Billy King's Tombstone. The Private Life Of An Arizona Boom Town.

C.L. SONNICHSEN

Publication: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1942, Caldwell

First edition. 8vo. Decorated Cloth, Tombstone map on endpapers, 233 pp., frontis., acknowledgments, illustrated, plates, portraits. The author was a faculty member at the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy at El Paso, Texas when this book was published. Six Guns 2065 says "Scarce." "A different picture of Tombstone from that given in other books on the subject. A story of a bartender who knew every character in this wild town, it throws some new light upon such characters as Buckskin Frank Leslie, Burt Alvord, and Sheriff John Slaughter." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with sunned spine, a couple of short closed-tears, chipping, and moderate wear to edges and corners. Internally clean and tight.

Inventory Number: 52469