Search Results: oasis by willard robertson

J.B. Lippincott, 1944. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Ex-library with typical marks, light wear; pages are tanned; a good sound book. The jacket is creased and discolored; wrapped; taped inside; tape stains on book and jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 155813. .

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1944-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Missing. J.B. Lippincott Company [Published Date: 1944]. Hardcover, 220 pp. Second Impression. In good condition/ Missing dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering and stars on front and gold lettering on spine. Bumping, scuffing and fading to edges of covers and spine and light overall soiling to covers as well. Spine has a few thin cracks but binding is still intact. Previous owner's (attractive) bookplate on front free end paper and name in ink on front paste-down. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A colorful and romantic story of a few people who meet and live near a healing desert spring. The story within a story is mainly about the Fraziers, the sole inhabitants of an isolated desert oasis watered by an underground river. It is here that family friend and famous painter of desert scenes, Galen Andrews, tells the story of Frazier to his chauffeur, Croy, who is the first… Read More

This is a first edition, in the beautiful desert mountain scene jacket, of well-known actor Willard Robertson's Western novel.  This guy made 147 movies and still found time to write best sellers.  This copy's jacket benefits from being mylar wrapped, while the interior rental marks are unfortunate.  Good price, though.
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding, sharp corners, and a touch of overall wear. "Castro Circulating Library" plate tipped on to front free endpage ("This book rents for 10 cents for 7 days") . Unclipped dust jacket has light wear and a few small chips but is mostly fresh and bright. A story set in the California desert, by the author of "Moon Tide. " 8vo. 220 pp. In protective Mylar. .