For your consideration this lot includes a Collection of First Edition Zane Grey Books including, "The Desert of Wheat", "The Heritage of the Desert", "Riders of the Purple Sage", "To The Last Man", and, "Valley of Wild Horses". Pearl Zane Grey (1872–1939) was an American author known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American Frontier. In addition to the success of his printed works, his books have second lives and continuing influence adapted for films and television. His novels and short stories were adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a 1950s television series, "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre". Zane Grey was a major force in shaping the myths of the Old West; his books and stories were adapted into other media, such as film and TV productions. He was the author of more than 90 books, some published posthumously or based on serials originally published in magazines. Erie Stanley Gardner, prolific author of mystery novels and the Perry Mason series said of Grey, "...he had the knack of tying his characters into the land, and the land into the story. There were other Western writers who had fast and furious action, but Zane Grey was the one who could make the action not only convincing but inevitable, and somehow you got the impression that the bigness of the country generated a bigness of character." These books are in amazingly good condition. Covers exhibit scuffing to edges, intact pages have age tanning and foxing throughout. Measurements each average 5"W x 7.5"L x 1.5"D, total weight 4lb, 8oz.