RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE,  1ST Grosset & Dunlap edition with code letters L-N -battered type [ DEC 1913 per the Harper coding scheme.], a fairly scare book.   Ad pages at end: p.1 J. London; p2. Bower novels p3: 11 ZG titles: LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS is the first title listed.  A GOOD RESTORED BOOK ( hinges were repaired), WITH SPOT STAINS, MINOR CHIPS, and a previous owner’s gift inscription on the first free end page. Four interior illustrations by Douglas Durer. IN A LATER ORIGINAL 1922 Durer DUST JACKET.

Zane Grey's most famous novel, considered a top western classic. This book has been made into popular movies five times from 1918 to 1996.   

A picturesque romance of Utah of some [many] years ago, when Mormon authority ruled unquestioned in the land.  Jane Withersteen becomes a rich woman at the death of her Mormon father.  Although she is passionately devoted to her faith, she refuses to bend her shoulders to the yoke that is ready for her, and we are permitted to see the methods which the invisible hand of the Church employs to break her will.  She has two good friends young Venters, a rider on her range, and Lassiter, who comes out of the North bearing a name that spells horror to all Mormon villages.  A daring cattle thief enters into the tale, and a new love interest develops with the revelation of the identity of his "masked rider."  -from dustjacket