The Doomed Oasis

N.Y.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1960. 1st American Edition, Fine copy in dust jacket, not price clipped, ($3.95 price intact), with protective mylar cover. A sweeping adventure set in the Arabian Desert, where the shadow of British colonialism threatens to destroy a father and son. Three years ago, nineteen-year-old David Thomas beat his father to death. Actually,… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1960 Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, New York. 1960. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good; missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips; else Near Fine. Green grained boards and spine with bright… Read more about this item

American hardcover edition, published by Knopf, 1960. Aubrey George Grant is a Welsh lawyer, while on a business trip in the Middle East he finds himself caught up in a violent struggle over a newly discovered oil field. 310 pages, beige and green colored boards, 5-7/8" X 8-1/2" The dust jacket is intact, though it… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960-06-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover, Stated First American Edition Alfred Knopf 341 pages. Near Fine, in a VG DJ. just a touch of shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with black titles on a gold and silver foil background - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear to unclipped DJ - now in… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1960. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 15s. No inscriptions. Edges slightly dusty, jacket bright and clean. A near fine copy. A gripping novel set in the punishing 'Empty Quarter' of the Arabian gulf; the largest sand desert on the planet.

London: Collins, 1960. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. London: Collins, 1960. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean black cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 320 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has very tiny shallow… Read more about this item

Collins, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed, 1st impression (true first). 320pp. Black cloth boards (sharp and strong) with gilt titles to spine. Mild toning to text block edge, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (price-clipped,… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First American Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth with with black titles on silver and gold background on spine. A near fine copy in a very good dustjacket which shows moderate wear to extremities. ; Octavo.

London: Collins. 16mo (printer's signatures each 16 leaves). Previous ownership details on the front free endpaper. Minor wear to the protected dust jacket, not price clipped. Thriller set in Arabia. . Fine. Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. 1960.

London: Collins, 1960. A first edition published in hardcover. Jacket has a Mylar covering. There is some wearing on the jacket particularly towards the upper edges. The jacket has been price clipped. The front pastedown is beginning to tear at the spine slightly. The page block is slightly tanned and scored. The pages in the main body remain clean and… Read more about this item

The Companion Book Club, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1960. No Edition Remarks. 287 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner… Read more about this item

NY: Dell, 1962. 1st printing, Apr. 1963; #2133. Cover art by Kenneth Thompson. Mild spine creasing; note in pen on first page; mild tanning.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.

New York, New York: Dell Publishing, 1963. MMPB. Very Good. First Thus Arabian thriller on Dell 2133 with design by Vincent D. Miranda. Minor stress mark to spine exterior though binding remains strong. Only basic wear in places otherwise. Nice, clean copy. Teal dyed page edges. Kept in poly sleeve for protection. Packed and shipped with care.

London: Collins, 1960. First Edition. First printing Near fine, In a very good+ dust jacket lightly worn at the upper spine corners and a small closed tear at the upper front panel and corner.

London- UK: Collins, 1960. THE DOOMED OASIS- Hammond Innes- Collins- London- UK- 1960- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:- VG++/VG+- dj has nicks and chips on foot and head of spine- ex-library no pocket two stamps- 320pp clean, no tears or writing- small x on ffep- one smudge on page edges- "The story is about a quiet Welsh Solicitor who goes to… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First am. Near fine in very good plus dustwrapper. Clean cloth covers are gold stamped cloth spine, heavily chipped dustwrapper edges and flaps, clean text. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards.… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is:… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.