GREY, ZANE | A Pair of Titles Inscribed to His Wife, Dolly

Property from the Sporting and Travel Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

GREY, ZANE

A Pair of Titles Inscribed to His Wife, Dolly

Lot includes: Tales of Southern Rivers. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1924]. 8vo. Frontispiece, numerous photographic plates and in-text illustrations; minor toning. Half brown leather over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, marble endpapers; minor rubbing to extremities. First edition, deluxe copy, inscribed by Grey on the front free endpaper: "To Dolly | ideal mate for a | fisherman | Zane Grey." It is dated "Altadena | Calif- | Oct 20 1924". — Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. 4to. Frontispiece, numerous photographic plates and in-text illustrations; minor toning. Half green leather over cloth-covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, marbled endpapers; minor rubbing to extremities. First edition, one of a few copies specially bound for the author for presentation, inscribed by Grey on the front free endpaper: "To Dolly, my wife | who has always been my | greatest "fisherman" | Zane Grey". It is dated "Altadena, Sept 19, 1927". 

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While canoeing in 1900, Grey met Lina "Dolly" Roth, who was studying to be a schoolteacher. After a passionate and tumultuous courtship, Grey and Dolly married in 1905. Over the following decades, Dolly managed Grey's career and raised his children, while he was often away for months at a time. It was, in fact, Dolly's proofreading and copy editing, that helped Grey improve his writing early on in his career.