The Light of Western Stars: A Romance
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
N.Y. [1934]: Grosset & Dunlap. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. B/w Frontis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed & dated By the Author on free front endpaper. In color pictorial jacket over green cloth with titling and upper cover illustration in red and black, 8vo 378pp. With copyright date of 1914 on title page verso. (shelfwear, rubbing and light chipping/nicking to jacket extremities; jacket split at spine and foreedge foldovers, light toning to page edges and endpapers, bookplate to blank preliminary page).
Reviews
On Oct 22 2020, a reader said:
The Light of Western Stars is one of my favorite Zane Grey romances. And when easterner Madeline Hammond gets off the train near midnight and things begin to happen right away, you know that this is going to be a good one. Gene Stewart, the other half of the romance is a man's man with the traditional western values but who has at first kind of lost his way because of drinking too much. But that gets straightened out through the love of a woman. The cast of characters includes some cowboys, old time cowboys, you will never forget. There's an animal, a magnificent horse, in the story; an automobile, driven by a cowboy who loves to go fast and scare his passengers, and this plays a vital role in the climax of the story as only ZG can describe and tell it. This is another of his books which take place in contemporary times, written when these events were playing themselves out along the US-Mexico border. This is another of his books which is told primarily from the woman's perspective and would indeed appeal to the female reader; it's NOT a bang, bang shoot'em up with street duels and impossible violence, but realistic characters and events. It's a great book for anyone to enjoy, a historical romance set in the West; not a "western". Buy it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0849220
- Title
- The Light of Western Stars: A Romance
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Illustrator
- B/w Frontis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- N.Y. [1934]
- Keywords
- Fiction GREY, ZANE AMERICAN LITERATURE 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN FICTION WESTER N ROMANCE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
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