The Life and Death of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain by A. M. Gibson - 1975

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press , 1965. First Edition (stated). 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/.silver spine titles. About Fine w/ owner name front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked in About Fine unclipped DJ in old-time jacket protector. 301pp inc. Bibliography, Index.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. Slightly cocked; occasional light pencil underlining. Dust jacket worn at spine ends.. First Edition. Original Cloth. About Very Good/Good Plus.

Norman: Univ. Of Oklahoma Pr., 1965. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 301 pp., map, b/w photos, notes, bib., index. The mysterious murders of prosecutor Col. Fountain & his young son in early New Mexico. Black clothbound hardcover in v.g. cond., price-clipped v.g. d/w shows lt. wear to corners & head & heel of spine.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 301 pages; Minor edgewear to the dust jacket. Name, date and location on front free endpaper. .

University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book near fine, dust jacket has some scuffing to the edges, still very good. First edition. Guns 826: ¿a well-written and long-needed book about one of the leading characters in New Mexico. It contains much on the lawlessness of that state and tells about Oliver Lee, Jim Gilliland, Pat Garrett, and others, with a mention of Billy the Kid.¿

Norman: OU, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 1st printing. Cloth. 301pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Map. Signed & dated in Norman in year of publication. A key Lincoln County, New Mexico book. Couple of minor spots on front cover corner, else fine in moderately worn dj with triangle crease top of front panel. Scarce signed. 6-guns 826.

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 301pp.incl.index; HB blk.w/silver; slight rub w/foxing on foredge&endpapers; clean,tight pgs. DJ green w/white-pic.cover; slight rub w/foxing. " ...a pool of blood and a blood-soaked handkerchief pointed to murder. Although indictments were returned, no one was convicted of that murder, which has become New Mexico's most talked-about mystery" illus. signed.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1965]., 1965. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Cloth, titles stamped in silver on the spine, xi [1], 301 pp., acknowledgments, illustrated, portraits, map, epilogue, bibliography, index. A biography of one of New Mexico's controversial 19th century figures whose violent death in the White Sands still remains a mystery. "A well-written and long-needed book about one of the leading characters in New Mexico. It contains much on the lawlessness of that state and tells about Oliver Lee, Jim Gilliland, Pat Garrett, and others; with a mention of Billy The Kid."--Ramon Adams. Fine bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, a small tear to the mid-spine channel area, a 1" scratch to top edge of front cover, and light wear to the corners, else a very good copy.

Norman: Univeristy of Oaklahoma Press, 1965 First edition. xi, 301pp. 12 portraits and other illustrations from photographs, map; bibliography and index. Jacket illustration by Joe Beeler. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver. A very fine and bright copy with pictorial dust jacket (slightest of rubbing along fore-edge of jacket, minor short closed tear to top edge). . "A well-written and long-needed book about one of the leading characters in New Mexico. It contains much on the lawlessness of that state and tells about Oliver Lee, Jim Gilliland, Pat Garrett, and others, with a mention of Billy the Kid" (Six-Guns). Colonel Fountain, a prominent New Mexico Republican, disappeared with his eight year-old son while driving his buckboard from Lincoln to his home in Las Cruces in January of 1896. Later, a pool of blood and a blood-soaked handkerchief pointed to murder. Oliver Lee and Albert Bacon Fall were indicted, but not convicted, for the murder. Fall later achieved dubious… Read More