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West of the Pecos
by GREY, Zane
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1937. First Edition. First Printing. (code C-M, May 1937). Octavo (20.5cm); cream cloth boards with titles stamped in brown on cover and spine; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 314pp. Former owner's bookplate on second half-title page (following copyright page); faint forward lean; light soiling to joints; spine ends gently pushed; right edge of rear board is bumped; tiny bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown; Very Good. The dustjacket is price-clipped with original circular sticker "The New 1937 Zane Grey Novel" on front panel; chipping and edgewear with tape repairs to verso. Very Good only. Basis for the film West of the Pecos (1945) directed by Edward Killy and starring Robert Mitchum and Barbara Hale. Previously made in 1934 (also titled West of the Pecos starring Richard Dix).
Reviews
On Nov 7 2020, a reader said:
Zane Grey was a "formula" writer, and he was the one who created the "formula", the modern western novel. And he used the same plot devices in many of his books. This one uses the girl pretending to be a boy scheme to protect the innocent young girl from being treated harshly by the other drovers. Terrill Lambeth is now an orphan, her father having died, and her adventures are the basis of this story. The fact she can ride and shoot doesn't hurt, but before long, Pecos Smith, the hard riding, fast shooting "man" of the bunch discovers he is a she. And you can probably already imagine the scenarios that follow. This is a "traditional" western, the kind one associates with Zane Grey; it has the broad use of language and the vivid descriptions of the locale he is known for. It is a book well worth reading, and more than once.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53134
- Title
- West of the Pecos
- Author
- GREY, Zane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookplate
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- First Edition
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- Verso
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- Cloth
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