Author Name:
Aikman, Duncan
Title:
Calamity Jane and the Lady Wildcats
Binding:
Hardcover
Book Condition:
Very Good
Jacket Condition:
No Dust Jacket
Type:
Book
Edition:
First Edition
Size:
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher:
New York, New York
Henry Holt and Company
1927
Illustrator:
Margaret Freeman
Seller ID:
10422m
; 347 pages; First Edition/First Printing; Illustrations, black & white photographs; Textblock is tight with gently tanned pages, text is free of marginalia (tiny former bookstore label on back pastedown endpaper-'Kendrick Bellamy Books-Denver'); Colorful illustrated endpapers; Fore-edge is rough trimmed as published; Top of textblock is light-dusty rose; Black cloth-covered boards with title in brown on spine; Has modest shelf & edge wear; ....(An enjoyable book that includes good illustrations. A lot of research went into the making of the book, and the chapter titles are: Calamity Jane, The Woman Has to Suffer (Cattle Kate), Belle Starr, The Extinction of a Comet (Lola Montez), The Last Lady Road Agent (Pearl Hart), Mme. Moustache and Some Gaming Ladies, And Other Wildcats (Minnie, Poker Alice, Kitty the Schemer), The Claws of Respectability (Mrs. William Arthur,Miss Pellett), A Note on Carrie Nation, Bridget Grant.)
CALAMITY JANE AND THE LADY WILDCATS/BY DUNCAN AIKMAN, 1ST ED, ILLUSTRATED WOMEN'S STUDIES-CALAMITY JANE, CATTLE KATE BELLE STARR, LOLA MONTEZ, PEARL HART, MINNIE, POKER ALICE, KITTY SCHEMER, MRS. WILLIAM ARTHUR, MISS PALLETT CHRISLANDS A GREAT BOOK SHOP
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