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Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$10.65 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1923. First Edition. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated green cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and colour illustrated plates throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and major tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible edge wear and rubbing with heavier bumping to corners. Major crushing to spine ends and splitting to joints. There is fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

GREY, Zane. Illustrated by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street.. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper, 1923.

Price: US$19.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition, stated. Jacket in pieces, laid in. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper and Brothers, New York, New York, 1923.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: Cover presents with corner bumping and rubbing/fading with age. Text is largely tight in binding, however early indications of splitting are observable; handle with care to maintain remaining binding integrity. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First edition hardcover in original black cloth, color pictorial label on upper cover (heavy wear to cloth, spine gilt flaked; hinges loose; ink gift inscription and bookplate). Harper date code of 'I.X.' on copyright page. A Color Illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good black hardcover with a paste-on picture on front cover. Pages are clean and crisp though some minor age toning. 1st edition. Paste-on has very minimal rubbing.

Seller: Nerman's Books & Collectibles, Pembina, ND, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane.. TAPPAN'S BURRO.. HARPERS., 1923.

Price: US$26.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

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Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane.. Tappan's Burro.. Harpers, , stated 1st., 1923.

Price: US$29.00 + shipping

Description: Black cloth gilt stamped with color plate set in. 7.3x9.4, 253 pp.-+ 6 color plates and frontis by Charles Chapman & Frank Street. . .

Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$29.97 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated First Edition

Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.

Gray, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover illustrated. Bound in black, gilt lettering on cover. A few small white spots, maybe paint, along spine and edges.

Seller: Chester Creek Books, Duluth, MN, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories - 1st edition. Harper and Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good with tanning to pages, wear to boards, bumped corners, sunning, and shelf wear.

Seller: Bailey Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardback book (253 pages) titled TAPPAN'S BURRO and Other Stories by Zane Grey. With color illustrations (all present) by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Published in 1923 by Harper & Brothers - stated first edition. Boards show scuffing/rubbing with spine faded - tips are worn with small nick at edge - browning on endpapers. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-6-bottom-up) rareviewbooks

Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane.. TAPPAN'S BURRO and Other Stories.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: Original black cloth with gilt titles and color pictorial illustration on front board, 253 pp., frontispiece and 6 color plates. Nick to cover cloth at top of front joint, occasional smudge to text, a couple pages with shallow tears at fore-edge, else about very good

Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. [vii], 253 pp. Frontispiece. Six illustrations. Hardcover binding, gilt stamped lettering and photographic illustration affixed to cover, overall very good condition. (97735).

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane illust: Chapman, Charles S. and Street, Frank. TAPPAN'S BURRO. Harper & Brothers Publishers (1923), New York, NY, 1923.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. (1923). First Edition. Boards. 8vo., 253 pp., spine faded, cracked, corners worn, inside hinges cracked, .

Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Harper & Brothers, 1923, New York. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing as verified by McBride. Very Good/None. Book has been well preserved for 50 years but has some toning and foxing on endpapers, some smudges here and there in book otherwise free of markings. Slightly soiled around text block edges. All illustrations present they are beautiful color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Boards are square and a tight spine with wear at tips and top and bottom of spine. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing.

Seller: Winding Road Books, Templeton, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$49.95 + shipping

Description: NF, gilt slightly faded from spine, but still perfectly legible. An excellent tight solid sound copy with clean text and completely intact unmarked illustrations. Protected in mylar. ; 8vo, pictorial decorated cloth, gilt lettering spine, frontis, 253pp. Includes color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman & Frank Street. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1923.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated first edition with the code "I-X" on the copyright page. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering. There is a color plate pastedown o n the front board. Color illustrations by Charles Chapman and Frank St reet. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2", 253 pages. A Good copy. The front board has thr ee spots of what seems to be white paint along the edges of the cover. The color plate and lettering are not affected. Small rub spots to th e inner bottom edges of the cloth covers. The spine is rubbed and fade d. Small bumps to the corners. The rear board has some dust staining. There is a small, shallow water spot on the bottom edge of the page bl ock that shows in the margins of the first 48 pages and again on the l ast 20 or so pages of text. Former owner's name and date inked on the front fly. Contents are tight, otherwise unmarked.

Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. TAPPAN'S BURRO and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: 253p. A hardcover book in good condition with a FACSIMILE dustjacket in fine condition. Spine lightly sunned, and spine text rubbed out. Lacks front free endpaper. Mild foxing inside. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is pristine. A first edition of this collection of five Western short stories. The dustjacket is a facsimile of the original. Color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street.

Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, hardcover with color plate pasted to front, has a small lean to the binding which is slightly shaken with a few tiny pulls throughout but remains solid overall, very light bumps to spine ends and cover corners with wear to cloth at lower corners, sunning to spine, and some rubbing to covers, otherwise a solid VG copy.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Stated first edition with I-X code. Spine faded. Corners square. Front cover paper illustration clean with very light rubbing at edges. Hinges tight, binding loose. Former owner's name penned on ffep. Also visible on ffep is an area of foxing from laid in newsprint. Text remains clean. Facsimile dust jacket is in as new condition.

Seller: Oddfellow's Fine Books and Collectables, Topeka, KS, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. TAPPAN'S BURRO and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: 253p. A hardcover book in good condition with a FACSIMILE dustjacket in fine condition. Edges rubbed. Cloth splitting along the spine. Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight. The dustjacket is pristine. A first edition of this collection of five Western short stories. The dustjacket is a facsimile of the original. Color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street.

Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane; Charles S. Chapman (illust.). Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1923.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 4to. 253pp. Publisher's original black pebble grained cloth, gold lettering and color reproduction of Chapman's illustration mounted color paste-down on front board. Color reproduction frontispiece. Stated first Edition ("i-x"). Previous owner's inscription" Dec. 25th, 1926. Preston Shaw- Christmas Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. Kumler, Dayton, Ohio." Head and tail of spine slightly bumped, sunned. Shelf wear. Slight discoloring to 3-4" across the bottom of both free- and front paste-down endpapers. Slight browning to interior pages. Overall good condition.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1923.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: viii + 253 pp, Stated First Edition, No Dust Jacket, list of 7 color illustrations, I. Tappan's Burro; II. The Great Slave; III. Yaqui; IV. Tigre; V.The Rubber Hunter. Binding tight, pages age-toned, unmarked and clean, light bump to upper foreedge in boards and text, minor blemishes (general wear) all around the extremities, fr forecorner blemish, else fr cover panel VG++, gilt spine letters fading partially rubbed but legible. 7.25" x 9.4" black cloth covered boards, illustrated with gilt frame. Size: Wide Octavo

Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Bros., New York and London, 1923.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 253 pages, nice pictorial cover in nice condition, i-x September, 1923, backstrip faded subtle stain.

Seller: Good Old Books, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. TAPPAN'S BURRO and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: 253p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a FACSIMILE dustjacket in fine condition. Edges lightly rubbed. Pages a bit tanned, but clean, and binding is tight. The dustjacket is pristine. A first edition of this collection of five Western short stories. The dustjacket is a facsimile of the original. Color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street.

Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, with "I-X". An unwanted burro becomes the legendary partner of Tappan--wanderer, hunter, prospector and loner. Together they face everything man and nature can hurl at them, from sly swindlers and claim-jumping murderers to the midnight furnace winds of Death Valley and the killer snows of the high range. A solid copy without any writing or marks. Black cloth, gilt frame and titles, spine is a little sunned. Seven color plates. Size: 7" x 9¾"

Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, with "I-X" on co. page. Illustrated with 7 color plates by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Black cloth lettered and blocked in gilt, with mounted color illustration on upper cover. Head of spine torn, else Very Good Illustrated with 7 color plates by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. 1 vols. Square 8vo

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, N. Y., 1923.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: pictorial cloth hard cover is in very good plus condition with no dust jacket but is protected with a glassine cover. is a stated first edition with I-X on copyright page. jas the name " joe" in black ink on front fly page otherwise is unmarked and tightly bound. 253 pages.

Seller: Corliss Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Rare Zane Grey TAPPAN'S BURRO First Edition 1923 -Harper and Brothers. Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1923.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Harper and Brothers Publishers; New York, 1923. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, dark green binding with color illustration and gilt lettering on front board, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, sunned spine, bit of discoloration to boards, bumped top front board corner, some age toning to pages, top text block edge stained grey with some blemishes, spine buckram separating from backing material, some discoloration to front matters/pastedowns and endpapers, small bookstore sticker bottom rear pastedown, small rub mark bottom text block corner, bit of crimping to spine edges, some rubbing along board edges, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 253pp., color illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro, and other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition (stated). Illustrated with 7 color plates. Very good+, black cloth, gilt frame and titles, gilt is a little dull, color paste-on plate on front, three small dents in front spine groove, ink "Front George and Dot to Pa 1923" on ffep, pages are clean and unmarked.

Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.

GREY, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing. Publisher's code I-X. Octavo. (23.5cm); black pictorial cloth stamped on cover spine; illustrated by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street; dustjacket; 253pp.; light dust soil to top of textblock; spine ends gently nudged; light offsetting inside covers; Very Good+. The matching pictorial dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00); there are nicks and tiny tears along the edges, mostly at the spine ends; Very Good+. Five tales of love and adventure in the Old West introduce a cast of characters that includes a lonely prospecter and his burro, and a young Indian named Siena born to save a vanishing tribe of Crow Indian. (AHEARN APG, 033a).

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$124.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing (Stated "First Edition I-X" on copyright page). Published by Harper & Brothers, 1923. Quarto. Pictorial black cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Spine straight. Binding sound and tight. One page (p.55) has a one-inch piece torn from bottom corner, does not affect the text. No dust jacket. Illustrations by Charles S. Chapman & Frank Street. A lovely copy of this classic Zane Grey novel. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 253 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.

GREY, Zane.. Tappan's Burro.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 253 pp. With Illustrations in Color by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth with applied color illustration, in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with a few tiny chips at corners, very slight foxing, and short splits along several folds.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: First edition (I-X code), very good + cloth hardcover with pasted on color illustration to cover shows mild soil and shelf wear to covers, some light chipping wear to page fore edges where they most likely had to be cut, along with bit of soil at endpapers and some other light trace wear, in very good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows mild rubbing particularly along spine and touch of edgewear. 253 pages with seven color plates by Chapman and Street. Still an attractive first edition copy of this work from Grey that collects pre-20th century stories of the West as told by guides and friends of the author.

Seller: Barker Books & Vintage, Helena, MT, U.S.A.

GREY, Zane. TAPPAN'S BURRO AND OTHER STORIES. NY, HARPER, 1923, 1923.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: NO DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Small spot of slightly roughed paper on front endpaper where something (bookplate?) was removed. Jacket has small tears on front flap fold and light edgewear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 253 pages

Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.

GREY, ZANE. TAPPAN'S BURRO, and other Stories. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1923, 1923.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Fine/NEAR FINE. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN DJ WITH CHIP.

Seller: Vagabond Books, A.B.A.A., PASADENA, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. TAPPAN'S BURRO. Harper and Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NY: Harper & Brothers, c1923. First Edition. I-X 253pp. With illustrations in color by Charles S Chapman and Frank Street. Imperial 8vo. pictorial black cloth with gold titles, gold titles on spine. Gold titles on spine somewhat faded, some discoloration on first and last free pages, near fine attractive hardcover.

Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro (First Edition). Harper and Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Near Fine in a striking, Very Good plus example of the uncommon dust jacket. Jacket is lightly nicked at the corners and spine ends, with some separation at the middle of the rear flap fold. A superb copy overall.

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.

GREY ZANE. TAPPAN'S BURROW. Harper, New York, 1923.

Price: US$298.90 + shipping

Description: First US Edition. Colour illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Original gilt-stamped black cloth, upper cover with large colour pictorial label. An unwanted burro becomes the legendary partner of Tappan, wanderer, hunter, prospector and loner. Together they face everything man and nature can hurl at them, from sly swindlers and claim-jumping murderers to midnight furnace winds of Death Valley and the killer snows of the high range. A contemporary gift inscription to the FFEP otherwise a VG+ copy in like D/W with a short, closed concertina tear to the rear panel and some neat archival tape strengthening to the verso of the D/W

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

GREY, Zane. Tappan's Burro.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923., 1923.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., Illustrated in color by Charles S. Chapman, inscribed by Grey on the front blank endleaf "To/ G. W. Wright / with many thanks for / courtesie / Zane Grey.", bound in the publisher's pictorial black pebble grained cloth, with the original pictorial DJ, DJ worn and tattered/chipped, VG+/POOR.

Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories; with Autograph Letter Signed. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Octavo. Pictorial label on front panel; dust jacket with $3.00 price on front flap, first printing, with I-X on copyright [together with] Autograph Letter Signed by Zane Grey (Pearl), to his future wife, Dolly (Lina Elise Roth) as they were married just 4 weeks after this letter; one page, with original mailing envelope and dated Oct. 25, 1905, Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; dust jacket with minor inside tape repair and small loss at spine ends and top of front and rear panels. vii, 253 pp. All full page color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street are present.

Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$349.95 + shipping

Description: Hard cover. 8vo. First Edition - stated. Clean text. Very good boards and binding. Dedication on blank fp. Light spine fade. Nice addition to any collection. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Seller: History Bound LLC, Mendota, MN, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane, Illustrated by Charles S. Chapman & Frank Stret. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, 1923, 1923.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: Pictorial Cover. Very Good +. First Edition. No dj. Spine a bit faded. Very tiny worn patch at lower right front corner.

Seller: Virg Viner, Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

GREY, Zane.. Tappan's Burro.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: 253 pp. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth with applied color illustration, in dust jacket. First edition. Ink signature; else better than very good, in a very good jacket with some neat internal repairs and a few chips to the edges (not affecting any lettering).

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Zane Grey. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: Stated First Edition. Full page color plates and frontispiece by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. A scarce book in the original black cloth. 4to. vii, 253 pp. Very Good Plus. The boards show remarkably little edgewear, with only some minor visible shelfwear to spine and minor fading of front board. The binding is very tight and the pages are clean except for sporadic faint dampstaining. Pearl Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was an American dentist and author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. In addition to the commercial success of his printed works, they had second lives and continuing influence when adapted to numerous films and television productions.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. TAPPAN'S BURRO AND OTHER STORIES. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1923.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. x, 253p. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 6 plates by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. In publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, the upper covers with gilt ruled border, titles and a central color plate with gilt border repeating the frontispiece. ZANE GREY'S COPY evidenced by his name embossed on the flyleaf. Faint toning to flyleaf, a bit of discoloration to outer edge of back cover, the dust jacket fine but for a small tear to upper corner of front flap and minor spotting to spine. Not price clipped. All-in-all a fine and bright copy

Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Zane Grey to noted singer & actor Rudy Vallee, radio host, one of America's first teen idols: 'To Rudy Vallee In appreciation of a pleasant night at the Grove and your great show. Zane Grey.' A great presentation copy, associating two famous Hollywood figures. Although Vallee was best known as a singer and radio host, he starred in dozens of films over decades. Grey's scripts and novels were the basis of some 112 films, and he founded his own motion picture company (later sold to Jesse Lasky). The Groove would have been a reference to the famous Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel. First edition hardcover in jacket complete with $3.00 price on flap and Harper date code of 'I.X.' on copyright page. Book and jacket are very good and attractiive (book has slight wear and offset to endpapers; jacket has some visible nicks and minor chips to edges, and a separation with an expert interior mend).Color Illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro; And Other Stories. With Illustrations in Color By Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Quarto, vii, [3], 253pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt border and color illustration mounted on front cover. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with publisher's code "I-X." Solid text block, faint toning along edges and endpapers, top edge dyed blue, a near fine example. Appears unread, pages uncut, many unopened. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, slight ripple to front cover, small stain along top edge of spine, a touch of wear to corners. A near fine example. Features Zane Grey's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown endpaper, and his personal embossing stamp appears twice on the front free endpaper. Complete with seven full-page color illustrations, including frontispiece.

Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane.. TAPPAN'S BURRO.. HARPERS., NY, 1923.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First trade edition. Cut Autograph of author Zane Grey on plain white index card laid-into book. ("Zane Grey" in purple ink. ) Near fine in borderline Vg. + to Nf. DJ. (Trace of faint damp staining at upper edge of DJ. At spine. Not a messy affair. A few spots of damping at top edge. A few short edge tears in DJ. Hint of offsetting from DJ. Flaps on endpapers. Couple small skinned spots at top & bottom edges of cloth) 7 color plates by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Attractive copy of this collection of stories. (LR); 7 1/4" x 91/2"; 253 pages

Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, 1923.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition stated with code "I-X"; color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman & Frank Street; black cloth lettered & blocked in gilt, with mounted color illustration on upper cover; light soiling to page edges & off-setting to front and rear end papers; pictorial dust jacket with light soiling, closed tears along folds, chipping to edges, corners and top of spine; faint stain on dust jacket spine; $3.00 dust jacket price intact; flat signed by Zane Grey on front free end paper in his signature purple pen ink; pictures available upon request

Seller: Evergreen Books LLC, Lakewood, CO, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition (so stated on copyright page, and with code "I-X" beneath). Illustrated with 7 color plates by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. 1 vols. Square 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed boldly in purple ink on the flyleaf: "To J. Stuart Groves from Zane Grey." A fine, early collection of five stories of adventure and endurance, set in the American West, Northern Mexico, and in the Peruvian jungle. Black cloth lettered and blocked in gilt, with mounted color illustration on upper cover. Fine copy in bright, near fine pictorial dust jacket with very slight chipping along top edge. Overall a beautiful copy Illustrated with 7 color plates by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. 1 vols. Square 8vo First edition (so stated on copyright page, and with code "I-X" beneath).

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$2400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition (so stated; "I-X"). Small 4to. Color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Original gilt stamped black cloth, upper cover with large color pictorial label. Color pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; minor signs of handling). Very good. 253 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Boldly signed by Zane Grey in his signatures purple ink on front free endpaper to his girlfriend/mistress Lillian Wilhelm who illustrated some of his other books: "Long Key - Florida, March 19, [19]24, To Lillian from Zane Grey."

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Grey, Zane. Tappan's Burro and Other Stories. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1923.

Price: US$2900.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition (so stated; "I-X"). Small 4to. Color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Original gilt stamped black cloth, upper cover with large color pictorial label, top edge stained blue, uncut. Dust jacket (unclipped; few small nicks) else fine. 253 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed by Zane Grey in his signature purple fountain pen ink to his youngest son Loren: "Altadena, Calif. Nov. 14, 1923 - To my younger son Loren, otherwise Lorry, who at this writing appears to have leanings toward the dreamy, idle, naturalistic pursuits of a bug hunter, Zane Grey." Loren Grey was 8 years old when this book was inscribed.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.