[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [PARKER, Judge Isaac C. (1838-1896), subject]. HARMAN, S. W. Hell on the Border; He Hanged Eighty-Eight Men? Fort Smith, AK: The Phoenix Publishing Company, [1898]. 8vo. Illustrated. 720 pp. Modern full green leather, front board with black morocco silhouette of a hanging man onlay, spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endleaves, original front wrapper bound-in (front wrapper worn, torn, chipped with tissue repairs, 719/720 leaf chipped with tissue repairs, first two leaves chipped at margins, text toned, occasionally foxed, soiled). Very good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE BIOGRAPHY OF ?HANGING JUDGE" ISAAC PARKER. ?? the great book about Judge Isaac Parker and his federal court at Fort Smith. One of the Dalton brothers was killed while serving as a deputy for the judge and, of course, there is much on outlaws and peace and peace officers?" (Rare Western Outlaw Books, Dykes).?The author was a lawyer in Parker's court and a friend and admirer of his. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 10 x 8 x 1"