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Zane Grey. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper, 1912.
Price: US$33.45 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: green cloth with one color frontis, no jacket, edition not stated, somewhat fragile binding (inv-scot)
Seller: Fantastic Book Discoveries, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane.. Riders of the Purple Sage.. Harper, New York, 1912.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original brown cloth with colored pastedown on front cover. Half inch cloth tear along spine gutter, some spotting, previous owner's name in ink, Good Plus. No Dust Jacket.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
GREY,ZANE. Riders of the Purple Sage. harper new york 1912, 1912.
Price: US$60.98 + shipping
Description: first edition [first issue - published january 1912 to copyright, adverts. for "Heritage of the Desert" / "Young Pitcher" / "Young Lion Hunters" / "Young Forester" to copyright] 335pp ills.[b/w by douglas duer] G+ (tan cloth w.purple border and col.plate mounted to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,5cm circular liquid stain to rear board sl.affecting rear prelims.,wear and chipping to extrems.w.70% split to lower hinge,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.stain to fore-edge of text block sl.affecting some margins,spine partially detached and cocked)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Grey, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper and Brothers, NY, 1912.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: . . . . First edition 8vo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Vg condition. First edition, with "Published January 1912" on copyright page and corresponding MCMXII on title page. Gift inscription on inside front cover. Covers and spine lightly rubbed, contents clean, no marking or writing. Rear endpaper just starting at seam, binding still sturdy and tight.
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper and Brothers, 1912.
Price: US$105.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1912. Harper and Brothers . hardcover. ACCEPTABLE green cloth cover. spine sunned. black title. edgewear. spine cracked. mild foxing. 7x5
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
GREY, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1912.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sextodecimo. 5 x 7.5 in. 334 pp. Very good in the original tan cloth boards that have general rubbing and wear from reading and shelf life, with a fine facsimilie jacket. The binding is firm and the pages are clean and free of foxing. The copyright states the book was "Published January, 1912" and features ads for other books by Grey.
Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
GREY, ZANE. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1912.
Price: US$225.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth with gilt and purple decoration to the front board, along with a coloured plate; gilt lettering to the spine. Illustrated with four black and white plates. Cloth generally soiled with some wear to the outer extremities of the boards and spine; spine has a vertical crease. Outer page edges browned and lightly soiled.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$249.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ZANE GREY; 'RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE', 1912 GROSSET & DUNLAP NY; 'Published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers' A-T. ILLUSTRATED BY DOUGLAS DUER. RED EMBOSSED BOARDS, ILLUSTRATION INSET TO COVERAGED. COMPLETE. Sig to FEP, cover aged with marks. 335pp+ADS. Free domestic US shipping with Insurance. Oversized Books, Framed Art, Posters/Prints and International Packages cost of Shipping with Insurance To Be Determined. When paying with a credit card, AbeBooks External payment service fee will be requested for this item. The ipi House Archive Shop also allows payment by other methods; PayPal, etc. Thank you.
Seller: The ipi House Archive Shop, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
GREY, ZANE. Riders of the Purple Sage. New York: Harper & Bros., 1912, 1912.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo; 335 pp.; four illustrations from drawings by Douglas Duer. Owner's name; gilt to spine faded and some rubbing to spine ends; rubberd spots and minor losses to illustration affixed to front cover; else a good copy or better in original gilt-stamped orange cloth with color illustration affixed to front cover. The first priniting of the first edition of the classic Western.
Seller: Trevian Books, Piermont, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: A handsome copy, bound in the original finely woven brown cloth, stamped brightly in gilt on the front boards with a paste-down colored drawing of the Riders cresting a hill and descending into a valley above the title. The spine is lettered in brown and slightly rolled with a touch of rubbing to the top and bottom ends.Slight spine slant. Previous owner's name in pencil at the top of the front paste-down. Exceptionally clean and tight throughout; virtually unread. With the merest touch of rubbing to the extremities. A very clean and attractive collector's copy. Pearl Zane Grey (1872 1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized theAmerican frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage(1912) was his best-selling book. In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, they had second lives and continuing influence when adapted as films and television productions. His novels and short stories have been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a television series, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater. (Wikipedia) First Edition with matching dates of 1912 on the title page and "Published January, 1912" on the copyright page. With no code letters on the copyright page as correct for the first edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. Harpers, 1912.
Price: US$406.00 + shipping
Description: RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, Harpers, 1912, first edition, 1/4" closed tear to the head of the spine, some light soiling to covers, else a g/vg copy in a vg Grosset & Dunlap dust-wrapper. Books into film 4 times !!!
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1912.
Price: US$562.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 335 pages; true first edition published in 1912. Very tight and clean inside. Very light wear to covers.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. Riders of The Purple Sage, a Novel. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1912.
Price: US$576.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Top and bottom end of spine tears; front cover board signs of minor fading including attached faded pictorial plate; scuffed cover board corners Author of 'The Heritage of the Desert'; published by arrangement with Harper Brothers; previous owner's signature at top of Contents page; minor foxing on some pages; weakened rear hinge but in tact. Four b/w illustrations; This reprint is a rare copy.
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ZANE GREY; 'RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE', 1912 Jan. L-N GROSSET & DUNLAP NY; 'Published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers'. ILLUSTRATED BY DOUGLAS DUER. GRAY EMBOSSED BOARDS, ILLUSTRATION INSET TO COVER. ILLUSTRATED ENDPAPERS. COMPLETE, VERY GOOD CONDITION. 335pp+ADS Free domestic US shipping with Insurance. Oversized Books, Framed Art, Posters/Prints and International Packages cost of Shipping with Insurance To Be Determined. When paying with a credit card, AbeBooks External payment service fee will be requested for this item. The ipi House Archive Shop also allows payment by other methods; PayPal, etc. Thank you.
Seller: The ipi House Archive Shop, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. [1ST ED] Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1912.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of Grey's most popular novel--"Perhaps the most famous Western of all." With "Published January 1912" on copyright page and same date in Roman numerals on title page; does not have a list of Grey's previous books in a boxed border on copyright page. Hardcover 8vo, 334 pages with four black and white plates including tissue guard over frontispiece. Lacking the extremely scarce dust jacket but with a near fine color plate on front cover. Slight lean to spine. Light bumping and chipping to boards. Light toning to spine, with some fraying to ends. A few small impressions to rear board. A fresh and lovely copy of this iconic piece of Americana that presumably hits all the first edition first state points.
Seller: Weinberg Modern Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane.. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1912.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, reasonably crisp copy. Small dirt spot on rear cover. Some rubbing to pictorial label affixed to front board. Some darkening to spine. Tight hinges, Vintage pencil ownership name and date 5/4/12 on flyleaf. A few bibliographic notes in light pencil on rear free endpaper could be carefully erased if desired. No other markings. Copyright page states Published January 1912 and same date in Roman numerals on title page. Tan cloth, gilt titles. No jacket. All five b&w plates intact as well as tissue guard over frontispiece.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1912.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition "published January 1912" with corresponding date in Roman numerals on ttlepage. Illustrated by Douglas Duer. Octavo. Light brown cloth stamped in gold and purple, front cover with pictorial paper onlay. Small tear on front flyeaf at top corner with archival mend, gilt lettering on spine a bit dull, faint rubbing on front cover onlay, else a near fine, bright copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage [Signed]. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1912.
Price: US$996.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED in full by the author in blue ink on ffep: "Zane Grey". The letter "y" in Grey's signature is slightly smudged, otherwise a clear bold example. GROSSET & DUNLAP ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Copyright 1912. First published in 1912, this is the Grosset & Dunlap Anniversary Edition. Not to be confused with the Harper Tenth Anniversary Edition, published by Harper & Brothers in 1921, with colour frontispiece & 11 additional colour plates by W. Herbert Dunton, which was limited to 1500 copies. This edition contains NO plates or frontispiece, as issued. Front board with "Anniversary Edition" printed in silver on blue. Copyright page contains the letters "H-A". Printed in the USA. Bound in publisher's original silver cloth with silver lettering on dark blue to front board & spine. No dustjacket. PLEASE NOTE: This is a GOOD copy only. Covers slightly worn, light marginal staining throughout (more so to endpapers), some tear damage to lower corner of both front pastedown & ffep (which appear to have been affixed together when water staining occurred), small brown tape remnant marks to both endpapers & pastedowns, slight handling wear with a couple of pages dog-eared, otherwise a clean tight solid hardcover copy. See photographs. Digital photographs further illustrating condition are available on request. 335pp. Scarce Grosset & Dunlap Anniversary Edition & extremely RARE SIGNED.
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia