[TEXANA]. [MCDONALD, Captain Bill (1852-1918), subject]. PAINE, Albert Bigelow (1861-1937). Captain Bill McDonald Texas Ranger. A Story of Frontier Reform. New York: J. J. Little & Ives Co., 1909. 8vo. Illustrated. 448 pp. Publisher's full red cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt, pictorial paper label on front board (spine toned, worn, scuffed, boards edgeworn, hinges starting, ffep. creased at upper corner, text toned). Good. FIRST EDITION, ?SPECIAL SUBSCRIBER EDITION". LAID-IN IS FRONT MATTER FROM ANOTHER TITLE ABOUT MCDONALD, INSCRIBED BY HIM IN THE FRONT BLANK: ?Very sincerely your friend W. J. McDonald Dallas Tx June 14th1913 ? For ? Mr. Geo B Nouse". With Nouse's ownership signature on the ffep. on the laid-in material. Laid-in material also has frontispiece portrait of McDonald. Also laid-in is a real photo postcard portrait of McDonald in top hat. McDonald originally became a lawman to supplement his income as a business owner. He became a legendary Texas Ranger, working on cases such as the Wichita Falls bank robbery, the Reese-Townsend feud and the Brownsville Raid of 1906. He was known as one of the ?Four Great Captains" of the Texas Rangers. He was one of the first inductees of the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 2".