[WESTERN AMERICANA]. WRIGHT, Robert Marr (1840-1915). Dodge City. The Cowboy Capital and The Great Southwest in The Days of The Wild Indian, the Buffalo, the Cowboy? [Wichita, KS: Wichita Eagle Press, 1913]. 8vo. With full-color frontispiece and numerous black and white plates. 344, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth, front board stamped in black and red, spine stamped in gilt (spine a bit toned and edgeworn, some light rubbing, soiling to boards, rear hinge starting, a few gutters overopened). Fine. THE RARE FIRST EDITION. ?It is said that most of this edition was destroyed by the printer, hence its rarity. A later edition without date or colored frontispiece is sometimes confused with the first edition. The first edition may be identified by the colored frontispiece with the copyright date on the recto? Because the author knew Wyatt Earp well, I think that his spelling of Earp's name as Wyat Erb must be a typographical error. This book, one of the first written about Dodge City, reveals intimate knowledge of the gunmen of that wild cow town." (Herd, 2564). Howes W706. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 8 x 7 x 2".