The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey(1910)True 1stEd/1stPrt/1stVar (Harper’s)

Description: The Heritage of the Desert by Zane GreyHarper & Brothers (1910)First Edition First Printing First Variation/StateHC no DJ as issued Attribution: (per Zane Grey’s West Society Bibliography)Dark grey boards with title and author embossed in gold lettering. Desert scene illustration on front cover. Title, author, and publisher (Harpers) in gold on spine. Mostly faded silhouette of a woman’s head and shoulders on spine (important to distinguish 1st from second state/variation).Glossy frontispiece with tissue guard. Harper & Brothers Publishers and the date MCMX at bottom of title page.Copyright page has 1910 as copyright, and Published September 1910 underneath. These criteria establish this copy as a true 1st edition 1st printing of this title.The status of this as a 1st variation (earliest state) lies in the aforementioned spine silhouette and the presence of 4 uncorrected typos:Superfluous quote marks page 78 line 16Dropped apostrophe in the word “They re ” pg 97 line 11 from bottomDropped ‘n’ in the word ‘twinkled’ pg 104 line 9Dropped quotation marks page 243 line 5 from bottom They points are all present in this copy, see pictures. Condition: Spine cocked, boards show moderate wear mostly at edges, corners bumped. Some soiling and scuffing. Spine shows heaviest wear, with loss to text and to silhouette.Binding shaken, with pages starting at the hinge, but no detached pages.Gift inscription dated 1911 on front free endpaper.Moderate to heavy soiling to many pages, mostly in the form of handling marks along the margins. Tissue guard exhibits some staining. Although there are a large number of small stains and handling marks throughout the text, they are mostly on the margins and no text is obscured.No torn pages, no tape repairs, no folds or dog ears. *I research the books that I list for sale prior to listing, and that involves consulting a number of sources, a good number of which are available to you for free.I do my best to give the information you might need to independently verify my attributions. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me for further bibliographic info on a particular listing. *The pictures and description are of the actual book(s) for sale or auction. I do not use generic or ambiguous descriptions. I try to be conservative in my assessments of condition, listing and providing pictures of significant faults. I would prefer that you be pleasantly surprised than to be disappointed with your purchase.If I make a mistake or miss a condition point, contact me and we will work it out. Although I don’t generally accept returns, of course I will do whatever I can to correct a problem, and returns always apply when I misattribute or fail to mention a significant condition issue. *I only ship in Boxes with multiple layers of protection for the book(s).I cannot ship to alternate addresses not in your profile, or delay shipping beyond the deadline required of me by eBay. *Most of my listings include Free Media Mail shipping to the US. For Global shipping, the shipping to the hub is done by Media Mail. I generally take packages to the post office personally and have them scanned in-this reduces shipping time, usually, and adds a little security. It also means that I can easily ship to US territories and APO addresses-sometimes packages to states and territories outside the continental US can take some time. *Shipped from a smoke and pet free home. *Feel free to make reasonable offers, and I often send offers to those who add an item to their watchlist. *I send a message confirming purchase, and usually another when the package is on the way. I closely monitor my inbox and try to respond within hours. I leave feedback as soon as the book is on the way. I would really appreciate it if you, as buyer, leave feedback when the book(s) arrive and you have had a chance to look over your purchase (or contact me if there’s an issue).Seller downsizing personal collection. I don’t list more books than I can handle with personal service, and recently paused selling for a few months due to a couple of surgeries.Please see my other listings for more series, mystery, fantasy and sci-fi, collectible, modern literature books, classics and nonfiction. Thanks for looking.

Price: 41.25 USD

Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

End Time: 2024-11-27T21:17:14.000Z

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