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GREY, Zane P. (1872-1939). Betty Zane. New York: Charles Francis Press, [1903].
8vo. 6 plates including frontispiece after drawings by Grey. Original pictorial grey cloth decorated in brown, yellow and maroon, gilt-lettered spine, uncut (small spot of rubbing on upper cover and at extreme ends.
FIRST EDITION, of Grey’s first book, before he dropped his middle initial “P” for Pearl (his birth name). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY GREY’S WIFE, DOLLY, TO THEIR YOUNGEST SON, LOREN GREY: “This is a first edition of the first book your father ever wrote. He paid for the publishing himself. Later a legitimate publisher took it, and it is still flourishing. Indeed, from its proceeds we might have eked out our food for many years! But not at present prices! Love Mother”. Myers, p. 3.