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Bound volumes of Beadle's Half Dime and Dime Libraries. All bound in blue leatherette with gilt "Romances of the Life of Buffalo Bill" on front. The first volume is Half Dime stories, small 4to (8 x 11 in.): "Buffalo Billy, the Boy Bullwhacker; or, the Doomed Thirteen." By Capt. Alfred B. Taylor (Vol. VIII, No. 191), 15 numb. pp. plus 1p. ads. "Buffalo Bill's Bet; or the Gambler Guide. By Capt. Alfred B. Taylor (Vol. VIII, No. 194), 15 numb. pp. plus 1p. ads. "Buffalo Bill's Fighting Five; or, Black Lariat's Blot-out." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 981), 15 numb. pp plus 1p ads. "Buffalo Bill's Lasso-Throwers; or, Shadow Sam's Short-stop." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XXXVIII, No. 988), 16 numb. pp. "Buffalo Bill's Drop; or, Dead-shot Ned, the Kansas Kid." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XXXIX, No. 995), 16 numb.pp. "Buffalo Bill's Decoy Boys." by Col. Ingraham. (Vol. XXXIX, No. 1000), 16 numb. pp. "Buffalo Bill's Sure-Shots. By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XXXIX, No. 1007), 15 numb. pp plus 1p ads. "Buffalo Bill's Texan Team; or, the Dog Detective." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XXXIX, No. 1013), 15 numb. pp plus 1p ads. "Buffalo Bill's Pony Patrol." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XL, No. 1040), 15pp plus 1p ads. "Little Grit, the Pony Express Rider." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. XLI, No. 1042), 14 numb. pp plus 2pp ads. "Buffalo Bill in Disguise." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol XLI, No. 1052), 14 numb. pp plus 2pp ads. Second volume, Dime Library. 4to: "Texas Jack, the Prairie Rattler; or, the Queen of the Wild Riders." By Buffalo Bill. (Vol. XXIV, No. 304), 23 numb. pp. "White Beaver the Exile of the Platte, or, a Wronged Man's Red Trail." By Buffalo Bill. (Vol. XXXI, No. 394), 29 numb pp plus 3pp ads. "Wild Bill, the Wild West Duelist; or, the Girl Mascot of Moonlight Mine." By Buffalo Bill. (Vol. LXIII, No. 807), 32 numb. pp. "White Beaver's Still Hunt; or, the Miner Marauder's Death-Track." By Buffalo Bill. ( Vol. LXIV, No. 820), 30 numb. pp plus 2pp ads. "The Ranch King Dead-Shot; or, Texas Jack's Proxy." By Buffalo Bill. (Vol. LXV, No. 839), 29 numb. pp plus 3pp ads. "Texas Jack, the Lasso King; or, the Robber Rangers of the Rio Grande." By Buffalo Bill. (Vol.LXXV, No 969), 30 numb. pp plus 2pp ads. "The Dread Shot Four; or, My Pards of the Plains." By Buffalo Bill. (Vol. LXXV, No. 973), 31 numb. pp plus 1p ads. Third volume also Dime Library, 4to. These all appear to be first editions, as they have no later edition notes: "Buffalo Bill's Blind; or, the Masked Driver of Death's Canyon." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LVII, No. 739), 31 numb. pp plus 1 p. ads. "Buffalo Bill and His Merry Men; or, the Robin Hood Rivals." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LVII, No. 735), 29 numb. pp plus 3 pp. ads (one is two-page "preview" of "The Never-Fail Detective.") "Buffalo Bill's Flush Hand; or, Texas Jack's Bravos." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LVIII, No. 743). 30 numb. pp plus 2pp ads. "Buffalo Bill's Big Four." By Major Dangerfield Burr. (Vol. LVIII, No. 750), 25 numb pp. plus 7pp ads. "Buffalo Bill's Double; or, the Desperado Detectives." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LIX, No. 757), 32 numb. pp. "Buffalo Bill's Sweepstake." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LX, No. 769), 31 numb. pp plus 1p ads. "Buffalo Bill's Spy-Shadower; or, the Masked Men of Grand Canyon." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LX, No. 777), 29 numb. pp plus 3pp ads. "Buffalo Bill's Secret Six." By Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LXXVIII, No. 1013), 32 numb. pp. "Buffalo Bill in Arizona." by Col. Prentiss Ingraham. (Vol. LXXX, No. 1029), 31 numb. pp plus 1p ads. Provenance: Descended Directly in the Family of William F. Cody Condition: These show a bit of shelf wear, scratching of covers. Overall very good.