Zane Grey's Stories of the West #30 File Copy (Dell/Gold Key, 1956) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $360.00

Sold: Apr 25, 2023

Zane Grey's Stories of the West #30 Values

Publisher: Dell, 1956

About Zane Grey's Stories of the West #30

"The Dude Ranger". Painted cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Dude Rancher

Pencils: ? (painting)

Inks: ? (painting)

Colors: ? (painting)

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Dude Rancher

Characters: Ernest Selby ["Ioway"]; Anne Hepford; Nebraskie Kemp; John Hepford; Bud Miller; Dude Hyslip

Synopsis: Uncle died, young Iowan Ernest Selby inherits the ranch in Arizona, where twenty thousand cattle have become only six thousand. To investigate, Ernest goes undercover, hiring on at his own ranch, as a greenhorn dude. He makes allies, enemies, and courts the thief foreman's daughter, Anne Hepford. Selby takes to cowboy life, persists in his investigation, and befriends Miss Hepford in her distress.

Pages: 27.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Albert Micale

Inks: Albert Micale

Letters: typeset

Notes: Adapts Zane Grey's novel "The Dude Ranger" first published as a serial novel beginning in the October 1930 issue of McCall's. Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 182, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Albert Micale art identification by David Porta (October 2013).

Title: The Wrath of Mehitabel

Characters: Mehitabel Rush ["Aunt Hetty"]; Red Hawk Joe; three train robbers

Synopsis: Red Hawk Joe collapses, tells spinster Aunt Hetty he witnessed three men rob a train, and they shot him. She tracks the robbers and puts an arrow in each one's arm.

Pages: 1.000

Letters: typeset

Title: The Charmed Life of Elfego Baca

Characters: Elfego Baca; McCarty; Mr. Perham; deputy Ross; Naranjo

Synopsis: Elfego Baca makes citizen's arrest of cowboy McCarty for shooting up the place, locks him in the jail at Frisco, New Mexico. foreman Perham of the Slaughter ranch where McCarty is a hand, demands his release. Baca refuses. A mob of eighty cowboys and ranchers ride on the little Latin-American settlement. Baca insists on taking the prisoner to the county seat in Soccoro, the mob lays siege a mud-plastered jacal, or shack, where Baca takes refuge. The thirty-three hour siege of bullets leaves Baca unharmed. Baca is twice acquitted of the shooting incident, and becomes a well-known lawyer.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils: Albert Micale

Inks: Albert Micale

Letters: typeset

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 190, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification and Albert Micale art identification by David Porta (October 2013).

Title: "The Cowboy is an athlete"

Synopsis: Cowboys must be hard-muscled, enduring, and have physical skills. Examples.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Letters: typeset

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 183, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).

Title: John Slaughter

Synopsis: Crime plagued Cochise County, so Tombstone drafted cattleman John Slaughter for sheriff. With deputy John Alovord he cleaned Cochise County of badmen

Pages: 1.000

Script: Gaylord Du Bois

Letters: typeset

Notes: Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 183, Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott. Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta (October 2013).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3

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