The Lone Ranger and Tonto

Fran Striker

Grosset & Dunlap, New York

1940

First Grosset & Dunlap edition (1940)

Illustrated by Paul Laune

Small prior ownership notation to the front free endpaper. Light, even cover wear consistent with age, with minor rubbing at the extremities. Binding is firm and square. Pages are clean and unmarked, with no writing beyond the noted ownership. Interior illustrations remain crisp. Overall an excellent, well-preserved copy for a 1940 juvenile adventure title.

Hardcover bound in tan textured cloth with red stamped lettering and pictorial motif to the front cover and spine. Top edge tinted red. Illustrated throughout, including full-page black-and-white plates and decorative red-toned illustrated endpapers by Paul Laune. Copyright page states “Copyright, 1940, by The Lone Ranger, Inc.” and “Printed in the United States of America.” Issued without a dust jacket. Solid Grosset & Dunlap wartime production with clean typography and sturdy binding.

Published at the height of The Lone Ranger’s radio popularity, this volume captures the character at peak cultural saturation, translating the famous broadcasts into episodic prose adventures. Fran Striker, the original creator and principal writer of the radio series, brings canonical authenticity to the stories, while Paul Laune’s illustrations add dramatic visual flair. Early Lone Ranger books in strong condition remain desirable artifacts of Golden Age American radio and juvenile adventure publishing.

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