Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, Grosset & Dunlap Edition, circa 1940

Grey, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. A Novel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912 (1940s). Illustrated by Douglas Duer. Presented in full gray Moroccan leather with gilt tooling to front board, raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling to spine, new marbled endpaper, and a black slipcase with dust jacket illustration inlaid on the front.  Presented is a Grosset & Dunlap edition of Riders of the Purple Sage, from the early 1940s. Zane Grey’s best-known novel, Riders of the Purple Sage was originally published in 1912 by Harper & Brothers. Due to its popularity, it was reissued by New York publishers Grosset & Dunlap. It is presented here beautifully rebound, in full gray Moroccan leather with gilt tooling to front board, raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling to spine, new marbled endpaper, and a black slipcase with dust jacket illustration inlaid on the front.  At the time of first publication, the Western genre had just evolved away from the popular dime novels