lone tree von wilson harry leon (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo; green cloth. Ownership name writ large across blank after decorated front endpaper, else a very clean copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine dj. Illustrated by (dj) F.E. Warren (illustrator). First Edition. [nice clean copy, minor shelfwear, spine slightly turned; jacket has a tiny closed tear at the upper front hinge, otherwise clean and attractive with only a touch of edgewear]. A family's bucolic life on their remote ranch is upended when oil is discovered on their land, introducing them to the many complications of the nouveau riche. A late novel by this Illinois-born but mostly California-based writer (1867-1939), several of whose books were adapted for the movies (notably "Ruggles of Red Gap" and "Merton of the Movies"), but not this one.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Publisher's file copy so stamped on the topedge, and on the spine of the jacket, else about fine in very good or better R.S. Warren-designed dust jacket with a faint label shadow at the spine. An attractive copy of this comic novel, a precursor to *The Beverly Hillbillies* if you will, about a cattle rancher whose quiet life is interrupted by a gushing oil well, the accompanying wealth, and his families new-found pretensions.

Very Good (little scattered discoloration covers; contents clean & tight); few small chips d/j. 8vo., green cloth in dust jacket; 331 pages First Edition. Signed presentation by Wilson on half title-page: "To B.F. Hart: Don't know much about this one. Harry Leon Wilson.".

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Harry Leon Wilson's novel about oil being struck on an American ranch, and the events which consequently unfold. The first edition, first printing.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The work of American novelist Harry Leon Wilson, known for helping to popularise the term 'flapper' in his novel 'Bunker Bean'.A thrilling American novel, in which ranchman Ben Carcross's life is thrown into disarray when oil is struck on his property. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with instances of fading to back strip. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with loss to back strip head, and significant loss to back strip tail. Rubbing and minor closed tears to fold of front flyleaf. Significant tape repairs to dust wrapper back strip reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.