Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner. INSCRIBED BY STEGNER. First Edition

Gathering of Zion by Wallace Stegner. INSCRIBED BY STEGNER. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, (1964) "First Edition", stated with no statement of later printings. Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: First state dust jacket with $6.95 price. Wear and bumping to dj edges with some minor tears. 1/2" square chip at top of spine and 1/8" x 1/4" chip at bottom of the spine. There appears to be a grey soiling on the back panel. Now protected by a removable mylar dj cover. BOOK: INSCRIBED BY STEGNER: "For Bill Lane, with admiration for/ his effective interest in the/ West, Western history and/ Western problems./ Wallace Stegner" on the illustrated front endpaper. An association copy. Light sun-fading along the bottom edge of the cover. A few small white stains (totaling about 1") along the top of the back cover. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint.