Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A handsome first edition/first printing, sunning to board edges in about Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with light fading to spine. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down.

In the early 1900s, the American West was a lawless place where the only thing more dangerous than the criminals were the desperadoes. These were men who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to die. They were the ones who rode into town on their horses, wearing their guns, ready to shoot it out with anyone who crossed their path.

This is the story of four of the most famous desperadoes of the West: Billy the Kid, the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid’s partner, the Kid. These are stories of daring, of violence, and of the legend of the Wild West.; 8vo.