NOTORIOUS LADIES OF THE FRONTIER: Volume I; 1850-1929. by Harry Sinclair Drago. New York: Ballantine Books, (1972). First paperback edition, first printing. "First printing 1972" statement to the copyright page. Illustrated with eight black-and-white plates to a center section. A history of shady women including Ah Toy, Mammy Pleasant, Lola Montez, Julia Bulette, Eilley Orrum and more, with men who crossed their lives including Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Wild Bill Hickok. Minute rub to the upper and lower spine edges, else very nearly fine, square, firm, very tight and unread in glossy stiff-card wraps with white titles to the front cover and spine, cover art by Mason Shirozu, all page edges rich amber; original $1.50 price still intact to the front cover. Mass-market paperback; 174 pages; notes; plus photo-illustrations; plus five pages of ads to the rear. A well-preserved mass-market paperback collectible. (No creases nor fading to the spine.) PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT VINTAGE PAPERBACK BOOKS THANKS!