Great Train Robberies of the Old West (U)

New; a pristine first edition, first printing. See scans and description. New York: MJF Books, 2007. R. Michael Wilson's 'Great Train Robberies of the Old West'. Octavo, jacket illustrated by David Sylvester, cream and brown boards with gilt spine imprinting, 167 pp. Frontis map, black and white illustrations and photographs. New. Stored archivally immediately upon purchase. A first-first example for the genre collector. Strongly researched, well-illustrated history of the topic. Includes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sam Bass, 'Black Jack' Ketchum, The Collins Gang, The Wild Bunch, The Kit Joy Gang, robberies at Blackstone Switch, Peach Springs, Cochise Junction, and Devil's Canyon, lawmen 'Bucky' O'Neill, Billy Breakenridge, Harvey Whitehill, and 'the notorious train workers'. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L56