Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Grey, Zane. TALES OF SWORDFISH AND TUNA. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1927.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: (1927). 1st edition. Rebound. Ex-library with library markings and stamps on title page, copyright page; all plates have a library stamp on corner; library pocket is present on front endpaper along with a library stamp and remnants of removed material; library markings present on spine. Internally, with the exception of previously mentioned library markings, book is clean and tight. Good only. (181)
Seller: Colorado Pioneer Books, Centennial, CO, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers, 1927.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: first few pages have light foxing, hinges starting
Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1927.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Very good with rubbed and bumped edges. Small label on front free endsheet
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Library rebind; ex-library, with expected stamps and markings, remnant of removed lending schedule at RFEP, lending pocket at rear paste down. Toned and lightly foxed throughout.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. (12),203,(1)pp. Textured blue cloth stamped in gilt (spine a bit dulled and front cover with some old stains). Illustrated with photographic plates and text sketches. Photographic endpapers printed in blue. Previous owner's signature on half-title. Preliminary blanks with mounted old newspaper clippings and some attendant offset browning.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper Brothers New York 1927, New York, 1927.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Bright tight condition hardback hint of edgewear
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers, New York/London, 1927.
Price: US$180.25 + shipping
Description: Quarto. Frontispiece, 203pp. illustrated throughout with photographs by the author, drawings by Frank E. Phares, previous library copy with stamp to verso of title page, bound in dark blue buckram with original dark blue gilt lettered cloth mounted to both boards, spine lettering gilt, new endpapers, lacks a few tissue guards. While this is a rebound copy it was attractively done. Very nice.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.52 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial buckram cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 203 pages; Description: 6 p. L. , 203 p. Front. , plates, ports. 27 cm. Subjects: Swordfish. Tunafish. Fishing - United States. Contents include: The lord of Lackawaxen Creek. --Fighting qualities of black bass--1907.--Roping lions in the Grand Canyon. --Byme-by-tarpon. --Mast Hope Brook in June. --Nonnezoshe. --Tuna at Avalon. --A record fight with a swordfish. --Don. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$310.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial buckram cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 203 pages; Description: 6 p. L. , 203 p. Front. , plates, ports. 27 cm. Subjects: Swordfish. Tunafish. Fishing - United States. Contents include: The lord of Lackawaxen Creek. --Fighting qualities of black bass--1907.--Roping lions in the Grand Canyon. --Byme-by-tarpon. --Mast Hope Brook in June. --Nonnezoshe. --Tuna at Avalon. --A record fight with a swordfish. --Don. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$324.00 + shipping
Description: In publisher's original blue cloth with title stamped in gilt. With printed endpapers depicting an ocean fishing scene. Presentation to former owner with his signature on front fly leaf. Rear inner hinge weak. Minor wear at head and tail, otherwise very good.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers, 1927.
Price: US$472.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth with gilt. Bumping at spine extremities. Short tears in cloth at spine head, and some rubbed wear at the spine tail. Light bumping, and some wear at the tips of the corners. Some small rubbed spots on rear board, and just a couple on the lower front board. A bit of rubbing to the gilt on the spine; that on the front board is bright. Shaken. Front hinge starting. The book has been somewhat improperly bound; a couple of pages at the front and a couple at the rear are offset higher than the other pages by about 1/16". Previous owners gift inscription on the first blank; dated 1929. There is a previous owner inkstamp on the front at rear pastedowns, and on a couple of pages within the text. All plates present. ; B&W Photographs; FHH16A; 10-1/2 x 7-1/2"; 203 pages
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane.. TALES OF SWORDFISH AND TUNA.. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1927.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. 1st edition. 203pp with 90 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and form drawings by Frank E. Phares. Zane Grey's embossed stamp on front free end paper. Blue cloth with gilt titles on front cover and spine. Fine.
Seller: Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York and London, 1927.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first edition. With ninety illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. Quarto navy mesh cloth stamped in gilt. A small bookplate bearing the words "On Board Nirvana" on the front pastedown. A fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket which has modest fraying at the spine tips and extremities and some light soil to the rear panel.
Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers, New York, NY, 1927.
Price: US$1159.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to (27 x 19 cm). [12], 203 pp. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. H-B. Wear head/tail of spine and corners. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with "250" stamp (different currency ?) beneath. All four corners trimmed, but price ($6.00) intact . Two chips (1 x 1 cm) to head, one (1 x 2 cm) to tail, wear to corners/edges of DJ. In Mylar.
Seller: Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA, Jupiter, FL, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1927.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition (so stated and with the correct "H-B" code). Quarto. [12], 203pp. plus 90 photographic halftone plates taken by the author; drawings by Frank E. Phares. Publisher's gilt-stamped dark blue cloth. Tiny bump to lower edge of front cover. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (slight wear to jacket spine ends). A lovely copy with the jacket. Quite scarce in this condition. As the best-selling author of his time, Grey's resources matched his passion for big game fishing, and he traveled the world for months at a time in pursuit of bill fish, Bluefin tuna, sharks, et al. Grey was the first person to land a fish weighing more than one thousand pounds on a rod and reel, and at one time owned fourteen deep sea angling records. Here he recounts an expedition to Nova Scotia for Bluefin, and fishes the Pacific waters around Catalina Island for albacore, marlin, and broadbill swordfish, triumphantly landing a record 582-pound broadbill on June 19, 1926.
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane.. Tales of Swordfish and Tuna.. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition (so stated; "H-B"). Small 4to. 90 b/w photographs by Grey; drawings by Frank E. Phares; pictorial endpapers. Original gilt stamped dark blue cloth Dust jacket (price clipped; slight rubbing). Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. From Zane Grey's library, with his blindstamp on the half title
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This copy is SIGNED by Zane Grey on a laid in signature. A fabulous copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is rich in color with slight wear to edges. The book is in excellent shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Zane Grey First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.