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Sale 254: Americana with Autographs, Manuscripts and Archival Material (#254) 12/12/2002 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 12/12/2002 1:00 PM PST

Lot #78 The Day of the Beast

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$937.50

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Description

Title:

The Day of the Beast

Author:

Grey, Zane

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Harper & Bros.

Date Published:

[1922]

Description:

[4], 351 pp. 7¼x5, red cloth, lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition.

Signed by Zane Grey in purple ink on the front free endpaper. Harper's code "G-W" on copyright page. Grey's tribute to "the American men who gave themselves to the service in the great war [WWI]." Includes an original mailing envelope from Zane Grey's wife Dolly in Altadena, CA, addressed to Zane Grey in purple ink and containing a newspaper clipping titled "Latest News of Zane Grey," regarding his witnessing of a snake dance ritual during a visit at a Hopi Indian Reservation.

Condition:

Faint dampstaing and discoloration to upper portion of jacket, short tears to extremities, light soiling; dampstaining and fading to upper portions of cloth and lower front cover near joint, spine ends a bit crimped; endpapers a bit foxed; about very good in a very good or better jacket.

Item#:

125828
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