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• Rogues and Early Modern English Culture (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2004), ed. by Craig Dionne and Steve Mentz (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Cloudesley: A Tale (second edition, 3 volumes; London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830), by William Godwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Forfeit (New York: A. L. Burt Co., c1917), by Ridgwell Cullum (Gutenberg text)
• Ronald o' the Moors (Boston: The Four Seas Co., 1919), by Gladys Edson Locke, illust. by Nellie L. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Outlaw of Torn, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Gutenberg text)
• The Outlaw of Torn (original magazine version), by Edgar Rice Burroughs (illustrated HTML with commentary at erblist.com)
• The Crimson Trail of Joaquin Murieta (Los Angeles: Wetzel Pub. Co., c1928), by Ernest Klette (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Desert Gold: A Romance of the Border, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• Erämaan Kultaa (Desert Gold in Finnish; Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Kirja, 1921), by Zane Grey, trans. by Väinö Nyman (Gutenberg text)
• Rob Roy, by Walter Scott (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Black Arrow, by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • HTML at kellscraft.com
  • Gutenberg text
• The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1923), by Robert Louis Stevenson, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Border Legion, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• The Border Legion (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1916), by Zane Grey, illust. by Lillian Wilhelm Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Border Legion (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1916), by Zane Grey, illust. by Lillian Wilhelm Smith
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Border Legion (illustrated with scenes from the now-lost 1924 Paramount film adaptation; New York: Grosset and Dunlap, ca. 1924), by Zane Grey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forest Days: A Romance of Old Times (Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors, v386; Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1843), by G. P. R. James (Gutenberg text)
• Hereward, the Last of the English, by Charles Kingsley (Gutenberg text)
• The Heritage of the Desert, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit (third edition; San Francisco: F. MacCrellish, 1874), by John Rollin Ridge (page images and uncorrected OCR text at Indiana)
• Musta Nuoli (The Black Arrow in Finnish; c1913), by Robert Louis Stevenson (Gutenberg text)
• The Three Godfathers (New York: G. H. Doran Co., c1913), by Peter B. Kyne, illust. by Maynard Dixon
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• The Three Godfathers (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1922), by Peter B. Kyne, illust. by Dean Cornwell
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Young Engineers in Arizona: or, Laying Tracks on the Man-Killer Quicksand, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)

• Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales, ed. by Stephen Knight and Thomas H. Ohlgren (HTML at metseditions.org)

• Robin Hood: A Collection of All The Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant, Relative to That Celebrated English Outlaw; To Which are Prefixed Historical Anecdotes of His Life (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and Boys, 1820), by Joseph Ritson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Narrative of Joshua Gee of Boston, Mass., While He Was Captive in Algeria of the Barbary Pirates, 1680-1687 (this edition 1943), by Joshua Gee, ed. by Charles A. Goodwin, contrib. by Albert Carlos Bates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great Pirate Stories (2 volumes in 1; New York: Tudor Pub. Co. 1929), ed. by Joseph Lewis French (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Documents Relatifs aux Corsaires Tunisiens (2 Octobre 1777-4 Mai 1824): Documents Inédits Publiés Sous les Auspices de la Résidence Générale (in French; Tunis: J. Barlier et cie, 1925), by Pierre Grandchamp
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• The History of the Pirates: Containing the Lives of Those Noted Pirate Captains, Misson, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and Their Several Crews (Haverhill, MA: T. Carey, 1825) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers (originally published 1837), by Charles Ellms (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Pirates Own Book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers (Portland, ME: Sanborn and Carter; Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait, and Co., 1844), by Charles Ellms (multiple formats at Google)
• Pirates: The Lives and Adventures of Sundry Notorious Pirates (London: J. Cape, 1921), by Charles Johnson, illust. by Claud Lovat Fraser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pirates: The Lives and Adventures of Sundry Notorious Pirates (New York: R.M. McBride and Co., 1922), by Charles Johnson, illust. by Claud Lovat Fraser
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy: A Weird Series of Tales of Shipwreck and Disaster, From The Earliest Part of The Century To The Present Time, With Accounts of Providential Escapes and Heart-Rending Fatalities (New York: Hurst and Co., n.d.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy; With Extracts From the Journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarāwak (third edition, 2 volumes; London: Chapman and Hall, 1847), by Henry Keppel, contrib. by Rajah of Sarawak James and Walter K. Kelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Island of the Sea: Descriptive of the Past and Present of St. Thomas, Danish West Indies; With a Few Short Stories About Bluebeard's and Blackbeard's Castles (second edition; St. Thomas, VI: The author, ca. 1896), by Charles Edwin Taylor
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• Juan N. Cortina, Bandit or Patriot? Juan N. Cortina Presents His Motion for a New Trial, 1951, by J. T. Canales (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Life of John Wesley Hardin, From the Original Manuscript, As Written by Himself (Seguin, TX: Smith and Moore, 1896), by John Wesley Hardin
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• The Border Bandits: An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Bands of Highwaymen (St. Louis: Historical Pub. Co., 1881), by James W. Buel (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Illustrated Lives and Adventures of Frank and Jesse James and the Younger Brothers, the Noted Western Outlaws (new edition; New York and St. Louis: N.D. Thompson and Co., 1882), by J. A. Dacus (page images at HathiTrust)

• Beating Back (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1914), by Al Jennings and Will Irwin, illust. by Charles M. Russell
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• Through the Shadows With O. Henry (New York: H. K. Fly Co., c1921), by Al Jennings
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Eagle Clippings (Brooklyn, NY: D.B. Fulton, ca. 1907), by Jack Thorne
  • illustrated HTML at UNC
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• Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last (New Haven, CT: T. and S. Green, 1790), by Joseph Mountain, ed. by David Daggett (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Famous Exploits of Robin Hood, Little John and His Merry Men All (London: J. Catnach, ca. 1821) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Robin Hood, by Henry Gilbert, illust. by Frank Godwin (illustrated HTML at kellscraft.com)
• Robin Hood and His Adventures, by Paul Creswick, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Robin Hood Garlands and Ballads, With the Tale of the Lytell Geste: A Collection of All the Poems, Songs and Ballads Relating to This Celebrated Yeoman; To Which is Prefixed His History and Character, Deduced From Documents Hitherto Unrevised (2 volumes; London: J. R. Smith and J. Lilly, 1850), ed. by John Mathew Gutch, contrib. by William Hone, Francis Douce, and Edward F. Rimbault, illust. by F. W. Fairholt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children, by H. E. Marshall, illust. by A. S. Forrest (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
• Young Robin Hood, by George Manville Fenn (Gutenberg text)
• Anecdotes of Archery, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1791 (York: Printed for E. Hargrove, 1792), by Ely Hargrove (HTML at archerylibrary.com)
• Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: English (v4 of a larger series; Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1908), by Charles Morris (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Historical Tales, the Romance of Reality: English (Los Angeles: Angelus University, c1908), by Charles Morris (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

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