{"product_id":"alias-jack-mccall-a-pardon-or-death-joseph-g-rosa-first-edition-limited-autographed","title":"Alias Jack McCall: A Pardon or Death? Joseph G. Rosa — First Edition, Limited Autographed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlias Jack McCall: A Pardon or Death? Joseph G. Rosa — First Edition, Limited Autographed Issue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, 1967\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 32.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The book presents exceptionally well in its original mustard cloth boards, maintaining a tight, square binding with sharp corners. The cloth remains bright, exhibiting only the most trivial hints of shelf-wear to the extremities and a minuscule blemish to the upper rear board. Internally, the pages are crisp, clean, and completely free from foxing or handling marks. The frontispiece sketch is sharp and unblemished. Overall, a highly attractive, carefully preserved copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a scarce first edition of Joseph G. Rosa’s meticulously researched account of Jack McCall's trial, issued here in its limited, autographed format. The edition was strictly limited to 250 copies, of which this is number 232.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe limitation page features a notable, personalised inscription from the author in blue ink: “For John Darwent - Nov 27, '68. with best wishes. Joseph G. Rosa.” Complete with a striking frontispiece sketch of Jack McCall, this edition remains highly sought-after on the open market due to its extremely small print run and Rosa's reputation as a premier historian of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver ninety years after Jack McCall shot Wild Bill Hickok in a Deadwood saloon, historian Joseph G. Rosa delivered this definitive account of the assassin's trial, petition for a presidential pardon, and eventual execution. Expanding upon a presentation given to the Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, Rosa incorporates previously unpublished documents from McCall's pardon file to create a complete description of the legal proceedings at Yankton, Dakota Territory, and its aftermath. A concise and gripping read, this work cuts through the sensationalism of the Wild West to examine the hard historical facts of one of America's most infamous murders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54552291541331,"sku":"4986","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_181428.jpg?v=1786442516","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/alias-jack-mccall-a-pardon-or-death-joseph-g-rosa-first-edition-limited-autographed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}