This is a ORIGINAL SCARCE ISSUE NOT A REPRINT

  1881 BEADLE'S HALF DIME LIBRARY  

            #209  THRU #234  26 ISSUE

   See Below for List of Stories and Authors

  This book is in fine condition with minimal wear to pages. The pages for the cream and crisp as pointed out in the video. You will be hard pressed to find  examples of these issues including a stories of  Buffalo Bill, Major Sam Hall (Buckskin Sam) Deadwood Dick and Calamity Jane . They are UNDER $40.00 an issue for the very best example of Beadle's and Adams publishing. Make an offer if your interested.  Our dealer stamp is on inside cover. Any questions please ask before purchase. (See Scan for compete details)

209. Edward L. Wheeler. Fritz, the Bound-Boy Detective; or, Dot Leetle Game mit Rebecca. July 26, 1881.

A "Horatio Alger" type of story, and an amateur detective in Philadelphia.

210. William R. Eyster. Faro Frank of High Pine; or, Dandy Darke's Go-Down Pards. August 2, 1881.

"High Pine," California, mining camp story.

211. Joseph E. Badger. Crooked Cale, the Caliban of Celestial City. A Tale of the California Placers. August 9, 1881.

New Orleans--a death-bed marriage--California.

212. Charles Morris. Dashing Dave, the Dandy Detective; or, The League of the Secret Brotherhood. August 16, 1881.

213. Edward L. Wheeler. Fritz to the Front; or, The Ventriloquist Scamp-Hunter. A Romance of Rogues. August 23, 1881.  Philadelphia to Atlantic City. A strange marriage.

214. Frederick Whittaker. Wolfgang, the Robber of the Rhine; or, The Young Knight of the Crossicorde. August 30, 1881.

215. T. C. Harbaugh. Captain Bullet, the Raider King; or, Little Topknot's Crusade. A Tale of the Wild Southwest. September 6, 1881.A tale of horse thieves and border bandits in Texas and New Mexico.

216. Prentiss Ingraham. Bison Bill, the Prince of the Reins; or, The Red Riders of the Overland. September 13, 1881.

Buffalo Bill as a driver of the Overland stage in California.

217. Edward L. Wheeler. Captain Crack-Shot, the Girl Brigand; or, Gipsy Jack from Jimtown. A Story of Durango. September 20, 1881. 

Deadwood Dick & Calamity Jane appears again. Durango, Colorado, and the adjacent mountains.

218. Oll Coomes. Tiger Tom, the Texan Terror. A Romance of the Southern Pampas. September 27, 1881.

On the Brazos, Texas, in the days of emigrant trains and Indians.

219. Philip S. Warne. Despard, the Duelist; or, The Mountain Vampires. October 4, 1881.

"Hell Hole" mining camp--Vigilance committee--a "Hot Gospeller"--gamblers--outlaws--four duels--Vampire band --and Patent Leather Joe.

220. Charles Morris. Tom Tanner, Scalawag and Scapegrace; or, The Black Sheep of the Flock. October 11, 1881.

"The Industrious and Idle Apprentices" in New York City.

221. Edward L. Wheeler. Sugar-Coated Sam; or, The Black Gowns of Grim Gulch. A Deadwood Dick Episode. October 18, 1881.Deadwood Dick story  William Henry Shakespeare, the poet, appears again. Colorado, after the discovery of gold in Leadville.

222. Prentiss Ingraham. Grit, the Bravo Sport; or, The Woman Trailer. A Romance of the Wild West. October 25, 1881.

223. Edward Willett. Ozark Alf, King of the Mountain; or, Featherweight among the Outlaws. November 1, 1881.

In the Ozarks, in southwestern Missouri.

224. Oll Coomes. Dashing Dick; or, Trapper Tom's Castle. A Clear Lake Mystery. November 8, 1881.

225. Charles Morris. Sam Charcoal, the Premium Darky; or, How the Boy Got Even. November 15, 1881.

A Philadelphia story.

226. Edward L. Wheeler. Snoozer, the Boy Sharp; or, The Arab Detective. November 22, 1881.

A Philadelphia detective story.

227. Edwin Emerson. Dusky Darrell, Trapper; or, The Green Ranger of the Yellowstone. November 29, 1881.

228. Oll Coomes. Little Wildfire, the Young Prairie Nomad; or, The Idyl of Echo Canyon. December 6, 1881.

A tale of gold hunters, Indians, rangers, outlaws, and vigilantes along the upper Arkansas River, in Echo Canyon, and Leadville, Colorado.

229. Prentiss Ingraham. Crimson Kate, the Girl Trailer; or, The Cowboy's Triumph. December 13, 1881.

Cowboys, soldiers, and Indians in Texas.

230. C. Dunning dark. The Yankee Rajah; or, The Fate of the Black Shereef. A Tale of the Malay Seas. December 20, 1881.  Shanghai. Malay pirates and a submarine in the Indian Ocean.

231. T. C. Harbaugh. Plucky Phil of the Mountain Trail; or, Rosa, the Red Jezebel. A Tale of Siouxdom. December 27, 1881.Big Horn Mountains, not far from the battle grounds, after Custer's defeat. Sitting Bull appears as a character.

232. Edward L. Wheeler. Gold-Dust Dick. A Romance of Roughs and Toughs. January 3, 1882.

Deadwood Dick story. Dick is now in "Pistolville," California (?).

233. Albert W. Aiken. Joe Buck of Angels and his Boy Pard, Paul Powderhorn; or, The Three Wild Men of Eagle Bar. A Romantic Story of the Lurid Life of Colorado. January 10, 1882.

234. Sam S. Hall. Old Rocky's "Boyees;" or, Benito, the Young Horse-Breaker. A Romance of Adventure in the "Lone Star State." January 17, 1882. Among Texas cowboys.

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