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Texian Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Texian Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. Signed by author/ 1st edition limited to 1000 copies

Mt. Pleasant, Texas: The Marion County Historical Commission, 1982. [ii], 183pp. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Texian Press, Waco.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Reprint of 1982. Hardcover. Originally published in 1971, this is the 1982 reprint edition, published in by the Marion County Historical Commission (Texas) . A young couple registered as man and wife, A. Monroe, in 1877 at the Brooks House in Jefferson, Texas. The young girl's name was "Bessie" and she was quickly nicknamed "Diamond Bessie" after the locals saw her large diamonds. The husband left town and two weeks later the girls body was found. She had been murdered. The husband, whose real name was Rothschild, was brought back to Jefferson and tried for murder. Over the next four years the finest legal talent in Texas dueled over whether Rothschild was guilty. Illustrated. 183 pages. Dust jacket has minor wear, no chips or tears. Dust jacket and book are in Near Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size. .

Marion County Historical Commission, 1982. Hardback in very good condition with very good plus dust jacket, protected in clear mylar jacket sleeve. Light foxing to top edge of pages. 1982 printing.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Texian. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Brown staining on some of bottom corners. Signed by author on title page. Ex-library with typical markings inside and out. Diamond Bessie was murdered in Jefferson, Texas in 1877. Abe Rothschild was accused and after 3 trials was found innocent. Strange but true. ; Ex-Library; Signed by Author .