THE WORLD OF SUSIE WONG by MASON, RICHARD - 1957

El Paso: Mangan Books, [1996]., 1996. First edition. First edition. Cloth, xiv, 337 pp., numerous illustrations, foreword, prologue, afterword, acknowledgments., appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Map on endpapers. Excellent biography of Texas gunfighter, John Wesley Hardin, 1853-1895. Signed by author on Half-title. As New in dust jacket.

El Paso: Mangan Books, [1996]., 1996. First edition. First edition. Signed by the author. Very fine in dust jacket. Cloth, maps on front end-papers, xiv, 337 pp., numerous illustrations, foreword, prologue, afterword, acknowledgments., appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Excellent biography of Texas gunfighter, John Wesley Hardin, 1853-1895.

El Paso: Mangan Books, 1996. F . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Fine copy in dust jacket, signed by author. First edition.

El Paso: Mangan Books, 1996 Deluxe edition. Number 20 of 50 copies specially bound, hand-numbered and signed by the author. xiv, 335pp. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographs; 3 facsimiles for this edition. Notes, appendix, bibliography, index. Half black morocco, gilt, navy blue cloth sides. A very fine copy with matching slipcase. Robert G. McCubbin is probably the leading collector of rare photographs and books about outlaws. It was Bob McCubbin who took it upon himself to produce this special edition from the regular printing. Bob did this with other outlaw books as well. This special deluxe edition is quite handsome and features a special colophon leaf and three tipped-in facsimiles from Bob's extensive collection: a photograph of Hardin, a playing card shot through by him, and a copy of his bar bill from the Wigwam Saloon in 1895. In this fine work, Metz strips away the veneer of western romance and delves deeply into Hardin's murky soul. Hardin was both ruthless and righteous.… Read More