The Drift Fence
by GREY, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
-
Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First English edition (so stated; "First published 1933"). Octavo. Dust jacket (unclipped; few tears and stains). Good-very good. 319 pages. Uncommon. Signed and inscribed by Zane Grey to Lola Gornall on the front free endpaper in his signature purple ink: "First Book - To Lola from Zane." We assume that "first book" refers to the first book Grey presented and inscribed to Lola when they first connected. Zane Grey first met Lola Gornall, a poet living in Australia in April 1933. Between 1934 and 1938 Grey sent her over 500 letters. When they finally met the sparks flew. See Pauly, pages 301, 306, 307 for the details.
Reviews
On Feb 1 2021, a reader said:
This novel and its companion work, The Hash Knife Outfit, need to be read together to get the full effect of what Zane Grey was trying to depict. Be sure to read this one first. This is another Tonto Basin story, based in fact, told with the excitement and language inflictions only Zane Grey could tell. The embodiment of the story is this: Jim Traft had never been west. He didn't know cattle. But his uncle makes him foreman of the Diamond ranch. Molly Dunn, the sister of the fastest gunfighter in the Tonto, Slinger Dunn, who by the way, threatens to hang Jim Traft's hide on the drift fence being built, falls in love with Jim. This is their story, of how Jim Traft earned the respect of his cowboys, fought to save the ranch from rustlers, and win Molly Dunn. I highly recommend it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 304117
- Title
- The Drift Fence
- Author
- GREY, Zane
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- ZANE GREY;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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- Octavo
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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