SIGNED by author Frank A. Root with an inscription to his friend A. S. Hughes. Hardcover. Brown cloth with stamped designs in black and gilt. Octavo. Frontis. [xvii] 630pp with numerous illustrations and folding route map. Internal hinges starting but sound. Map separated along a vertical fold. Small historical society ink stamp and blind stamp to copyright page. Howes R434, Six Guns 1897. ""The original is very rare and is considered the standard history of the early stage lines. It has some information on stagecoach robberies, Wild Bill Hickock and Joseph Slade."" Six Guns.