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Woolaroc
by Joe Williams
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0962909505
- ISBN 13
- 9780962909504
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Bartlesville, OK: Frank Phillips Foundation, 1991 Frank Phillips Foundation, Bartlesville, OK. 1991. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Indian rug motif for endpapers. 192 pp Folio. In the early 1920s, Woolaroc was the ranch retreat for Frank Phillips, the founder of Phillips Petroleum Company. The 3600 acre was the showplace for industrialists, politicians, bankers, and the crust of society. Woolaroc offers premier Indian and Western museum, the Frank Phillips Lodge, a nature trail, picnic grounds, a petting zoo, and hundreds of wild animals that roam the grounds. This book provides a glimpse of its grandeur. A clean very presentable copy. No International Shipping.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013524
- Title
- Woolaroc
- Author
- Joe Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0962909505
- ISBN 13
- 9780962909504
- Publisher
- Frank Phillips Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Bartlesville, OK
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- Oklahoma History, Bartlesville Oklahoma History, Phillips Petroleum Company, Frank Phillips, Woolaroc, Frank Phillips Ranch, Western Art Museum, Indian Life, Oklahoma Indian Tribes, Buffalo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Oklahoma Related; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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