Knights Of The Green Cloth. The Saga Of The Frontier Gamblers

Robert K. Dearment

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982, Norman

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1982]. First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author. Green cloth, gold stamping on spine, xiv, 423 pp., acknowledgments, illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Stories of some of the notorious "knights of the green cloth" and famous gambling halls. Much on Rowdy Joe Lowe, Ben Thompson, King Fisher, John Behan, Doc Holliday, Luke Short, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Lottie Deno, Alice Ivers (Poker Alice), Soapy Smith, Wild Bill Hickok, and many others. Former owner's embossed stamp on front fly leaf, else near fine in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners.

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