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British Editions

The Zane Grey's West Society would like to express our appreciation to David Leeson of England for this listing.

This listing of UK editions is not guaranteed to be complete or all-inclusive but is based upon books that I have seen, bibliography found in the Book and Magazine Collector, references that I have looked up in the British Library and on assumptions made from information on the dust jackets and inside sheets of books that I own.

-- David Leeson

First Editions by Publisher
Re-Prints by Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton, London was the largest UK publisher of Zane Grey's works. Other publishers invlude T Werner Laurie, Thos Nelson and Sons, and Lloyds. The following list is organised by publisher.

Hodder & Stoughton, London The Last of the Plainsmen The Roaring U.P. Trail The Desert of Wheat The Man of the Forest Betty Zane The Mysterious Rider Tales of Fishes To the Last Man Tales of Lonely Trails The Wanderer of the Wasteland Tappan�fs Burro & Other Stories The Call of the Canyon Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon The Thundering Herd Tales of Southern Rivers The Vanishing Indian Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas Tales of an Anglers Eldorado Under the Tonto Rim Tales of Swordfish and Tuna Forlorn River Nevada Tales of Freshwater Fishing Wild Horse Mesa Fighting Caravans The Shepherd of Guadaloupe Sunset Pass Tales of Tahitian Waters Arizona Ames Robbers Roost The Drift Fence The Hash Knife Outfit The Code of the West Thunder Mountain The Trail Driver The Lost Wagon Train An American Angler in Australia West of the Pecos Raiders of Spanish Peaks Knights of the Range Western Union 30,000 on the Hoof Twin Sombreros Majesty�fs Rancho Stairs of Sand The Wilderness Trek Shadow on the Trail The Valley of Wild Horses Rogue River Feud The Deer Stalker The Maverick Queen The Dude Ranger Captives of the Desert Wyoming Lost Pueblo Black Mesa Stranger from the Tonto The Fugitive Trail The Arizona Clan Horse Heaven Hill The Ranger and Other Stories Blue feather and Other Stories Boulder Dam T Werner Laurie, London Spirit of the Border The Last Trail Thos Nelson and Sons, London Heritage of the Desert Riders of the Purple Sage Desert Gold The Light of Western Stars The Lone Star Ranger The Rainbow Trail The Border Legion Ken Ward in the Jungle The Young Lion Hunter Wildfire The Young Forester Lloyds The Young Pitcher

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Reprints by Publisher - Hardback Copies


Hodder & Stoughton, London - this Company, who was Zane Grey's main publisher in the UK, reprinted all of the books that they had first published many times over the years until sometime in the 1950s or 1960s. I have been unable to establish the last date that hardback books were used for reprints.

During the 1920s many of these reprints had a yellow colour on the spine of the dust jacket and this seemed to develop into their famous �gYellow Jacket�h series which they than used until they stopped reprinting in hardback. This series was not specific to any one author or indeed to any particular type of novelist. They probably covered all popular authors that they had the contracts for publishing.

During the 1920s some of their reprints were very attractive. Whilst the dust jackets were quite ordinary, the books themselves had nice cloth covered boards with an impressed silhouette in the right hand top corner, some examples are listed below.

The Man of the Forest To the Last Man The Wanderer of the Wasteland Call of the Canyon The Thundering Herd Under the Tonto Rim The Vanishing Indian

Sun Setting behind Pine Trees Sun Setting behind Pine Trees Girl sitting on Burro led by a Man Girl sitting on a rock Large Bison Man on Horse descending slope Indian on Horse (at bottom of book)

They may have used these impressed silhouettes on the 1st editions of these books as the last book listed above is a first edition.

In addition to reprinting the books they had first published they also included in their reprints The Spirit of the Border and The Last Trail.

As far as I am aware they never reprinted the first 8 western stories: i.e. Heritage of the Desert to Wildfire. Although reprinting rights to these books were granted to other UK publishers.

Harper & Bros, London - They reprinted several times over the years the first eight western novels but as far as I am aware never reprinted any of the other novels.

Thos Nelson & Sons, London - Produced reprints starting around the 1920s of the following books and continued to do so until the 1940s and possibly into the 1950s.

Heritage of the Desert Riders of the Purple Sage Desert Gold The Light of Western Stars The Lone Star Ranger The Rainbow Trail The Border Legion Wildfire Ken Ward in the Jungle The Young Forester The Young Lion Hunter

The early 1920s reprints are not very impressive books I believe they were produced and sold cheaply and the covers are dull blues, reds and greens which almost look dirty, with hand cut ragged edged pages. Later reprints were much smarter with machine cut pages. They are small in size, were probably designed to fit in the pocket and were undoubtedly popular. The early 1920s reprints are fairly easy to get hold of but without dust jackets.

Hamish Hamilton, London - Reprinted the following books from late 1940s to early 1950s. Spines of dust jackets were always white.

The Heritage of the Desert Riders of the Purple Sage Desert Gold The Light of Western Stars The Lone Star Ranger The Rainbow Trail The Border Legion Wildfire Tappan�fs Burro Under the Tonto Rim Nevada The Shepherd of Guadaloupe The Drift Fence Robbers�f Roost

Chivers Press, Bath - Reprinted the following books under the Firecrest label with quite vivid dust jackets.

Riders of the Purple Sage Desert Gold

1988 1990

I have not been able to discover if they reprinted any other titles around this time.

-- David Leeson

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