Oasis
by Willard Robertson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Missing
- Seller
-
Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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About This Item
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 person protagonist of our story. Frazier, a bitter ex-marine with a bullet wound, arrives at the oasis and falls in love with the desert and the unusual people that he encounters. There's also a blossoming romance and a search for hidden treasure. Willard Robertson (1886 - 1948), in addition to being a writer, was a prolific character actor who appeared in 147 films between 1924 and 1948. He began his career as a lawyer, but with a strong interest in writing and acting that led him to switch careers. In the early 1920s, two of his plays were adapted into films. As a writer, he is best known for the novel Moon Tide (1940) which was turned into the noir thriller Moontide (1942).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Epilonian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20210128002
- Title
- Oasis
- Author
- Willard Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Date Published
- 1944-01-01
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature
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Manhattan Beach, California
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