![]() When he met Buffalo Bill he shifted from sensational newspaper and magazine stories generally, to focusing his pen on Westerns, often published as Dime Novels, and established tales of the West as a genre. Under his penname of Ned Buntline, Edward Judson would, for a short time in the 19th century, become America’s most popular and wealthiest writer of fiction. Only 1 authentic copy in a correct jacket has sold at auction in the last 50 years, a chipped, worn, stained, and, repaired jacket, 25 years ago at Sotheby’s (the only other sale in the auction records was in a reprint jacket miscataloged by PBA). It’s just the 2nd copy I’ve seen, and the finest one I’ve ever heard about. Item #336 Almost all 1912 dustjackets are rare but this one is notoriously so, as rare as any major 20th century 1st edition in jacket. Near fine in the enigmatically rare 1st printing dustjacket (red lettering on the front, blue on the spine and back, the spine priced $1.30, 5 titles on the back, and flaps with Harper boilerplate), back panel with a crease, front flap fold with a partial tear secured with 1 tiny speck of tape, and a few short edge tears, else near fine. 1st printing with “MCMXII” on the title page, and 3 lines of copyright (the last line “published January, 1912”). ![]() 1st edition of the preeminent early Western novel and the most popular one of all time. ![]()
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