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Variants of the First Editions:
Man of the Forest


The following information was generously provided by Stuart Wright, of the Zane Grey's West Society. This information is in order of printings, in his best estimation according to his research.


State #1a
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters A-U (January 1920)
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

State #1b
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters A-U (January 1920)
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

State #1c
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters A-U (January 1920)
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

State #2a
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters B-U (February 1920)
gZANE GREYh 2 cm long on spine

State #2b
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters B-U (February 1920)
gZANE GREYh 1.5 cm long on spine

State #3
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters C-U (March 1920)

State #4a
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters G-U (July 1920)
light green cloth
gZane Greyh on spine larger font
NOTE: Price on dust jacket has sticker placed over it saying $2.00 NET. Previous editions have price on spine of $1.90

State #4b
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters G-U (July 1920)
dark green cloth
Zane Grey on spine smaller font

State #5
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters H-U (August 1920)

State #6
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters M-U (December 1920)
NOTE: Price on spine has sticker over it which has been removed (may have said $2.00 NET or some other price.

State #7
Harper & Brothers, NY, copyright (1920), code letters C-V (March 1921)
NOTE: Rogers notes price on dj flap as $2.00. Price is $1.90 on spine and then marked out with $2.00 on copies examined.

Historical images of Zane Grey used with permission of Dr. Loren Grey