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Zane Grey. The last of the plainsmen. The Outing publishing company, 1908.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine a little sunned.Corners rubbed otherwise very good. Inscribed with the compliments of the Last of the Plainsmen" C.J. Jones and the author Zane Grey. Both signatures are authentic. Scarce with both signatures in this condition.
Seller: Hill Country Books, Ctr Sandwich, NH, U.S.A.
Grey, Zane. The Last of the Plainsmen (Signed Copy). Outing Publishing Co., NY, 1908.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition with "MCMVIII" on the title page and "1908" on the copyr ight page. Bound in green, blue and white cloth with gold lettering. A uthor's signature has been tipped onto the front fly. The subject of t he book, C.J. Jones, has also signed the copy below Grey's tipped-in s ignature. The front endpaper has "Signed by 'The Last Plainsmen'" penc illed at the upper left corner. Under Zane Grey's signature is written "One of America's greatest Authors" in blue ink. Illustrated with bla ck & white photos by Grey. 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") size, 314pp. A Very G ood copy. The cloth covers are mildly faded and dull and show some rub bing to the edges. Small frays to the spine tips. Moderate soiling to spine and covers. Light foxing to the upper edges of a few pages and a few other pages have been roughly opened else content is clean, unmar ked and reasonably tight.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Zane Grey. The Last of the Plainsmen (inscribed by Zane Grey). The Outing Publishing Company, 1908.
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Last of the Plainsmen" by Zane Grey. The Outing Publishing Company, 1908 first American edition. Inscribed and signed by Charles J. (Buffalo) Jones, and author Zane Grey on front endpaper, and six others on next page. Book in good condition, with some wear and rubbing to boards. Rare signed copy
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Grey, Zane. The Last of the Plainsmen. The Outing Co., NY, 1908.
Price: US$1599.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth titled titled in gilt, stamped sky, clouds, and grass. First edition- no add'l printings, matches Rogers' designations. Signed by J. W. Crawford (Capt. Jack, ) C. J. Jones (the Last of the Plainsmen) , and four other associated people. Ex-library gift copy with bookplate tipped- in to fep, pencilled numbers at rear, no other library markings. Frontis plus 24 other interior illustrations, missing one plate on p. 84. Boards are sunned towards extremites, corners softened, edges mildly frayed, front hinge starting. The biography of Charles Jesse "Buffalo" Jones. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1908. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's sage green pictorial cloth stamped in white, pale blue, and gilt; ix,[1],314,[6]pp.; photographic frontispiece, twenty-five (25) leaves of plates. Moderate rubbing to cloth margins, most notably at spine foot, spine panel toned and gilt dulled, rear cover faded at margins with some white paint (?) residue, textblock rather shaken in binding with leaf facing p. 112 separated but present. A Good to Very Good, still quite presentable copy overall. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper by the two subjects of this earthy profile: "Yours truly / J.W. Crawford / Capt. Jack" and "With compliments of 'the Last of the Plainsmen' CJ Jones." Below these the author has added "And the author / Zane Grey."
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to his wife. March 1908, New York, 1908.
Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED as "Pearl" (Grey was born Pearl Zane Gray) to his wife "Dolly" on three sheets of illustrated New Grand Hotel stationery with envelope postmarked March 1908. Grey discusses his rotten position: "I'm afraid I can't have Outing publish my book until everybody's got good and ready to let me. And I, like an idiot signed that paper, which legally gives them the right to my photographs. Why didn't you or Murphy see that? If they don't choose to use the story & pictures I can't get the book published at all. It's most damnably sickening. I don't know what to do. For a measly little hundred dollars I have about queered my chances. Murphy says it will work out allright [sic]. I hope so, but tonight I can't see anything but black. Will be on the mountain tomorrow." Zane Grey decided to become a writer just five years before this letter when he wrote a fishing story that appeared in RECREATION MAGAZINE. Outing published Grey's third book, THE LAST OF THE PLAINSMEN, in 1908 complete with Grey's photographs. It was based on a trip Grey made out West with Col. "Buffalo" Jones in 1907. This trip was the turning point in Grey's life, but his book about Jones and his experiences in the Grand Canyon was not successful. It would be a few more years before Grey became a success with RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. An outstanding early letter revealing the torment of a struggling writer. Folds from mailing, still about Fine, with envelope
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
GREY, Zane.. The Last Of The Plainsmen.. The Outing Publishing Company, New York, 1908.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: 314 [4, ads] pp. With Illustrations from Photographs by the Author. 8vo, publisher's decorated cloth. Preserved in a custom cloth slipcase and chemise. First edition. Some bumping to corners and some of the usual fading to the green cloth,particularly at the spine; but a fresh, very good copy. Signed and inscribed by Zane Grey on the front free endpaper, Oct. 26, 1908.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.