Comical “outlaw” of the Old West, later becoming an advisor in Hollywood on films about the west. Signed book: Beating Back. Later printing. NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1915. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 354 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page, “To Dear Sylvian John Clifford, Sincerely yours, Al Jennings, Dec. 1, 1915.” In very good condition, with light toning and soiling to signed page, light soiling and rubbing to covers, fraying to inside cover, light sunning to spine, and scattered surface marks and soiling to inside pages. RRAuction COA.