[BONNEY, William (a. k. a. BILLY THE KID, 1859-1881), subject]. DYKES, J[eff]. C. Billy the Kid the Bibliography of a Legend. In: University of New Mexico Publications in Language and Literature, Number Seven. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1952. 8vo. Frontispiece after C. M. Russell. 186, [4, blank] pp. Modern full brown cloth, brown gilt morocco lettering label, original printed wrappers bound-in (cloth spine a bit sunned, wrappers soiled, frontispiece with a short tear at the upper margin near the gutter, occasional soiling to text pages). Very good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE BIBLIOGRAPHY, WARMLY INSCRIBED TWICE BY DYKES. The first inscription is on the first blank: “For Ray - My first excursion into the field of Bibliography - still a pretty good example from a maverick in the field - Jeff”; the second inscription is on p. 7 after the introduction: “For Ray - Both the Committee (on Publications) and the Editors were a mite ashamed of this bib but felt some better when the first printing Sold out in three months - now the Press wants Volume Two and if time doesn’t run out on me, I’ll do it - JC (Jeff) Dykes”. This was the first attempt at a complete list of available materials on Billy the Kid, including books, articles, movies, etc.