[GREY, Zane (1872?1939), his copy]. ?? HITCHCOCK, Ripley (1857?1918). The Louisiana Purchase and the Exploration, Early History and Building of the West. Boston: The Athenaeum Press for Ginn & Company, 1903. 8vo. Numerous plates, maps and in text illustrations. Original gilt?lettered olive cloth, stamped in black. Provenance: Zane Grey (embossed ownership stamp on ffep); see inscription. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HIS FRIEND ZANE GREY: ?To my friend / Zane Grey / who has preserved / the romance of / the West / Ripley Hitchcock / Oct. 21, 1912?.