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[GREY, Zane (1872–1939), his copy]. –– HITCHCOCK, Ripley (1857–1918). The Louisiana Purchase and the Exploration, Early History and Building of the West. Boston: The Athenaeum Press for Ginn & Company, 1903.
8vo. Numerous plates, maps and in text illustrations. Original gilt–lettered olive cloth, stamped in black. Provenance: Zane Grey (embossed ownership stamp on ffep); see inscription.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS FRIEND ZANE GREY: “To my friend / Zane Grey / who has preserved / the romance of / the West / Ripley Hitchcock / Oct. 21, 1912”.