Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
GREY, ZANE. The Desert of Wheat. harper & bros new york 1919, 1919.
Price: US$6.81 + shipping
Description: first edition 376pp VG- (sl cocked with shaky spine, boards rubbed and marked, corners bruised and scuffed, spine sl faded and scuffed with bumped/scuffed head and foot, endpapers sunned, some foxing throughout, silverfish damage to inside front page, fep and half title page) lacks d/w publisher code B-T
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Grey, Zane. The Desert of Wheat. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1919.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hard cover, no dust jacket. Cover is rubbed and stained, edges and corners worn. Spine frayed at top and bottom. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Black-and-white plates. Published 1919
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. The Desert of Wheat. Harper & Brothers, New York, U.S.A., 1919.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Uncommon as 1919 Harper & Brothers first edition with "A-T" on copyright page for January 1919 publishing date. Illustrated by Koerner. Boards with heavy wear and staining to the cover; spine faded; pages dusty and soiled with age toning.
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. DESERT OF WHEAT, THE. Harper & Brothers, NY: (1919), New York, 1919.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Published January 1919, M-T. 376 pp., publisher's original green cloth ( faded). Later, early printing. See Picture.
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Grey Zane. The Desert of Wheat. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1919.
Price: US$27.50 + shipping
Description: Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. 376 (2) pp. Cover art and four b&w illustrations by Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev "Big Bill" Korner (1878- 1938). Second Edition, January 1919, immediately following the Harper & Brothers First. Inked inscription on ffep. Not Price Clipped. Minute chipping along top and bottom edge spine dj with thin rubbed line along bottom part of folds of spine and panel joints. Only the faintes edge wear with lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with dark-brown title plate and stamped lettering to front board, and dark-brown lettering to spine. Size: 8vo
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. Desert of Wheat; A Novel. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1919.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 377 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner. Hardcover binding, no jacket, overall good condition. (97731).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane.. The Desert of Wheat.. Harper, (1919)., New York, 1919.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original green cloth, gilt on front cover still very bright. First Edition (Published January, 1919/A-T). Very Good, perhaps even Very Good Plus. No Dust Jacket. A nice copy.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. The Desert of Wheat. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1919.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A-T. Gift inscription, cloth lightly soiled and with a few small spots, otherwise a Very Good copy with bright spine stamping.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. The Desert of Wheat. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1919.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Binding is tearing in the front of the book and very loose. near the back cover. Spine is faded and worn. A small hole exists on the edge of the binding and spine. The front cover has '10 cents' written in black marker on it. Edges are scuffed and ripped. Writing appears on the first blank page of the book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. The Desert of Wheat (first edition). Harper & Brothers Publisher, New York, 1919.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hard cover, first edition, published January, 1919 with letters"A-T" on copyright page, 4 illustrations by W.H.D. Koerner, very good condition in a fair dust jacket, shows $1.50 price on jacket spine, minor rubbing to book cover, binding tight, about 1/2"by 2" paper missing bottom front of jacket, about 3/4"by 2 1/2" paper missing top back of jacket, some closed tears to jacket, but jacket remains intact, will send photos upon request, Western fiction by Zane Grey. Size: Octavo
Seller: Casa Paloma Books, Green Valley, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [6],376pp.; frontispiece & 3 leaves of plates. Extremities shelf-worn with a few tiny losses and closed tears, jacket spine rather sunned, else Very Good in About Very Good jacket. Anti-IWW and "anti-labor account of the ruin of a loyal German-American farmer in Washington state by striking I.W.W. farm workers" - HANNA 1504; see also BLAKE, pp. 239-40, and MILES 4995.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.