VIGILANTES by Birney, Hoffman - 1929

Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company (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.. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Charles Hargens. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia PA: Penn Publishing. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. 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 .

BIRNEY, Hoffman. Vigilantes: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Plummer Gang of Outlaws In and About Virginia City, Montana, in the Early '60s. Phila., [1929]. 1st ed. Illus. Fine in d/j.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 346 pages; Price clipped dust jacket with a closed tear on the upper rear. .

Philadelphia:: The Penn Publishing Company,, (1929.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket - a very attractive copy, straight and tight, with a little light toning to the pages and dustjacket, very minor edgewear to the dj - uncommon in dust jacket and especially so in this condition. Original price of $3.50 still present. . First printing. Classic account of one of the most notorious 'outlaw gangs' in the story of the Western frontier - and of the organization - the Montana vigilantes - which brought them down, written in a very readable style, with an emphasis on the personalities of those involved. It is interesting to compare this with the 2004 book by Frederick Allen "A Decent and Orderly Lynching." Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 photographic plates, a map and drawings by Charles Hargens. 346 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing, ( 1929). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 12mo, 346 pages, light brown cloth; closed tears to dj "All available information on Henry Plummer - the murderous road-agent sheriff of Bannack who was also a polished gentleman - has here been assembled. Just as fascinating are the portraits ... of Boone Helm, "the worst bad-man"; of Captain Joe Slade, who carried in his pockets the dried ears of his enemy; of the leaders of the Vigilantes, Jim Williams and Wilbur F. Sanders." Illustrated from photographs, and drawings by Charles Hargens. Hargens was known for his accuracy in his depictions: he did over 3000 magazine covers, and illustrated 300 books, including Zane Grey's westerns.

Philadelphia, PA;: Penn Publishing,, 1929. First edition. . Hardcover.. Charles Hargens.. A concise and faithful history of the creation and activities of the organization that broke the power of the outlaws in Montana. Adams, Six-Guns 214. 346 pages with photographs and illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in brown cloth with lettering and border stamped in dark brown. Fine in near fine, bright price-clipped dust jacket with tiny chip at head and heal of spine panel. A very attractive copy.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Two hundred and fifty copies of this edition have been specially bound and signed by the Author on colophon. 233/250. Octavo. 346pp., 16 plates, incl. frontispiece. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and frame on cover, gilt lettering ruling and publisher's device on spine; in original illustrated dustjacket with black lettering on spine, housed in matching illustrated cardboard slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece. Headpiece illustrations. Decorative title page with portrait drawing. The story of "evildoers" in the 1860s, led by Henry Plummer, and the Vigilance Committee which executed thirty-three of them. Illustrated with sixteen full page b/w photographs. Slipcase with some wear along edges, light scuffing at edges and front edges partially split at foredge. Dustjacket with very light wear along top edge at spine and back cover.