Banditti of the Prairies; or, the Murderer's Doom
by Edward Bonney
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
This 1885 reprint from T. B. Peterson and Brothers is rebound (half binding of dark brown leather with light brown cloth). Illustrations supplied in facsimilie. Binding tight. Note in light pencil on first free fly leaf details binding and illustrations. These "bandittis" were criminal gangs that terrorized the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and the territory of Iowa in the early to mid-19th century. The author, Edward Bonney (1807-1864) led a full life as an adventurer, miller, hotel keeper, city planner, counterfeiter, livery stable keeper, bounty hunter, private detective, postmaster, merchant, soldier. "Banditti of the Prairie" is his best known work and details his undercover effort to expose the killers of Colonel George Davenport.
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- Bookseller
- Eugene Library Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HIST-AD-042524-BANDITTI
- Title
- Banditti of the Prairies; or, the Murderer's Doom
- Author
- Edward Bonney
- Format/Binding
- Rebound in half leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. B. Peterson and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1855
- Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Banditti, Bandittis, Ogle lynching
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.