GREY, ZANE. CODE OF THE WEST. Harper & Brothers, New York,USA, 1934.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, 1934, A presentation copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED, in pencil, on the front free end paper, to Barrett C. Kiesling. Kiesling was a studio exec., publicist etc. for C.B. Demille and later Paramount. He was part of the transition from silent films to "talkies" and was the author of a book " How To Make Talkies" ! A wonderful association copy ! Near Fine ( no jacket); end paper shows browning and offset from a contemporary newspaper clipping concerning " westerns"

Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada

Grey, Zane. Code Of The West. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1934.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Octavo, 309pp. Brown cloth, black panel with title printed on spine and front cover. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page with publisher's code "B-I." Solid text block, a touch of wear to corners and edges, offsetting to endpapers from dust jacket flaps, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, wear to front flap fold, some chipping at spine and corners, faint soiling. Signed by the author on front free endpaper.

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

GREY, Zane.. The Code of the West.. New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934., 1934.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition (so stated: "B-I"). 8vo. Original brown cloth stamped in black (spots on front cover), else very good. 309 pages. No dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Zane Grey to Lola Gornall on the front free endpaper in his signature purple ink: "Altadena, Sept 27 - To Lola - my latest romance published July 1, written fifteen years ago. It is going strong. Paramount is making a motion-picture of it. I hope you like it. Ever, Zane." Zane Grey first met Lola Gornall, a poet living in Australia in April 1933. Between 1934 and 1938 Grey sent her over 500 letters. When they finally met the sparks flew. See Pauly, pages 301, 306, 307 for the details.

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