Grey, Zane. The Short-Stop. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1909.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: published June, 1909. Green cloth over boards. Black and white illustration on front board and spine. Boards are bumped and rubbed on edges and corners. Missing endpapers, frontis, plate at page 94, pages 95-96, half of pages 251-254, bottom edge of pages 307-310. Binding shaken.

Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.

GREY, Zane. The Short-Stop. A.C. McClurg & Co, New York, 1909.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Description: First printing. Small octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's pictorial green cloth, stamped in white and black; 310pp, frontispiece and 5 inserted leaves of b/w plates (halftones). A complete, sound copy, with the binding mildly rubbed (slightly heavier at spine ends) and some small flakes to the white portions of the pictorial design. Front hinge (internal) has a hairline crack extending approximately 3" from the base, still holding tight. In all, a solidly Very Good example, lacking the extremely uncommon jacket. The celebrated western author's fifth published book and one of his only three forays into baseball fiction; long considered among the hardest Grey titles to find in collector's condition. Despite minor cosmetic flaws, this remains a quite presentable copy.

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

Grey, Zane. The Short-Stop. A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1909.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition matching all of the points in Roger's "Zane Grey First E ditions" bibliography. Bound in green cloth with horizontal black line rectangular border in the background. The border encloses two basebal l players, a field, buildings and trees stamped in black and white. Th e baseball player in the foreground bending down for a ground ball in black and white. The spine with baseball cap, diamond and crossed bats is also in black and white. Five interior illustrations by H.S. DeLay . The copyright page reads June 1909. A VG- copy. Slight spine lean. R ubbing along the edges. The corners and spine tips are frayed. The clo th is clean and tight. The white paint is lightly rubbed on the front board and spine. There is mild rubbing along the spine seams. The inte rior is clean, tight and unmarked. A fairly attractive copy of a scarc e book.

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