West of the Pecos
by GREY, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937., 1937. First edition (so stated; "C-M", May, 1937). 8vo. Endpapers and color jacket illustration by Stockton Mulford. Original dark brown stamped cream cloth. Dust jacket, with circular sticker "The New 1937 Zane Grey Novel." (unclipped; short closed tear; tiny bit rubbing). Fine, fresh copy. No signatures or bookplates. From Zane Grey's library, with his blindstamp on front free. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225653
- Title
- West of the Pecos
- Author
- GREY, Zane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937.
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Houle Rare Books & Autographs
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Palm Springs, California
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