Mercer, Asa Shinn, The Banditti of the Plains or the Cattleman's Invasion of Wyoming in 1892 (The Crowning Infamy of the Ages), Denver, 1894, (8 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.), first edition, black pebbled cloth, advertising leaf and five blank at front, illustrations in text Note: The book is a highly controversial and partisan account of the Johnson County Cattle War of 1892, which pitted small homesteaders against larger ranchers for grazing rights. Most of the copies and the printing plates were destroyed by irate cattlemen, who thought they were unfairly depicted in the book.