Smith of Bear City and Other Frontier Sketches 1906 George T. Buffum SIGNED ~ Old West Outlaws Gunfighters Miners ~ Bat Masterson, etc

Title: Smith of Bear City and Other Frontier Sketches

Author: George T. [Tower] Buffum
Illustrator: F. T. Wood

Description: Inscribed by the author on ffep. Black cloth boards decoratively stamped in gilt and brown on spine and front cover. Rear cover shows some wear. Previous ownership rubber-stamp on ffep, else interior clean. Illustrated by F. T. Wood on six engraved plates, each with tissue guard. pp, xii, 248, [1]. T

wenty stories about frontier life of the Old West, with chapters on men like Soapy Smith, Bat Masterson, Curly Bill Brocius, Clay Allison, and other gunfighters, gamblers, miners, and outlaws.

George Tower Buffum (1846-1926) was a manufacturer who lived in St. Louis. He traveled around the west and had been a sometime resident of Albuquerque prior to the publication of Smith of Bear City.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None

Publisher: The Grafton Press
Place: New York
Year: 1906

Keywords: western, literature, American West, Old West, Soapy Smith, Bat Masterson, Curly Bill Brocius, Clay Allison, outlaws,