The Thundering Herd
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Musson Book Company Ltd.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. ©1925. Hardcover. 400 p. 19 cm. Copyright date only. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A bit of wear to the corners, with one lightly bumped. Text block edges have some soiling. Former owner's name, date (1929) , and notation on the front free endpaper. Otherwise, inside pages clean and bright. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Dustjacket has edge wear and tears, with chipping at the spine ends that affects the title and publisher's name. Spine lightly faded. Rear white panel is soiled. Front flap has a crease. Not price clipped ($2.00). A Canadian edition of a Zane Grey novel. Cover art by Frank Street. .
Reviews
On Apr 12 2020, a reader said:
The Thundering Herd was the first book Zane Grey ever submitted to a publisher without his wife's editorial opinion of the work, or her "touching up" of the final draft. Undoubtedly she was the reason his work was so appreciated and adored by the women of the era. Case in point: This book was first published in The Ladie's Home Journal as a serial, even with all of the blood and gore and the vivid descriptive imagery Zane Grey was known to possess. To us today it seems amazing such a magazine would publish such a book, yet that is the power, the talent Zane Grey had to enthrall and entertain his readership; they couldn't get enough. Thundering Herd is the story of the buffalo and of their near extinction when hide hunters swarmed the plains killing them by the tens of thousands, and at the same time helping to eliminate the Indians by killing their food supply. This book pays homage to the buffalo. The hero, Tom Doan and the heroine Milly Fayre have a rather unique relationship in this book, and Milly's story is the most interesting. I encourage you to get this book and read it. It's worth the price. And these Walter J. Black editions will last a life time. P.S. There is an unexpurgated version, Buffalo Stampede, available, but if you can't afford it this one will certainly do.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 377
- Title
- The Thundering Herd
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Musson Book Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- ©1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...