Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Grey, Zane. Day of the Beast. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1922.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 351 pp. Hardcover binding, upper hinge giving, no jacket, overall good condition. (97727).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. The Day of the Beast. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1922.
Price: US$39.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Stated first edition [1922], without dustjacket. Dark blue cloth, 351 pages. Some shelfwear, mainly rubbing to the extremities, the beginnings of light fraying to the spine ends, some subtle colored spots to the front cover, lightly faded spine, good hinges (tiny repaired crack to the center of the rear hinge), sound text block, age-toned endpapers, clean pages with a brief gift inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper, no other markings. Remains of the the dustjacket laid in loosely at the front, including the front panel which is a bit chipped at the edges but nearly intact, and one repaired flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Grey Zane. THE DAY OF THE BEAST. New York Harper & Brothers 1922, 1922.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 8vo, publishers original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover. 351 pp. A well preserved copy with a bit of fading to the spine, the interior clean and tight. FIRST EDITION OF THIS POST WWI NOVEL. Not the usual Zane Grey, but filled with insight and drama as disabled soldiers returned home after the war to a community that was difficult to reenter. Emotionally gripping.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. THE DAY OF THE BEAST. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1922.
Price: US$99.04 + shipping
Description: Very Good in red boards. Small faint owner name. Scarce First edition with stated "First Edition" and "G-W" on the copyright page. Red cloth boards with gold-gilt lettering (letters on spine darkened). No DJ.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$605.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 351 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper letter code "G-W" on the copyright page. Gilt stamped red cloth binding. From Zane Grey's personal estate library, with his blindstamp to FFEP.Light offsetting to front and rear endpapers, else a fine copy of the book. Jacket is price-clipped. Light discoloraton to front of DJ, we assume caused by the fire in Zane Grey's library. A rather elusive title about a WWI veteran returning to America after the war.
Seller: Back in Time Rare Books, ABAA, FABA, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. THE DAY OF THE BEAST. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1922.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo; 351 pages; Scarce jacket with very minor rubbing and edgewear. Stated 1st edition with code letters G-W.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. The Day of the Beast. Harper & Brothers Publishers [1922], New York, 1922.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in tan printed dust jacket; [6],351pp. Jacket extremities a bit worn with a few shallow losses and closed tears, tiny chips to flap fold ends, cloth spine a hint faded else Very Good overall. One of the author's social novels, about the Roaring Twenties as seen through the eyes of a World War I veteran. Not in HANNA.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.