Law and Order, Ltd: The Rousing Life of Elfego Baac of New Mexico by Crichton, Kyle S - 1970

Paperback. Very Good.

The Rio Grande Press, Inc, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Reprinted 1970. No dust jacket, as printed. Blue metallic-ish boards, with red board and silver titling and author name. Corner tips are square. Significant shelf-wear and fading to bottom of spine. Small stain at lower corner tip of front board, and a couple of small spots. Creases to paper board covering along the front and back joints. Some soiling and scuffing to spine. Large ding at bottom of spine strip on rear board. Small stains to upper edge and outside edges of text block that don't really appear to look like foxing stains, but could be. Former owner name, and small bookstore sticker on front pastedown. Xeroxed copy of old newspaper article is laid in and affixed to half title page, probably by the publisher as it seems to be inside of other copies. The author, Kyle Crichton (1896-1960) was a noted fiction writer, playwright, and leftistpolitical columnist and commentator whose career flourished from the late1920s… Read More

Coachwhip Publications, 2014. Paperback. New. 198 pages. 9.02x5.91x0.47 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1928. Limited ed. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good edition limited to 350 of 375 copies that remains unnumbered and unsigned on the limitation page, very good brown cloth hardcover with red letter to cover and spine shows a rub spot or blemish to the cover, name stamp at top of front pastedown, tiny tear at top of rear hinge of spine head and some other very light trace wear, in very good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soiling to panels and spine along with edgewear that includes small chips and tears. 219 pages with black & whites. Remains a pleasing copy of this look at the legendary gunman and lawman.

Santa Fe: New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1928. First Edition. Octavo. Limited Edition of 375 copies. [not numbered or signed] 219p. Eugene Manlove Rhodes wrote of Baca "his willingness to discuss any moot point with that gun won him admiration from many and forgiveness from the few." With nine notches on his gun and being tried for murder three times, he was still alive and politically active when this book was issued. The account by the author shows New Mexico still at its wildest and where the distinction between law enforcement and criminal was often blurred. How he survived after being involved in many of the biggest gun fights is a testimony to both his coolness under fire and his expert use of the gun. It is still unknown as to whether he was appointed initially to enforce the law or merely purchased a badge. Eventually, after the murder trials were over he became a US Marshall and active politician fighting on behalf of the people for the government to protect the Rio Grande.… Read More

Law And Order, Ltd. by Kyle S. Crichtonfirst editionhardcoverPublisher:New Mexican Publishing, 1928Condition: Good+ - wear to the covers and spine, crease at the corner of front coverfoxing, owner's stamp on the front end paper

Santa Fe: New Mexican, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. First Edition, Published July, 1928 stated; 8vo, brown cloth; vg (front board lightly soiled; spine ends bumped; top edge dustsoiled; weak hinges, which I believe is a binding flaw; toned eps) in vg- dj (price-clipped; edges and spine darkened; edges worn, torn, and chipped at spine ends and corners); 219pp.

Santa Fe: New Mexico Publishing Co, 1928. First Edition Limted to 375 copies inscribed and numbered, as stated; this copy is not inscribed nor numbered. 8vo. 219 pp. Brown cloth in cream printed dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (priced-clipped; light fading to spine). "Elfego Baca is a character out of romance. For fifty eyars he has kept New Meico and the Southwest stirred up with his deeds. He has nine notches on his gun, and he has been tried for murder three times. There is no one quite like him in all the world." - dustjacket flap. (Six-guns 511).

Santa Fe, NM: New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1928. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9, 219 pgs, b&w historical photos. Wonderful collection of incidents involving Elfego Baca which bring out the interest and humor and strangeness of the Old West in which he lived.