NY: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Decorated cloth. 265pp. Appendices. Index. Frontispiece. Presentation copy inscribed & signed on the h-t. "The biography of Ernest O. Thompson father of petroleum conservation." Spine faded but still vg copy in edgeworn dj & partially split back flap.
College Station, 1982. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to cloth. 243pp. Illustrated profusely with vintage photos. An excellent study on the subject. Back pages with some dampstain to upper fore edge. Some waviness to back pages. Wavy dj due to exposure; in Brodart protector. Good reading copy.
Norman: OU, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printings. Cloth. 349pp & 394pp. Illus. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Two volumes fine in vg publisher's slipcase with labels.
Santa Rosa: Monroe Press, 1982. First Thus. Soft cover. Fine reading / review copy of the 1st printing. Oblong ornate gilt-decorated wraps, 8.5" x 11". 45pp. Illus. Publisher's review letter laid in. A specific search for information on the Bucks and the highly publicized settlement of the estate following Beryl's.....
New York: Crowell, NY, 1950, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. 239pp. Illustrated with drawings by Kurt Werth. Warmly inscribed twice by Simpson to good friends, once in 1950 & again in 1991. The author uses vivid & colorful remembered dialogue about her father, Ted Robinson, who was an independent oil.....