Warlock
by Hall, Oakley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Bradford, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A famous Western novel that was soon made into a movie starring Henry Fonda, this is "the story of a lonely marshal who was as much outside the law as the terrorists he was hired to destroy, and of the town he tried to rid of violence." The book is in VG condition, slightly age-spotted on the outer edges but with only marginal yellowing of the pages. The spine is tight and the pages are unmarked. The dust jacket is in G condition, price clipped and with heavy edge wear. There is one closed tear of 15mm at the top of the front of the dj, but the overall cover is glossy and clear. The DJ states this is the second printing of the first edition. This book will make a nice addition to a collection of Western literature! 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Oakley Hall was born in 1920 in San Diego and grew up there and in Honolulu, where his mother moved after his parents’ divorce. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Hall joined the Marine Corps and was stationed in the Pacific during the Second World War. Following the war, and with the aid of the GI Bill, he continued his studies in France, Switzerland, and England, returning to the US to receive an MFAin creative writing from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Hall published his first book, Murder City , in 1949 and his most recent, Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots , in 2005. In between he wrote more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels The Downhill Racers, Separations , and Warlock , which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1958; a libretto for the opera based on Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose ; and two guides to writing fiction. Hall was director of the writing program at the University of California, Irvine for twenty years and, in 1969, co-founded the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, an annual writers’ conference. Among his many honors are lifetime achievment awards from thePEN Center USA and the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Oakley Hall lives in San Francisco. Robert Stone was born in Brooklyn in 1937. He is the author of seven novels: A Hall of Mirrors, the National Book Award–winning Dog Soldiers, A Flag for Sunrise, Children of Light, Outerbridge Reach, Damascus Gate, and Bay of Souls . He has also written short stories, essays, and screenplays, and published a short story collection, Bear and His Daughter , which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City and in Key West, Florida.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Star Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006851
- Title
- Warlock
- Author
- Hall, Oakley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1958
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About the Seller
Star Cat Books
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Bradford, Vermont
About Star Cat Books
New & gently used books, specializing in children's and science fiction. Good selection of general fiction, nonfiction, cooking, art, biography & autobiography, mystery, and religion.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Edges
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- G
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
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