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[2], xviii, 630, + [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with plates after photographs, paintings and drawings, folding map showing "the Great Overland Stage Route, the Santa Fe Trail, Butterfield Overland Despatch, Mormon Route of 1847, and the Leavenworth & Pike's Peak Express" at rear. (8vo) pictorial light brown cloth with gilt titling. First Edition.

According to Adams, "The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines. It has some information on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Slade." Cowan p.541; Howes R434; Graff 3526; Adams, Six Guns 1897.