Search Results: spindletop by james a clark

NY: Random House. "First Printing" stated on the copyright page. Also has the special "Beaumont Edition" page stating that: "This book is one of a limited printing produced especially for sale in Beaumont, Texas .etc." In good conditon. the front inside joint is cracked - but all is tight. Map endpapers. light to medium wear to covers. Scarce in this editon in any condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall . Good Used. Orange Black Cloth Hardback. 1952.

Random. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Exlibrary with usual library markings. Some cover wear. ; 306 pages .

Random, 1952-01-01. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Inscribed by Clark on ffep. The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Wear & light soiling on edges of text block. Pages toning with age, otherwise Text and images unmarked.

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9, 306 pgs, index, b&w photos and illustrations, mapped endsheets. The true story of the oil discovery that changed the world. Signed by both authors.

New York: Random House, 1952. Book. VG-. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback book bound in black and orange pictorial cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title on spine. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS to former owner on front end page. Light shelf wear to edges of the book. 306 pages, Index, black and white photos, map end pages. .

New York: Random House, 1952 306pp. Spine ends are lightly bumped. Tips are lightly rubbed. Spine is a bit shaken. Text is unmarked. Jacket has chipping, light creases, small tears along the edges. Edges of jacket are missing pieces. Spine panel and flap folds are sunned. Jacket has light soiling.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair Jacket.

Random House, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.95 price intact). Published by Random House, 1952. Octavo. Pictorial boards with cartographic endpapers and black topstain. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners, binding tight and pages crisp. Spine lean. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear and small nicks/tears. Book placed in custom acetate protector. 305 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. First Printing stated, no additional printings; 8vo, illustrated cloth boards; good+ (cocked; boards rubbed; top corner of rear board bumped and crimped; gilt lettering on spine rubbed; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners worn; white mark on dyed top edge; black dye on top edge rubbed and worn; edges, eps, and pages toned; pastedowns and eps browned at hinges due to glue used; broken rear hinge) in good+ dj (panels rubbed, worn, and toned; front panel scraped; rear panel soiled; spine sunfaded; edges crimped, creased, bumped, worn, toned, and chipped);

SPINDLETOP, Random House, 1952, first edition, a vg copy in pictorial cloth. Illustrated with photos. SIGNED by both authors. Among the first oil gushers struck and the birth of Texas oil.

Random House, 1952-01-01. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Signed by Author. Signed by Clark and Halbouty on the FFEP. The binding is tight, bottom corner of back panel is lightly bumped. Text and images are unmarked, though pgs. 151 to 164 show some yellowing in the gutters from a long lost bookmark. Top stain is clean. Gift inscription on the FFEP. Previous owner has stamped their name at the top of both pastedowns and end papers. The illustrated dust jacket shows some handling, chipping and loss at the head and tail of spine and corners of wraps, edge wear, light soiling, unclipped, in a mylar cover.

New York: Random House. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Small Tear at Front Top Edge/Price Clipped/Gift Inscription/Owner Inscription/1St Edition, 4Th Printing. .

NY: Random House; (1952). Special Edition . Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Small owner's stamp on endpapers; otherwise a fresh, crisp copy. The jacket has small chips at spine ends, and a little wear at edges. "Special Edition" stated on the copyright page. The second front endpaper states: "This special edition was printed exclusively for Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. to commemorate the christening of their floating drilling vessel the Spindletop. The vessel was christened on February 2, 1968, at Orange, Texas, by Mrs. W. H. Helmerich." At the bottom of the front panel of the jacket is printed: "Christening Edition February 2, 1968".

Random House, 1952. Hard cover. Fair/Fair. Jacket spine is sunned. Jacket edges are worn. Jacket is tanned. Spine is shaken, but secure. Text block tanned and lower corner is water stained. Back end leaf has an article inserted titled, "Boom Town on a University Campus" by Leon Hale from 1977. Article has left a stain on the end leaf. Inside is tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

New York: Random House, 1952. Book. VG-. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardback book bound in black and orange pictorial cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title on spine. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS to former owner on front end page. Light shelf wear to edges of the book and the dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart jacket cover. 306 pages, Index, black and white photos, map end pages. .

New York: Random House. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Small Tear at Front Top Edge/Price Clipped/Gift Inscription/Owner Inscription/1St Edition, 4Th Printing. .

Random House, 1952. First edition, first printing. Near fine to fine in very good dust jacket with a one-half inch chip to upper spine and a few additional shallow chips in mylar cover..

USA: RANDOM HOUSE, 1952. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. USA: RANDOM HOUSE, 1952. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. USA: RANDOM HOUSE, 1952. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. USA: RANDOM HOUSE, 1952. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. Random House 1952. Book Condition: near fine, DJ: Very Good+. 1st edtion, 2nd Printing. Considered the best book written about Spindletop, and the oil discovery that changed the World! Illustrated with photographs, and an area map on the endpapers. Book in great shape, with crisp clean pages, unclipped dust jacket and no markings throughout book, mylar cover, not remaindered, not ex-library, very collectible. L238

NY: Random House; (1952). First Edition . Hardcover. Stated first edition, very good+ in a very good- dust jacket. Corners are slightly bumped; page edges are a little darkened. The jacket has chips at corners and spine ends, with some loss to Clark's name at the top of the jacket spine. The jacket also has a long tear along the front edge where the spine meets the cover. The jacket is encased in a protector and looks reasonably nice. $3.95 price present on jacket flap, includes map endpapers, illustrations, appendices, and an index; 306 pages. Signed by both authors on a blank tipped in page behind the front endpaper. "The true story of the oil discovery that changed the world.

New York: Random House, 1952. xvi, 306pp, 16pp b/w photos, two appendices. Fore-edge foxed. Upper edge tinted. Illustrated boards in dust-jacket. The true story of the 1901 discovery of oil in Texas that changed the world.. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York. : Random House. , 1952. 2nd printing. . Pictorial orange and brown cloth, gilt spine title, top edge stained black. . Very good in a very good dustjacket. . 23.5x15 cm. . Signed by James A. Clark on the ffep.