Tappan's Burro and Other Stories
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition (so stated; "I-X"). Small 4to. Color illustrations by Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street. Original gilt stamped black cloth, upper cover with large color pictorial label. Color pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; minor signs of handling). Very good. 253 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Boldly signed by Zane Grey in his signatures purple ink on front free endpaper to his girlfriend/mistress Lillian Wilhelm who illustrated some of his other books: "Long Key - Florida, March 19, [19]24, To Lillian from Zane Grey."
Reviews
The lonely prospector with his faihthful companion, the lowly burro, receives the respect and admiration they so richly deserve in the title story in this collection of five short stories or novellas. The character of Tappan is your usual grizzled, haunted by the past, type; but his faithfulness and loyalty to his beloved partner more than makes up for the sterotype. Jenet, the burro, has a most prominent role in the story, and this story is as good as the ones ZG wrote about the lion dog, Don, or the wild stallion, Wildfire. The other stories in this collection are just as good, and these people come to life as only Zane Grey can make it happen. A solid group of tales of adventure ranging from the desert Southwest to the jungles of Central America. I recommend this book most highly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224926
- Title
- Tappan's Burro and Other Stories
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Illustrator
- Charles S. Chapman and Frank Street
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 253
- Size
- Small 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ZANE GREY
- Bookseller catalogs
- ZANE GREY;
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