[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [BONNEY, William (a. k. a. BILLY THE KID, 1859-1881), subject]. BURNS, Walter Noble (1866-1932). The Saga of Billy the Kid. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. 8vo. 322, [4, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth, front board stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt, pictorial endleaves, publisher's unclipped (?$2.50") dust jacket (cloth spine toned, worn, gilt is faded, some rubbing to boards, recto of rfep. soiled; jacket toned, edgeworn, marginal chipping, short, creased tears, some soiling). Very good. FIRST EDITION IN THE SCARCE DUST JACKET. Walter Noble Burns was a historian and author; his book (this title) on Billy the Kid was so popular and influential, that it had returned the outlaw to fame after he had been reduced to obscurity. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 2".