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Grey, Pearl Z.. Betty Zane. Charles Francis, 1903.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated second edition. Decorative cover with maple leaf in red, yellow and brown. Gilted spine. Covers/spine have soil, age, edgewear. Front cover has circular impression (diam approx. 6"). Corners bumped. First few pages have minimal rippling. Crease on inside front cover. Deckled pages.
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
P. Zane Grey. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Grey, New York, 1903.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A previous owner had this book rebound and took the covers (front and back) and the spine placed on the "new book." It was done very well. This is a stated second edition, issued same year as the first edition (1903). The six illustrations are present and in very good shape with the frontispiece with the original tissue guard. There is foxing throughout.
Seller: Cat House Books LLC, Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. BETTY ZANE. Charles Francis Press, New York, 1903.
Price: US$262.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; 291 pages; Covers with some light soiling, rubbing and wear. Inside front and rear hinges just starting to crack, but holding well.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Press, New York, 1903.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover in Good+ condition, 8vo; Gray cloth w/gilt, red, and yellow design (maple leaves) signed "PZG", gilt lettering on spine, 6 full pg b/w plates; Moderate wear, corners bumped and worn, boards soiled, inner hinges weak, some damp stain to lower corners of back pages, stated second edition. Bookseller accession no.: 10427.
Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
Grey, P. Zane. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Press Publishers, New York, 1903.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo; 2nd edition; pictorial boards show moderate wear, corners bumped with some minor fraying, wear and minor fraying to spine head and tail, some soil, esp to spine and rear panel near hinge, pictorial cover has some light fading of color; previous owner's name on front fly, hinges starting, binding still tight, pp clean, unmarked. Overall, a very nice copy for its age. Includes several full page b&w illus by the author. 291 pp.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.
Seller: GLOVER'S BOOKERY, ABAA, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Grey, P. Zane. Betty Zane. New York Charles Francis Press 1903, 1903.
Price: US$747.98 + shipping
Description: xii,(2),15-291 pp. Octavo. Original highly decorated cloth binding. Gilt title on spine and front board. Boards are very clean with little soiling. Top edge of text block trimmed with other two edges untrimmed. Frontis portrait with original tissue guard. half title. Small stain on the front pastedown from a bookplate. 5 full page illustrations. A very clean crisp copy. Zane Grey's scarce first book. Copies in clean crisp condition like this example are even more uncommon.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Grey, P. Zane. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Press, New York, 1903.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 291pp. FINDING THE STORY It could be that the source point of an author's first book is a memory that haunts the soul, original and peculiar, fascinating and difficult to manage. It might explain Thomas Wolfe's heavy baggage, Abbey's rejection, Harper Lee's silence. Zane Grey's portrait of his rambunctious great grand-aunt, the revolutionary war heroine Betty Zane (1765-1823), on the other hand, had a cathartic effect, his output ultimately exceeding 150 popular titles--though none achieved the stature of the controversial Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). Enjoyed more for its sense of history than mastery of the devices of fiction, Betty Zane is a labor of love, self-published with the author's original book design and illustrations. From the library of Zane Grey with Zane Grey's blindstamp to front free endpaper; "Zane Grey, Altadena, California" and with Zane Grey's diminutive bookplate to front pastedown; "Library of Zane Grey." Tiny puncture to frontis tissue guard, faint wear, still fine and bright in custom mylar cover. Gray cloth decoratively stamped in rust, gilt and brown with vertical gilt leafy vine pattern overlapping title and prominent autumnal fallen leaf
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Grey, P. Zane. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Press, New York, NY, 1903.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NYC: Charles Francis, 1903, inscribed and signed by Zane Grey on second blank prelim page. G/. Hinges are split along gutters but text block and gutters are holding solid, both covers are rubbed, spine is rubbed so that lettering is barely visible, wear and some fraying to spine ends, some wear to corners, cover lettering and design (with gilt accents) is only lightly rubbed, still a solid and straight book with evidence of some rough handling. All six illustrated plates (by the author) are present and firmly attached. A unique and quite rare copy of his first book.
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. Betty Zane. Grosset & Dunlap, 1903.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Beige boards, green-framed-in-black lettering on front cover, & black lettering on spine, 291 pp, FB oval color picture of lady (Betty Zane?), Copyright date of 1903 Charles Francis Press. Front endpaper bears "To the Betty Zane chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution this book is respectfully dedicated by the author". No written marks or names.Binding strong, boards bear the usual wear for a 120-year old book, bumped, pics attached.Shipped fully padded and boxed.
Seller: Sandi's Bookshelf, Big Timber, MT, U.S.A.
P. Zane Grey. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Press, 1903.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Laid in is a check SIGNED by Zane Grey. Frontis and 5 other illustrations by Zane Grey. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Spine ends, corners, joints and hinges have been professionally refurbished. The volume has a toned spine with very diminished gilt to the lettering, and the panels have some soiling and two splash marks on the title panel. The interior has a bookplate on the front pastedown, and some finger soiling to the pages. Author's first book.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. Betty Zane. Charles Francis Press, New York, 1903.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A presentation copy of Grey's first book with a two page autograph letter signed on Grey's Lackawaxen, PA stationery tipped to the front pastedown in which he explains the accompanying gift of his book. 291 pp. Hardcover, bound in decorative gray cloth. The book rubbed at the corners; clipped newsprint portrait of Grey tipped to the half-title, else the text unmarked.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: Grey's scarce first book, published at his own expense. This is a contemporary presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author on a sheet pasted to the front endpaper, within his hand-drawn border: "To Miss Myra Emmons A Merry Christmas and a Happy Year from P. Zane Grey / Dec. 24, 1903". Myra Emmons, editor and author, published short stories in various magazines including Good Housekeeping, Everybody's Magazine and Munsey's, during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Original grey decorated cloth, slightly rubbed, inner hinges cracked, but in very good condition.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.