Stranger from Tonto POCKET BOOKS # 45018 de Grey, Zane [Pearl Zane Gray] - 1964

NY: Pocket, 1980. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB. VeryGood. 268 numbered pages. Spine slightly slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Chew marks on heel of spine. As children, Clint "Buff" Belmet and May Bell meet and promise to always love each other as they travel west with their families. But a few years later Indians kill Buff's parents and kidnap May. Buff becomes a wagon driver so he can look for May, but chances are he'll run into his mortal enemy Lee Murdock and find himself fighting for his life. Source: Publisher.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. Frank Tenny Johnson. 5"x7.5" 321 pp + 4 leafs of advert. Green cloth boards w/black embossed letters on spine and front. Frontispiece is only illustration. Other illustrations are listed but not in books. Hinge tape through out. Clear archival tape on outside holding spine. Much edge wear w/rubs and fraying. Horse hunter Lin Sloan never wanted anything more than the wild stallion he called Wildfire. Lucy Bostil found the horse and the unconscious man who had roped him. She saved both their lives and took Sloan's heart in the process. Now another man wants Lucy and the horse--and will stop at nothing short of killing to get them.

NY: Harper & Bro, 1912. Hardcover_cloth. Acceptable. Douglas Duer. A-T. 5"x7.5" 334 pgs. Tan cloth boards. Faded picture on front with faded maroon letters. Clear archival tape covers spine. Not x-library. Moderate edge wear. Faint soiling. 2 leafs of advertises. PON on ffep. 10 on 2nd fep. Hinge tape applied inside. Secure ship w/track #. After inheriting a southern Utah estate from her Mormon father, Jane Withersteen becomes the victim of a cruel frontier law. Source: Publisher Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time". Wikipedia.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Hardcover_cloth. Acceptable. Louis F. Grant. 8.25"x7.5"x1.25". 311 pgs. Orange cloth boards w/black illustration on front. Black letters on spine. Frontispiece plus 7 other B&W illustrations from movie. Foreword from Zane Grey Avalon, California April 1921. Spine slight slant. Edge wear w/rubs & rays. Soiling throughout. Not x-library, unmarked, soiling to boards. "921. This romance is true to Grey's conception of the Pleasant Valley War and he bases it upon the setting he learned to know and love so well, upon the strange passions of primitive people, and upon his instinctive reaction to the facts and rumors he had gathered. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty or faded." Goodreads ***3.80.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Hardcover_cloth. Used - Good. 5.25"x7.5"x1.25". 310 pgs. Persimmon cloth boards w/maroon letters on front and spine. Spine straight, binding tight, tone to pages. PON and notation on first fly. Edge wear w/fraying. Light soiling to cover and edges. Not x-library. No DJ. " A tale of a good man with a bad reputation. Arizona Ames did not set out to make his mark as a gunfighter--it just happened. Arizona not only removes the bad guys, but he charms the ladies, spoken for or not." Goodreads ****4.0.

NY: Pocket, 1980. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB 4.25"x6.75. Near Fine-Collectible. 294 numbered pages. 2nd printing. Spine slightly slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Edges painted yellow. Minimal edge and shelf wear. Secure ship w/track #. After Lance Sidway comes to beautiful Madge Stewart's defense and ends up on the wrong side of the law, he escapes to Arizona and finds work on her father's ranch. Madge is kidnapped by a gang of cattle rustlers, and Sidway must intervene once again to save her life--even at the cost of his own. Source: Publisher.

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. Hardcover_cloth. Used - VeryGood/no jacket. 5"x7.5"x1". 336 pgs. Grass green cloth boards w/maroon ink letters & design on front and spine. P-A. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight tone, unmarked. Soiling on first fly paper. Fraying to head and toe of spine. Minimal edge wear. "1921. From the master of the western comes a novel full of romance and adventure. Rancher Bill Belllounds brought up Columbine as though she were his daughter. Out of affection for her foster father, Columbine agrees to marry his son Jack, who is a drunkard, gambler, coward, and thief. But she really loves the cowboy, Wilson Moore. Then, the Mysterious Rider appears at the Belllounds ranch, a man of middle age, gentle, kindly, but so formidable a gun fighter he has earned the nickname Hell Bent Wade. He will play a pivotal role in righting the wrongs in the story." Goodreads ***3.92.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Hardcover. Good. 5"x7.5" 366 pp + 3 leafs of ads. Gold cloth boards w/embossed brown scene & letters on front and spine. Spine slant, edge wear w/fraying and rubs. PON inside front cover. Binding good. Not x-library. An old Grosset & Dunlap 1916 hard cover yellow paged book was my vehicle to wild west adventure. Browsing a long neglected used book store, it was hidden in a musty pile of tattered remnants. The characters long asleep were slowly awakened as I began to revive their long silenced tale, Zane Grey style. The abduction of a young women by a ruthless border outlaws and their journey had to have been a departure from many of Zane's previous western pieces. He handled the female persona fairly well and touched on what is now called the "Stockholm syndrome". Needless to say her champion was soon evident and helped her persevere through the tough spots. The story takes many twists and turns throughout the adventure, and does keep ones interest, mostly. I liked it and my… Leer más

NY: Pocket, 1964. 1st Edition Thus. MassMarketPaperBack. Collectible - Near Fine. Words in ink on ffep. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slight tone. Not x-library, unclipped. Red painted edges. Faded crease to page 92. Hurd Blanding and his men stampeded 3,000 wild horses into a savage trap--to slaughter and sell them for chicken feed. But one young girl loved the strength and beauty of these wild animals. With the help of a wealthy rancher, she fought to free them. And only a bullet could stop her!

Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Good/No Jacket. Lillian E. Wilhelm. 5"X7"X1.5".419 pgs. Red cloth boards with black illustration on front and black letters on spine. Spine straight. Archival hinge tape applied to inside front cover. Pages slight tone. Not x-library. Illustrated with scenes from the Technicolor Photoplay A Paramount Picture. Front board slight curved up. Edge wear and rubs. Light soiling to cover. PON on first fly page. Dedicated to his wife, Lina Elise Grey.