Collector's Guide to Zane Grey


Chronological Listing of First Editions

Subsequent Printings with Printing Variants
& Foreign Editions with American Sheets

Introduction
Chronological Listing
including Subsequent Printings with Printing Variants
& Foreign Editions with American Sheets
Harper's Tales of the Frontier Editions
Reference

1900-1909 | 1910-1919 | 1920-1929 | 1930-1939 | 1940-1949 | 1950-1959
1960-1969 | 1970-1979 | 1980-1989 | 1990-1999 | 2000-

Betty Zane (1903)  top↑

First Printing
Charles Francis Press, NY, copyright (1903), no �gsecond edition�h on title page

Subsequent Printings
Charles Francis Press, NY, copyright (1903), title page states �gSecond Edition�h
Also, reprinted by Saalifield and Triangle.

The Spirit of the Border (1906)  top↑

First Printing
A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1906), Burt's address listed as 52-58 Duane Street, four pages of advertisements

First Printing Variations:

(1) Errata:

• �gr�h in �gremembered�h present on page 8
• dropped (or smashed) single quote marks, p.144 line 5 from the bottom partially there
• Damaged type:
• perfect type �gpurtiest�h, p.113 line 8 from the bottom
• perfect type �gfood�h p. 129 line 1
• perfect type �gThey�h, p. 148, line 3 from bottom
• perfect type, right side of p. 248 lines 1-7
• perfect type, right side of p. 264 lines 1-12
• perfect type, �gof�h, p. 265 line 1
• perfect type, �gbeautiful�h, p. 266 line 1
• perfect type, running titles, p. 141/226

(2) Errata:

• dropped �gr�h in �gremembered�h page 8
• dropped (or smashed) single quote marks, p. 144 line 5 from the bottom
• Damaged type:
• �gpurtiest�h, p. 113 line 8 from the bottom
• �gfood�h p. 129 line 1
• �gThey�h, p. 148, line 3 from bottom
• right side of p. 248 lines 1-7
• right side of p. 264 lines 1-12
• �gof�h, p. 265 line 1
• �gbeautiful�h, p. 266 line 1
• running titles, p. 141/226

Subsequent Printings
A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1906), Burt's address not listed as 52-58 Duane Street, 4 pages of advertisements, pine cones on spine in red ink, with tissue guard

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1906), Burt's address not listed as 52-58 Duane Street, 10 pages of advertisements, pine cones on spine in black ink

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1906), Burt's address not listed as 52-58 Duane Street, 10 pages of advertisements, pine cones on spine in black ink, book thinner than above (3cm vs 3.5 cm)

A.L. Burt, reset the type and issued in red cloth gilt lettering (no design).

Also, reprinted by Saalifield and Triangle.

The Last of the Plainsmen (1908)  top↑

First Printing
Outing Publishing Co., NY, 1908, copyright 1908 by Outing on copyright page

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Lettering and designs on spine stamped in gilt

(2) Lettering and designs on spine stamped in green

Transition Casings
Outing Publishing on spine, A.C. McClurg on title page, no notation of �gSecond Edition�h

Note: Other casing variations have original publisher on title page and new publisher on spine. This title has original publisher on spine and new publisher on title page (as does Tales of Swordfish and Tuna).

Subsequent Printings
A.C. McClurg, copyright page states �gSecond Edition June 3, 1911"

Grosset & Dunlap edition with the same information on the copyright page as the A.C. McClurg �gSecond Edition�h copy

Grosset & Dunlap, with Boy Scout Edition on cover, same information on the copyright page as the A.C. McClurg �gSecond Edition�h copy and the same as the first Grosset & Dunlap edition

Foreign Edition with American Sheets
First U.K. edition with bound American sheets. Hodder & Stoughton imprint on the title page and spine. No ads at rear of book.

Note: Does not say printed in the U.S.A.

The Last Trail (1909)  top↑

First Printing
A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), 52 Duane Street listed, 2 pages of ads

Subsequent Printings
A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), same front pastedown as first printing, but Burt�fs address not listed as 52 Duane Street, 6 pages of ads
Note: Last page says �gTHE END.�h

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), same front pastedown as first printing, but Burt�fs address not listed as 52 Duane Street, 9 pages of ads
Note: It is possible that some of the ad pages are missing and that this copy is the same as above

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), no pastedown (area blank), green cloth with white lettering
Note: 8 pages of ads followed by 6 blank pages.
Note: Last page says �gTHE END.�h

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), no pastedown, area has 2 pieces of plant matter stamped in dark green, light green cloth with orange lettering
Note: 10 pages of ads followed by 5 blank pages.
Note: Last page says �gTHE END.�h in very battered type.

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), no pastedown, area has 2 pieces of plant matter stamped in dark green, green cloth with white lettering
Note: 11 pages of ads followed by 4 blank pages.
Note: Last page does not say �gTHE END.�h

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909), no pastedown, area has 2 pieces of plant matter stamped in black (different from copies above), blue/purple cloth with white lettering
Note: 11 pages of ads (different format than previous printings) followed by 2 blank pages.
Note: Last page does not say �gTHE END.�h

Type then reset by A.L. Burt. This is apparent from both the title page and the copyright page.

There are at least two versions of re-set type: one with orange lettering same horizontal and vertical rule design enclosing a different 2 flower arrangement. The second with no horizontal and vertical rule design and no flower illustration.

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909)

A.L. Burt & Co., NY, copyright (1909)

Also, reprinted by Saalified and Triangle.

The Short-Stop (1909)  top↑

First Printing
A.C. McClurge & Co., Chicago, 1909, copyright page states �gPublished June, 1909"

Subsequent Printings
A.C. McClurge & Co., Chicago, 1909, copyright page states �gSecond printing July 1909".

A.C. McClurge & Co., Chicago, 1909, copyright page states �gThird printing, November 17, 1909".

A.C. McClurge & Co., Chicago, 1909, copyright page states �gFourth printing, March 1, 1914".

Grosset & Dunlap, copyright page states �gFourth printing, March 1, 1914".

Also, reprinted in 1992 by Morrow.

The Heritage of the Desert (1910)  top↑

Pre-Publication Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, with �gMCMX�h on title page and no code letters on copyright page and �gPublished September 1910", inkstamp of "advance copy--not published" on the title page

First Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, with �gMCMX�h on title page and no code letters on copyright page and �gPublished September 1910"

Variations of this Printing:
(1) Spine has silhouette of woman

Following typos not corrected:

• Superfluous quote marks p. 78 line 16
• Dropped apostrophe in �gThey�fre�h, p.97 line 11 from bottom
• Dropped �gn�h in twinkled p. 104 line 9
• Dropped quote marks, p. 243 line 5 from the bottom

(2) Spine does not have woman's silhouette

Following typos not corrected:

• Superfluous quote marks p. 78 line 16
• Dropped apostrophe in �gThey�fre�h, p.97 line 11 from bottom
• Dropped �gn�h in twinkled p. 104 line 9
• Dropped quote marks, p. 243 line 5 from the bottom

(3) Spine has silhouette of woman

Following typos corrected:

• Superfluous quote marks p. 78 line 16
• Dropped apostrophe in �gThey�fre�h, p.97 line 11 from bottom
• Dropped �gn�h in twinkled p. 104 line 9
• Dropped quote marks, p. 243 line 5 from the bottom

Subsequent Printings
Harper & Brothers, NY (1910), no date on title page, copyright page states �gPublished September 1910"
Note: date removed from title page.
Note: Copy has dust jacket with NOTICE/HOW TO OPEN A BOOK on inside flap of dust jacket.

Harper & Brothers, NY, c. 1920, dust jacket has �ePopular Fiction�f on inside panel which lists the U.P. Trail. Rear panel list �eImportant Fiction�f and lists The Man of the Forest.

NOTE: A copy observed, no date on title page, �gBOOKS BY ZANE GREY�h on copyright page. This may be same as copy above.

The Young Forester (1910)  top↑

First Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, no code letters, copyright page states �gPublished October, 1910" at the center of the page

Subsequent Printings
Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, no code letters, copyright page states �gPublished October, 1910" at the bottom of the page
Box with �gBooks by Zane Grey�h added to the center of the copyright page
Note: Date removed from title page.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, code letters L-Q (November 1916)
Note: Copyright page has been reformatted.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, code letters I-R (September 1917)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, code letters I-U (September 1920)
Note: Light green cloth, illustration removed from spine, copyright page has been redone (from L-Q printing), no frontispiece or tissue guard.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, code letters ?-X (? 1923)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1910, code letters F-B (June 1927)
Note: Cover same as first five printings but spine does not have illustration and has �gZANE GREY�h in caps instead of �gGrey�h.

Grosset & Dunlap with F-R

Grosset & Dunlap with B-U

Grosset & Dunlap with E-X

The Young Pitcher (1911)  top↑

First Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1911, no code letters, copyright page states �gPublished March 1911"

Subsequent Printings
Harper & Brothers, NY 1911, code letters C-R (March 1917)

Grosset & Dunlap with K-W

Also, reprinted in 1992 by Morrow.

The Young Lion Hunter (1911)  top↑

First Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1911, no code letters, copyright page states �gPublished October 1911"

Subsequent Printings
Harper & Brothers, NY 1911, code letters I-R (September 1917)

Grosset & Dunlap with B-U

Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)  top↑

NOTE: See Riders of the Purple Sage - Reprint Edition (1921)

Pre-Publication Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, no code letters

Red boards with printed label on cover and binding sample glued to the back of the front cover. �gAdvance copy for private distribution. Not for sale.�h

Note: One copy has illustration page stamped with �gTHREE NOT READY�h; no ads on copyright page as is the case with the first printing.

First Printing
Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, no code letters, copyright information in the middle of the copyright page.

Subsequent Printings
Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, no code letters, copyright information dropped to the bottom of the page and boxed advertisements placed near the middle of the page

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters H-M (August 1912)
Note: Copyright page also has boxed advertisements in the middle of the page.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters K-M (October 1912)
Note: Copyright page advertisements changed from �gBooks by ZANE GREY�h to �gThe KEN WARD SERIES BY ZANE GREY�h.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters A-N (January 1913)
Note: Copyright page has advertisements �gThe KEN WARD SERIES BY ZANE GREY�h as above.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters I-N (September 1913)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters L-N (November 1913)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters F-O (June 1914)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters M-U (December 1920)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters H-A (August 1926)
Note: Green cloth with black lettering, no tissue guard, no advertisements on copyright page.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912 code letters C-W (March 1922)
Note: Green cloth with gilt lettering, no tissue guard, no advertisements on copyright page.

Grosset & Dunlap with A-T

Grosset & Dunlap with L-N

Grosset & Dunlap with F-O

Foreign Edition with American Sheets
Harper & Brothers, London, code letters H-A (August 1926) with �gPrinted in the U.S.A�h on the copyright page.

Note: Same as H-A U.S. edition in every respect except binding is different color and has different lettering. This printing has outline of ZG bust at lower right of front cover.

Ken Ward in the Jungle (1912)  top↑

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters H-M (August 1912)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY 1912, code letters D-R (April 1917)

Desert Gold (1913)  top↑

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY 1913, code letters C-N (March 1913)

Title page stamped �gADVANCE COPY ? NOT PUBLIS�h

Another copy "Advance Copy - Not Published" rubberstamped to title page and inscribed "compliments" note to front free endpaper. With publisher's advance printing pictorial postcard laid in.

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY 1913, code letters C-N (March 1913)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY 1913, code letters E-N (May 1913)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1913, code letters F-N (June 1913)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1913, code letters F-O (June 1914)

Note: Copyright information dropped to bottom of page and �gBooks by Zane Grey�h moved from back of second free end paper to copyright page.

Grosset & Dunlap with C-N

Grosset & Dunlap with H-A

Grosset & Dunlap with F-O

Grosset & Dunlap with G-P

The Light of Western Stars (1914)  top↑

Serialized 1913

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters M-N (December 1913)

twice stamped �gAdvanced copy -- Not published�h on title page

another copy "Advance copy -- Not Published" on title page, with illustrated review card laid in.

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters M-N (December 1913)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters B-O (February 1914)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters D-O (April 1914)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters H-O (August 1914)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters M-O (December 1914)

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters K-P (October 1915)

Note: Copy did not have a tissue guard.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters B.Y. (February 1924)

Note: Type reset, binding turquoise/light green with black sky front cover and black lettering. Not embossed. Periods after code letters and not a dash.

Harper & Brothers, NY 1914, code letters D-A (April 1926)

Note: Binding light green with black sky front cover and yellow lettering. Not embossed. Title page and book completely reset.

Grosset & Dunlap with K-P

Grosset & Dunlap with A-R

Also, Walter Black limited leatherette edition.

Discussion: Harpers editions to 1915 are 389 pages. Harpers 1924 edition reset the book , pages totaled 378 (page numbers are at the top of the page rather than at the bottom). I can think of no other example of where Harpers reset the book other than the Riders 1921 edition. Perhaps the 10 year lag between editions (1914 to 1924) accounted for this. Such a lag time between Harpers editions, while not unique, seems also uncommon. The Grosset editions (presumably October 1915 and January 1917) would suggest that publishing rights went from Harpers to Grosset to Harpers and presumably back to Grosset.

The Lone Star Ranger (1915)  top↑

Two short serials, The Last of the Duanes, 1914 and The Lone Star Rangers, 1914, joined together

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY 1915, code letters M-O (December 1914)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Brown cloth , no illustration of two guns and ribbons on spine

(2) Green cloth, no illustration of two guns and ribbons on spine

(3) Green cloth with illustration of two guns and ribbons added to the spine

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1915, code letters A-P (January 1915)

Note: Illustration of two guns and ribbons on spine as above.

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1915, code letters F-P (June 1915)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Green cloth

Note: Illustration of two guns and ribbons on spine as above.

Note: the green of this state is slightly lighter in color than A-P printing. There may be a A-P version of this book in this lighter F-P binding.

(2) Blue/green cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1915, code letters F-P (June 1915)

Note: Illustration of two guns and ribbons on spine as above.

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1915, code letters D-R (April 1917)

Note: Green cloth, illustration of two guns and ribbons on spine, book thinner than previous edition.

Harper & Brothers, NY, code letters B-Y (February 1924)

Note: Light green cloth stamped in black; lettering on spine differs from previous editions.

Harper & Brothers, NY, 1915, code letters D-A (April 1926)

Note: Green cloth with black and yellow illustration and yellow lettering outlined in black lettering different than D-R edition, back of half title page and title page different than D-R edition, code letters above copyright information instead of below it, no frontispiece or tissue guard, one end paper instead of 3 on D-R edition.

Note: This printing should have a different dust jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap with code letters L-Q

NOTE: Rogers notes differences in endpapers in first printing.

Also, McKinlay, Stone and Mackenzie edition with B.Y.

The Rainbow Trail (1915)
The Desert Crucible (1915)  top↑

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters F-P (June 1915)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters I-P (September 1915)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters L-P (November 1915)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters M-P (December 1915)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters H-Q (August 1916)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters D-R (March 1917)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters I-R (September 1917)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1915), code letters E-S (May 1918)

Grosset & Dunlap with E-S

Grosset & Dunlap with I-R

Also, Walter Black limited edition in tan leatherette bound as Horse Heaven Hill.

The Border Legion (1916)  top↑

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1916), code letters E-Q (May 1916)

With "Advanced Copy - Not Published" stamped to title page

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1916), code letters E-Q (May 1916)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1916), code letters F-Q (June 1916)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1916), code letters H-Q (August 1916)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1916), code letters M-Q (December 1916)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1916), code letters B-S (February 1918)

Note: Printed on thinner paper stock, 3 blank endpapers at front (instead of one), no advertisements on back of ? title page, no frontispiece or tissue guard, title page says illustrations by Lillian E. Wilhelm but there is no list of illustrations or illustrations, there are 4 blank rear endpapers (instead of 1).

Harpers c. 1929 edition (dust jacket advertising Fighting Caravans)

Grosset & Dunlap with code letters B-S

Grosset & Dunlap with code letters A-V

Wildfire (1917)  top↑

Serialized 1916

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1917), code letters L-Q (November 1916)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1917), code letters A-R (January 1917)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1917), code letters C-R (March 1917)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Red cloth

(2) Green cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1917), code letters D-S (April 1918)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Dark red cloth, �gZANE GREY�h on spine in smaller font

(2) Light red cloth, �gZANE GREY�h on spine in larger font

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1917), code letters L-Z (November 1925)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1917), code letters B-C (February 1928)

Note: Red cloth with black lettering. Spine lay-out differs from previous editions. Dust jacket has advertisements for Forlorn River on rear panel, Nevada on front flap, and Under the Tonto Rim on rear flap (all different from first printing). Price of $2.00 on rear inside flap and price is not on spine of dust jacket as in first printing. Rogers notes that 2nd printing DJ has price of $1.35 on spine which also appears to be the case with first printing. Errata same as Rogers notes for first edition.

Grosset & Dunlap with D-S

Grosset & Dunlap with L-Q

The U.P. Trail (1918)  top↑

Serialized as The Roaring U.P. Trail, 1917

See The U.P. Trail Service Edition

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters A-S (January 1918)

Note: Dust jacket with rear panel of dust jacket stamped �gW.S.S. War Savings Stamps issued by the United States Government�h front flap with ad blurbs for the U.P. Trail and price on spine $1.50.

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Forest green cloth

(2) Green cloth

(3) Navy green cloth

(4) Navy green cloth

(5) Green/blue cloth

(6) Brown cloth

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters C-S (March 1918)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters D-S (April 1918)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters F-S (June 1918)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Darker green cloth; �gZANE�h 6.5 cm from top of the spine

(2) Lighter Green cloth, 3 blank end papers at front; �gZANE�h 6 cm from top of the spine

Note: All other copies of this title have 1 blank endpaper at front

Note: The F-S printing has the dust jacket with the WSS seal and not the �gWorth-While Fiction�h

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters L-S (November 1918)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters M-S (December 1918)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) �gZANE�h 3 cm from �gTRAIL�h on spine

(3) �gZANE�h 3.5 cm from �gTRAIL�h on spine

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters A-T (January 1919)

Note: Zane Grey on front cover in upper and lower case letters (all previous printings in caps only). H-T printing is the same.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters H-T (August 1919)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Green cloth

Note: Zane Grey on front cover in upper and lower case letters (same as A-T printing).

Note: Price on dust jacket spine is $1.75.

(2) Brown (burgundy) cloth

Note: Zane Grey on front cover in upper and lower case letters (same as A-T and first H-T printing variation).

Grosset & Dunlap with E-T

Grosset & Dunlap with H-T

Note: Sometime after the F-S printing, the dust jacket was changed. Rear panel lists four �gWorth-while fiction�h followed by ad blurbs for 4 titles (Sylvia Scarlet, The Rider of the King Log, Potash and Perlmalter Settle Things, and Going West); and front flap lists �gPopular Fiction�h (The Unpardonable Sin, The Hills of Refuge, The Close-up and Poilu: A Dog of Roubaix). Rear and inside flap ads different on first printing.

NOTE: Dust jacket also noted with price on spine blacked out with black ink. Ads on rear panel and inside flap same as above. Edition of book unknown.

Also, reprinted by the Amereon House, in a limited edition of 80 copies.

The U.P. Trail -- Service Edition (1918)  top↑

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1918), code letters A-S (January 1918)

Service edition bound in leatherette for the soldiers in WWI

The Desert of Wheat (1919)

Serialized 1918

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters A-T (January 1919)

Dust Jacket Variations:

(1) Front flap has no ad blurbs on the Desert of Wheat or The Winds of Chance, Sylvia Scarlett, price is $1.50

(2) Front flap at top has ad blurbs for the Desert of Wheat and �gPopular Fiction�h lists 4 titles (Sylvia Scarlett by Compton Mackenzie has original price of $1.50 blanket out, followed by a new printed price of $1.60); and at the bottom a short blurb on The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach. Price on spine $1.50

NOTE: The A-T printing most likely issued with both versions of the dust jacket. I have seen multiple copies of the 2nd dust jacket that appear to be original to the A-T printing.

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters B-T (February 1919)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Dark blue cloth

Note: Dust jacket has the printed price on the spine of $1.50. Inside panel of dust jacket has the prices listed as with the first printing but the price for Sylvia Scarlett is listed at $1.60 (previous version has $1.50 blacked out and $1.60 printed above it).

(2) Light blue cloth

(3) Red cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters C-T (March 1919)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Red cloth

Note:

(2) Maroon cloth

(3) Blue cloth

(4) Dark blue cloth

(5) Purple cloth

(6) Green cloth

NOTE: All printings of the C-T printing, as well as all subsequent printings, have �gDesert of Wheat�h listed as the first title advertised on the verso of the half-title page.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters H-T (August 1919)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Dark blue cloth

(2) Dark green cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters I-T (September 1919)

Note: Dust jacket has the printed price on the spine of $1.50 blacked out and new price of $1.75 has been

printed in black ink above the old price. Inside panel of dust jacket has the prices listed as with first printing but the price for Sylvia Scarlett is listed at $1.60 (previous version has $1.50 blacked out and $1.60 printed above it).

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters M-T (December 1919)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Dark green cloth, front cover panel in gilt

(2) Light green cloth, cover panel in gilt, spine lettering in gilt

Note: Illustration facing p. 111 faces the other side in the copy observed, lacks next two illustration and frontispiece.

(3) Light green cloth, cover panel in gilt, spine lettering in darker green.

(4) Light green cloth, front cover panel in darker green, spine lettering in darker green

Note: Dust jacket the same as first printing with the exception that the prices on inside front panel have been removed as well as the price on the spine (i.e., the box where the price appears is blank. In I-T printing copy the box is actually blacked out).

(5) Light green cloth, front cover panel in darker green, spine lettering in darker green

Note: Dust jacket the same as first printing with the exception that the prices on inside front panel have been removed as well as the price on the spine (i.e., the box where the price appears is blank. In I-T copy observed, the box is actually blacked out).

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters are in battered type I-U? (September 1920)

Note: Green cloth, but not the same shade of green as any previous printings for this title.

Grosset & Dunlap with code letters that are in battered type (I-U?)

Grosset & Dunlap with B-T

NOTE: Rogers notes an A-T copy where �gDesert of Wheat�h appears among titles advertised on the verso of the half-title page. Not likely to exist.

Tales of Fishes (1919)  top↑

Pre-Publication Printing

Leather-bound presentation copy.

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters F-T (June 1919)

Note: The dust jacket spine has $2.50 price which is not found on B-U printing.

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters I-T (September 1919)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters B-U (February 1920)

Note: There are three blank leaves at front of book. First printing has four.

Note: The dust jacket spine does not indicate the $2.50 price found on first printing.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1919), code letters E-C (May 1928)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Blue binding with front pastedown (same as previous states with the exception that �eHARPERS�f on the spine is in all caps instead of upper and lower case).

Note: Top edge stained yellow.

Note: Front and rear pastedown and endpapers are illustrated with a photograph that is illustrated on the dust jacket of E-C yellow binding with green lettering.

(2) Yellow binding with green lettering.

Note: Dust jacket layout and illustration different than previous printings.

Grosset & Dunlap with E-C, yellow binding with green lettering as above.

Note: Lettering may be in gilt.

Also, reproduced by Amereon House in a limited edition of 80.

Transition Casing

Grosset & Dunlap binding, Harper & Brothers, NY, on title page, code letters E-C (May 1928), yellow binding with green lettering.

Foreign Edition with American Sheets

Hodder & Stoughton edition with Hodder title page and �gPrinted in U.S.A.�h on copyright page.

Man of the Forest (1920)  top↑

Serialized 1917

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters A-U (January 1920)

Variations of the First Printing:

(1) Damaged type:

• Lower part of �g7�h perfect at 79
• Lower part of �g3�h perfect at 83
• Lower part of �g7�h perfect at 207

(2) Damaged type:

• Lower part of �g7�h damaged at 79
• Lower part of �g3�h damaged at 83
• Lower part of �g7�h perfect at 207

(3) Damaged type:

• Lower part of �g7�h damaged at 79
• Lower part of �g3�h damaged at 83
• Lower part of �g7�h damaged at 207

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters B-U (February 1920)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) �gZANE GREY�h 2 cm long on spine

(2) �gZANE GREY�h 1.5 cm long on spine

(3) �gZANE GREY�h 1.5 cm long on spine and a little bit higher (closer to the illustration) than the copy above

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters C-U (March 1920)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Green cloth

Note: Dust jacket found with price on spine of $1.90. Also found with price on spine of $1.90 marked out with sticker saying $2.00 Net

(2) Light green cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters G-U (July 1920)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Light green cloth, �gZane Grey�h on spine larger font

Note: Price on dust jacket has sticker placed over it saying $2.00 NET.

(2) Light green/olive cloth, �gZane Grey�h on spine larger font

(3) Dark green cloth, �gZane Grey�h on spine smaller font

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters H-U (August 1920)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters M-U (December 1920)

Note: Price on spine of dust jacket of copy observed has sticker over it which has been removed (may have said $2.00 NET or some other price).

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters A-V (January 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters E-V (May 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters F-V (June 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters C-V (March 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters L-V (November 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters A-W (January 1922)

Grosset & Dunlap with I-V or L-V

Grosset & Dunlap with H-W

Grosset & Dunlap with B-C (Note: Front cover only has lettering and no illustration.)

Also, reprinted by Simon and Schuster, February 1985 (The Zane Grey Collection).

NOTE: Rogers notes price on dust jacket flap as $2.00. Price is $1.90 on spine and then marked out with $2.00 on copies observed.

The Redheaded Outfield (1920)  top↑

First Printing

Grosset & Dunlap NY (1920), three line script on spine �gGROSSET/AND/DUNLAP�h, tan cloth, orange letters outlined in black, no frontispiece, five pages of advertisements

Note: Additional page of ads for Gene-Stratton-Porter added for subsequent printings.

Subsequent Printings

Grosset & Dunlap NY (1920), two lines on spine �gGROSSET/& DUNLAP�h, tan cloth, red letters outlined in black, no frontispiece, six pages of advertisements

Grosset & Dunlap NY (1920), two lines on spine �gGROSSET/& DUNLAP�h, tan cloth, yellow letters outlined in black, no frontispiece, six pages of advertisements

Grosset & Dunlap NY (1920), two lines on spine �gGROSSET/& DUNLAP�h, green cloth, red letters outlined in black, no frontispiece, six pages of advertisements. �gMade in the United States of America�h added to bottom of TP

Tan cloth, red lettering outlined in black:
Ten pages of advertisements, first page listing Grey titles lists 11 titles

Red cloth, lettered in black:
Ten pages of advertisements, first page listing Grey titles lists 16 titles (instead of 11 for previous printings)

NOTE: Maybe an orange cloth with yellow lettering.

NOTE: There are 18 titles on the rear of the dust jacket. Later printings of the dust jacket have 20 titles (including Tales of Fishes and The Man of the Forest).

NOTE: Type reset by Grosset and Dunlap.

Also, reprinted by Aeonian Press, Mattituck, limited edition of 300.

Mysterious Rider (1921)  top↑

Serialized 1919

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters I-U (September 1920), title page stamped �gNEW PUBLICATION/ADVANCE COPY/NOT YET RELEASED�h

Note: Another copy noted with same stamp but on free end paper.

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters I-U (September 1920)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters E-V (May 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters I-V (September 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters L-V (November 1921)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters M-V (December 1921)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Green cloth

(2) Red cloth

(3) Brown cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters A-W (January 1922)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Dark green cloth

(2) Green cloth

(3) Brown cloth

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters B-W (February 1922)

Note: Green cloth.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters D-A (April 1926)

Grosset & Dunlap with D-A

Grosset & Dunlap with I-V

Grosset & Dunlap with B-W

Also, Walter Black limited leatherette edition.

Riders of the Purple Sage - Reprint Edition (1921)  top↑

Larger book than 1912 edition, type completely reset

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1912), code letters K-V (October 1921)

To the Last Man (1922)  top↑

Serialized 1921

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters K-V (October 1921)

Stamp on title page read "New Publication ADVANCE COPY NOT YET RELEASED"

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1921), code letters K-V (October 1921)

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters M-V (December 1921)

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Harpers on spine in smaller font, printed on thinner paper stock (book measures 3.6 cm including covers)

(2) Harpers on spine in larger font, printed on thicker paper stock (book measures 3.9 cm including covers)

(3) Harpers on spine in larger font, printed on thinner paper stock (book measures 3.6 cm including covers)

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters A-W (January 1922)

Note: �groad�h changed to �grode�h, p. 9, line 9 from the bottom

Grosset & Dunlap with D-A

NOTE: Rogers notes another 1922 printing with �gFirst Edition�h on the copyright page.

The Day of the Beast (1922)  top↑

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters G-W (July 1922) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Red cloth

(2) Purple cloth

Subsequent Printings

Grosset & Dunlap with G-W

NOTE: Maybe a variation in the first printing bound in royal blue.

Tales of Lonely Trails (1922)  top↑

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, Deluxe first edition specially bound for Grey by his publisher. 3/4 olive morocco over cloth boards, spine in six compartments, two of which are gilt lettered.

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters G-W (July 1922) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Note: Top edge stained yellow.

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters M-W (December 1922) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Note: Top edge stained orange/red.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters C-X (March 1923)

Note: Top edge stained yellow.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters I-Y (September 1924)

Note: Front cover has �gZANE GREY�h in all caps, other previous copies are initial caps only. Spine does not have the word �gZane�h on it. Top edge stained yellow.

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1922), code letters E-C (May 1928)

Note: Book larger (9 3/8" X 6 3/8") than previous printings but printed from the same plates. Top edge stained yellow.

Printing rights then went to Blue Ribbon (rather than Grosset & Dunlap).

Also, reprinted by Northland Press, Flagstaff, AZ, 1986. Foreword by Loren Grey, 394 pages, softbound.

Transition Casing

Blue Ribbon on spine, Harpers on title page, code letters E-C (May 1928)

Note: Book bound in blue cloth.

Foreign Edition with American Sheets

Hodder and Stoughton, title page tipped in (states Hodder and Stoughton), copyright page states �gCopyright 1922/by Zane Grey/Printed in the U.S.A�h. No code letters.

Note: Book lacks the half title page (and the advertisements on the verso) after the two blank endpapers.

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1923)  top↑

Serialized 1920

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1923), code letters L-W (November 1922) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in large font

Damaged type:

• Page 26 perfect type lines 11-15 near right margin
• Page 89 damaged type, lines 5-7 from bottom near middle of the lines
• Page 216 has damaged type running title plus first 18 lines

(2) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in large font

Damaged type:

• Page 26 damaged type lines 11-15 near right margin
• Page 89 damaged type, lines 5-7 from bottom near middle of the lines
• Page 216 has perfect type running title plus first 18 lines

(3) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in small font, �gZANE�h is 8 cm from �gland�h on spine

Damaged type:

• Page 26 damaged type lines 11-15 near right margin
• Page 89 perfect type, lines 5-7 from bottom near middle of the lines
• Page 216 perfect type running title plus first 18 lines

(4) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in small font, �gZANE�h is 8 cm from �gland�h on spine

Damaged type:

• Page 26 damaged type lines 11-15 near right margin
• Page 89 perfect type, lines 5-7 from bottom near middle of the lines
• Page 216 has damaged type running title plus first 18 lines

(5) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in small font, �gZANE�h is 7 cm from �gland�h on spine

Damaged type:

• Page 26 perfect type lines 11-15 near right margin
• Page 89 damaged type, lines 5-7 from bottom near middle of the lines
• Page 216 has damaged type from running title plus first 18 lines

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1923), code letters A-X (January 1923) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Note: Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in small font and �gZANE�h is 7 cm from �gland�h on spine

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1923), code letters D-X (April 1923) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h and �gHARPERS�h in small font

(2) Spine has �gZANE GREY�h in large font and �gHARPERS�h in small font

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1923), code letters M-X (December 1923)

Note: �gZane Grey�h in large font, �gHarpers�h in large font on spine.

Grosset & Dunlap with code letters M-X

Also, reprinted by Aeonian Press, Mattituck, NY c. 1995 in a limited edition of 300. Text is photocopy of original Harper plates.

NOTE: Damaged type p. 8, lines 5-8 from bottom on right margin and p. 89, lines 5-7 from bottom near middle of the lines. Rogers notes that copies with perfect type would have priority.

Tappan's Burro (1923)  top↑

Pre-Publication Printing

Harper & Brothers, [1923] Deluxe first edition specially bound for Grey. Full crimson morocco, spine in six compartments, two of which are gilt-lettered, the others with double gilt rule, gilt dentelles, with I-X on copyright page.

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1923), code letters I-X (September 1923) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Variations of this Printing:

(1) Textured black cloth

(2) Smooth black cloth

The Call of the Canyon (1924)  top↑

Serialized 1921

First Printing

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1924), code letters K-X (October 1923) and �gFirst Edition�h stated

Subsequent Printings

Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1924), code letters A-Y (January 1924)

Grosset & Dunlap with D-A

Grosset & Dunlap with A-Y

NOTE: Deluxe first edition bound for Grey, Hodder