly INSCRIBED to his friend Lawson Vance Smith. Ex-library; original binding. Faint label residue on spine; no other exterior library markings. Edges worn, with a bit of fraying to spine ends and corners. Label and stamp on rear endpapers and stamp on title page. Hinges slightly shaken but secure for normal handling. Text clean. Drawings by Charles Hargens. Seller Inventory # 206421
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Vigilantes.
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Penn Publishing, 1929
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Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in dust wrapper. First trade edition. Adams One-Fifty 11: "About a third of this book appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in short articles before publication in book form. Though valued by collectors of outlaw material, there is little that is new concerning the Montana vigilantes." Guns 214. Seller Inventory # 65
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Vigilantes: A chronicle of the rise and fall of the Plummer gang of outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early '60's
Published by
The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1929
Used
Hardcover
Signed
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hargens, Charles (illustrator). Limited Edition, no. 125 of 250 copies signed by the author. Signed, "Hoffman Birney" in blue pen on the colophon facing the half-title. Front colophon: "Two hundred and fifty copies o this edition have been specially bound and signed by the Author, Hoffman Birney; This is number 125." Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4." 346 pages, complete. Many black-and-white plates, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for age toning and a small blue sticker on back pastedown. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight rubbing, minuscule fading to spine, and some wear to corners and head and tail of spine. Corners show the exposed boards from the wear. A Very Good copy. A historical account of the infamous outlaw, Henry Plummer (1832-1864), and his gang. Plummer led a double life as a member of law enforcement, including sheriff and city marshal, as well as the leader of a criminal gang. Plummer's road agents wreaked havoc on the Alder Gulch and Virginia City region of Montana, committing numerous crimes including robbery and murder. A group of vigilantes, the Vigilance Committee of Alder Gulch, was organized in 1863 to combat Plummer's gang. The Vigilance Committee put an end to Plummer and his gang through vigilante justice. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 024050
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