Norman: University of Oklahoma Press; (1973). First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated third printing on both book and jacket, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. Date (June16, 1974) in ink at top of front endpaper. The price clipped jacket has a little edgewear and one short, closed tear at the top of the front panel. The spine is sunned from red to orange. A biography of Oklahoma oil tycoon E. W. Marland, whose mansion in Ponca City is still a showplace. Includes drawings (and frontispice portrait of Marland) by J. Craig Sheppard; 259 pages.

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Bookseller: Tulsa Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 024149
Title: Life and Death of an Oilman: The Career of E.W. Marland
Author: Mathews, John Joseph
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; (1973)
Place of Publication: Norman
Bookseller catalogs: Oil Industry;

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