174.     ELLIOTT, David Stewart. Last Raid of the Daltons. A Reliable Recital of the Battle with the Bandits at Coffeyville, Kansas, October 5, 1892, by David Stewart Elliott, Editor Coffeyville Journal, First Edition. Illustrated by E.A. Fulleau. [1-7] 8-71 [1] pp., text illustrations (portraits, scenes, plan). 8vo (19.4 x 13.4 cm), disbound (lacking wraps). A somewhat disreputable copy: old cello tape and stains on outside of first and last leaves, interior fine and clean.

     First edition. Adams, Guns 671: “Rare.” Adams, One-Fifty 52: “The author was editor of the Coffeyville Journal and was an eye-witness to the battle of the citizens and the Dalton Gang. It is said that he was the first man to reach the wounded Emmett Dalton. He wrote this little book to give an account of what he saw and published it in a limited edition immediately after this battle took place…. This is about the best account of this battle written thus far.” Dykes, Rare Western Outlaw Books, pp. 28 (illustrated) & 29. Graff 1235. Howes E107.

     “What was supposed to be the crime of the century, turned out to be a bust. The Dalton gang rode in, but they did not ride out.” McLoughlin, Wild & Woolly, pp. 126.

($250-500)

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