[OUTLAWS]. SIRINGO, Charles A. (1855?1928).?Riata and Spurs: The Story of a Lifetime spent in the Saddle as Cowboy and Detective. Introduction by Gifford Pinchot.?Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927. 8vo. Illustrated from photographs. Original brown cloth; original unclipped dust jacket (spine a bit sunned, some chipping at extreme ends). FIRST UNEXPURGATED EDITION. ?The first half of this book was taken from the author's A Cowboy Detective, with real names in place of fictional ones. Siringo was a persistent soul and seemed determined to use the enjoined material in all his books; but when the publisher's attention was called to this objectionable material, the books were recalled and a corrected and revised edition was released. Pages 120 to 268 were suppressed in the new edition, and all references to the author's experiences with the Pinkerton Agency were cut out and material on bad men substituted. ?ONLY A FEW COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL PRINTING SURVIVED; HENCE ITS SCARCITY...? (Adams). Adams, Six Guns 2030 (?very scarce?); Howes S517.