The Western Motion-Picture
signed first edition
1984 · Los Angeles
by GREY, ZANE
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1984. First Edition. Number 9 of 25 numbered copies, printed on Fabriano Roma. With a tipped in artist proof, signed by D'Ambrosio, of a portrait of Zane Grey. With a tipped in canceled check from Zane Grey dated October 17, 1930, payable to George Long in the amount of $148.87, and signed in full “Zane Grey” from a joint account with his wife Lina Elise Grey at The Altadena National Bank in Altadena, CA. Fine fresh condition of the first publication printed at Arundel Press by Harry Reese of Turkey Press. An essay by noted Western author Zane Grey about the great American love affair with the western experience. This from the introduction by Raymund A. Paredes: “’The Western Motion-Picture,’ which appeared in Modern Screen for September 24, 1932, reveals Grey’s fine sense of popular taste. Like most extremely successful writers, he knew - perhaps intuitively - what the American people wanted: the outdoors, excitement, love, conflict, and finally, inevitably, the triumph of virtue.” (Inventory #: 22156E)