About this title: The Earp brothers of Tombstone and the famous fight at the O.K. Corral are well known to American history and even better known to American legend. This composite biography of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James, and Warner Earp is based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp, dictated to the author in the 1930s, and amplified by documents he unearthed in 1959. In his review of the book for "Library Journal", W. S. Wallace stated that he considered "The Earp Brothers of Tombstone" 'the most authoritative account ever to be published on the subject.''A particularly interesting piece of Americana ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: Acceptable. Carefully read, Internally clean curling to cover Inscription on first page A usable copy. Please note that this book will show signs of wear and will have been extensively read but all pages will be in tact with it's binding secure unless stated. read more
Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter, NY
Date published: 1960
Description: VG hardback in VG dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in removable clear film. Dust jacket worn and chipped at edges, with short tear & some yellowing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: SPEARMAN
Date published: 1962
Description: Published by Spearman in 1962. Hardback with Dust jacket. Number of pages: 247. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Wear to head & tail of spine. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bison Books
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: Very Good. Trade Paperback--Very Good--Other than slight soiling at fore edge, book is clean and tight with only lightest wear. 247 pages. read more
Edition: Not a first Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 247 Pages; Textblock is tight and clean with no internal markings or names. Cover is unfaded with modest edge and shelf wear with no crease to spine. This is considered to be the most authoritative account ever to be published on the subject. read more
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher: Bramhall House
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 247 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Bramhall House. Undated reprint. Book: Good. Complete. Separation developing at title page. though the hinges are firm. Clean ex-library book with usual indications that include library stamps/markings on bottom outer page surface and title page and a card pocket on the rear end page. Dust Jacket: Very good. Unclipped. Well protected behind clear library mylar cover that is taped to the book at the fold-in ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: Fine. This book is in Fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It doesn't appear to have had much if any use. The cover has some minor bumps and scuffs. There are no creases on the spine. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover, near fine condition, no marks or names, review slip laid-in (CL3) Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 247 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 7th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.
Date published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780803258389ISBN:0803258380
Description: As New. 5 1/4" x 8" 247 Pages. Introduction-Anatomy of a Western Legend. Plus eight chapters: Missouri River Crossings The Beginning of the Trail, The Santa Fe Trail and More Crossings West, Tombstone-The End of the Trail, The O. K. Corral, Boot Hill, Tombstone Obituary and Citations and Comments. Old-timers complain that writers say they want historical facts. They tell the writers a true story, but the story it can't hardly be recognized as being what was told when the book is finished. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bramhall House, New York
Date published: 1960
Description: G/Fair; The book is in very good condition, tan boards with black lettering. The jacket has chipping at the top and bottom of the spine and a fairly large chip in the center of the spine. The back of the jacket has a slight stain, and there is general... 8vo; 247 pp. read more
Description: (London), Neville Spearman, n.d. (1962). Reprint. Cloth, name on fly, endpapers unevenly browned else fine in frayed d/w, pp. 247. "The first complete and authentic account of Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil, James and Warren Earp, in Tombstone, Arizona, in the 1880's, based on the recollections of Mrs. Virgil Earp" (d/w blurb). First British edition. read more
"Facinating look at what really happened that lead to the shootout at the OK corral and beyond. A terrific peak behind the legend and how they come about. (Yes, those that live the longest get to set history.)"
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