Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1955 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 1955. Hardcover. Stated Third Printing of the 1951 first printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner address label on front pastedown. Book Condition: VG+; light wear to tips, head, and tail from shelving. DJ: Good; sunfaded spine; wear to rear panel with a closed tear. Red cloth boards and spine with silver lettering on spine; hanging scene on front board in silver. Maps as endpapers. 272 pp 8vo. This a book on Tombstone, Arizona during the 1880s pulled directly from the Tombstone Epitaph files that survived Tombstone's famous fires. This "autobiography" of the Tombstone Epitaph is rich with frontier news reporting from John Clum and his racy editorializing including the story of the OK corral and other killings in the area. A clean presentable copy in a mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006798
Title: Tombstone's Epitaph; The Truth About the Town Too Tough To Die
Author: Douglas D. Martin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Place of Publication: Albuquerque, NM
Date Published: 1955
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Tombstone Arizona, John Clum, Tombstone Epitaph, Silver Mines, Wyatt Earp, OK Corral, Earp Brothers, prostitution, red light district, gambling, Doc Holiday, gunfights, murders, shootouts, Indian Raids, Tombstone Hills, Ed Schieffelin
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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