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The Last of the Plainsmen
by Zane Grey
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/none
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
My antique mall booth number and price written in pencil for $12.00 on ffep. Seven pages of advertisements for books published by Grosset & Dunlap in the back. Sun faded spine which is cocked. Second edition, June 3, 1911. A stain on the front and back. Top edge of spine very worn or nibbled on. Wear to bottom edge and front corners. Back hinge is cracked. States Made in the United States of America.
Synopsis
This book is an outstanding true account of a trip made by Zane Grey and a plainsman, Buffalo Jones--one of the last. Jones was a famous sportsman in North America at the turn of the 20th century and Grey a famous author of adventure stories. Unlike many of Grey's fictional novels of the old west, this is an account of a trip made to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon about 1908, for the purpose of tracking and capturing mountain lions. In those days, the North Rim was famous for the number and size of cougars--one mentioned in the book was 10' long, tip of tail to nape of neck, and weighed 300 pounds. The story is riveting with many details of the Arizona high desert and Grand Canyon areas of that era and gives a wonderful account of the Ponderosa Pine forest now known as the Kaibab National Forest.
Reviews
On Apr 12 2020, a reader said:
When Zane Grey met Buffalo Jones in New York City in 1908 Zane Grey instinctively knew he had met someone special. And the two men remained friends until Jones' death many years later. This book recounts only a small portion of the plainsman's life, but what is provided relates to us the life of an adventurer, an empire builder, and a conservationalist. Included are stories of the man's trying to rope lions in the Grand Canyon and to his attempt to preserve the last of the buffalo from extinction, after once having slaughtered them to provide meat for the railroad workers. When this book was first published it did not receive very good reviews, but has since been praised for Zane Grey's prose and narrative skills. Furthermore, the people Zane Grey met on this trip with Jones led directly to his creation of such great novels as Heritage of the Desert and Riders of the Purple Sage and set the stage for his entire career. Without this trip and the writing of this book there might not have been a Zane Grey as we know him today. It all began here.
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksnvintage
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 978
- Title
- The Last of the Plainsmen
- Author
- Zane Grey
- Illustrator
- Illustratios from Photos by the Author (B&W)
- Format/Binding
- Lime green cloth boards. Hardcover lacking dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition, June 3, 1911
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Pages
- 314
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1911 Zane Grey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; History; Nature; Travel;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Winfield, Illinois
About booksnvintage
booksnvintage is an on-line bookseller that specializes in more contemporary books that are hard to find, first editions, educational, or in some way special. A picture is worth a thousand words which is why the majority of my listings have at least one photo.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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