Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912. Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1912. First Edition, First Printing with "Published, January, 1912" on copyright page and date in Roman numerals on title page. Octavo; publisher's tan cloth stamped in brown and gilt, color pictorial paste-on to upper cover; [8],334pp.; frontispiece and three leaves of plates (collated complete). Moderate wear and bumping to cloth margins, spine gilt dulled, split across spine crown affecting text, front hinge cracked and rear free endpaper neatly removed; overall Good to Very Good.

A cornerstone Western novel, five times adapted for the screen, in 1918, 1925, 1931, 1941, and 1996.