CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

Autograph Letter Signed ("Walter Van Tilburg Clark") to Westley S. Hartley, in response to the latter's question regarding the value of his education to him as a writer.

San Francisco, december 16, [1957]. 4to. 2 pp page, on rectos of two leaves. Fine, with accompanying envelope.
¶ Hartley's query: "How important ... was [your] high school education, and is college experience necessary for creative writing?" elicits a lengthy and thoughtful response from the author of THE OX-BOW INCIDENT. "No later time, it seems to me, is likely to be as vivid or emotionally as important to anyone as his growing up years - perhaps most of all the high school years. How much they meant to me can be gathered ... from reading, say, the first half of my second novel THE CITY OF TREMBLING LEAVES ... " Clark, who also taught high school English, continues with reflections on how much his teaching experience meant to him: "I learned more about people, then, I think, than in any other comparable period ... And certainly I learned, at that time, to understand a great deal about myself at the same age which I hadn't understood before." Clark emphasizes the importance to him of the West: "Also, the time I was in school & college too, made the west my country, particularly the mountain deserts of Nevade & the ocean shores of California ... It is as important, I think, for writing, to know and love place as it is to know and love people ... Any country, any people, as long as you love them long enough to forgive them anything as long as they are themselves ... As you would guess from this, a kind of experience at least as important to me as any in school, has been wandering around in desert and mountain scenery ... " Clark doubts the college experience is necessary. "One can come at writing in all sorts of ways if he has enough imagination and enough curiosity and if he tries steadily enough to understand what's going on around him ... "

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 24171

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

Christmas Comes to Hjalsen

Carson City, NV, Great Basin Publishing. 1998. Ill.: John Balkwill. Reprint. Paper covers. 25 pp. A clean, attractive copy. Very Good.

-- Magic Carpet Books

Book number: 005238

Catalogue: Literature & General Fiction

Keywords: Christmas, Lake Tahoe John Balkwill

WALTER VAN TILBURG CLARK

La Citta’ Delle Foglie Tremanti

Einaudi, 1948. Condizioni: piu’ che buone causa abrasione del retrosovraccoperta, per il resto ottimo, pagine 702.copertina rigida telata editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori.

-- Studio bibliografico Marylibri

Book number: W2431-7295

Catalogue: Romanzi

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

The City of Trembling Leaves

New York, Random House, 1945. First Printing. Hardcover, Very Good/Very Good. Book 690pgs.Light green-beigne cloth. Gilt lettering. Light fading to spine, crease on lower edge of spine. upper corner of rear panel has a tear. otherwise an unmarked, near fine copy. Unclipped jacket has color mountain scene with tree in foreground, by George Salter. Front panel, with exception of edgewear on extremities is beautiful. Spine is darkedned with clear tape reinforcement across the edges.

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Book number: 105364

Keywords: American Fiction Forties

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The City of Trembling Leaves

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition. 8mo light beige cloth. Very good +, one corner slightly bumped; The title comes from the presence of Aspen trees on a street in Reno, Nevada and is a story of this town by one of the pioneer writers of the State of Nevada whose book, "The Ox-bow Incident" was a bestseller and a film; 690 pp. pages. No d/j .

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Book number: 12464

Catalogue: Novel

Keywords: Nevada Reno Aspen Trees Court Street Novel Fiction Story Literature Narrative

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

The City of Trembling Leaves.

New York, Popular Library, 1945. Fourth Printing 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ tall, Mass Market Paperback Good Wraps have light edgewear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 047786B

Keywords: Fiction Literature

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

The City of Trembling Leaves.

Garden City NY, The Sun Dial Press, 1946. Reprint Edition (ISBN: none) 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall, Hard Cover Good/No Jacket. By the author of "The Ox Bow Incident." Blue boards have light wear, very sunned on spine cover and edges. Small stain on page edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 212350

Keywords: NOISBN FICTION NOVEL

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

The City of Trembling Leaves.

New York, Random House, 1945. First Printing 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall, Hard Cover Good/No Jacket. Tan cloth boards have light wear, slight discoloration. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 003477A

Keywords: Fiction novel

CLARK, TILBURG WALTER VAN,

The Ox-bow Incident.

New York, Time Inc., 1962. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall, Soft Cover Good/No Jacket. Cover slightly scuffed with slightly worn edges. Cover browning. Spine creased. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.

-- Top Notch Books

Book number: 213935

Keywords: Fiction

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

The Ox-Bow Incident.

New York, Classics of Old West Bomc, 1992. Book Club. Hardcover., Vg/Vg. Pages: 309.

-- Vintage Books

Book number: MASTER164489I

Catalogue: Child

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

THE OX-BOW INCIDENT.

Clark, Walter van Tilburg. THE OX-BOW INCIDENT. New York: Random House, c1940. First Printing. 309pp. 8vo. Inside gutters toned, faint darkening of spine with minor discoloration in outside gutters, else fine bright copy with no signs of wear in VG+ dust jacket (tip folds chipped, chipping with minor loss of paper on upper and lower edges of spine panel)

-- Columbia Books ABAA/ILAB

Book number: 2200

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

New York, The Press of the Readers Club (1942).. Reprint. Green cloth. xi, 287 pp. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Inscribed by the author. No dust jacket. Some wear to binding, including bump to upper board. Corner torn from front free endpaper. Contents solid. Good.

-- Magic Carpet Books

Book number: 006519

Catalogue: Nevada

Keywords: The West, Frontier Justice, Mob Justice, Hanging

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The ox-bow incident

London, Penguin, 1950. VG- paperback. 1st Penguin ed. Orange & White Penguin no.776. Pages a little browned; cover rather soiled..

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Book number: BOOKS096982I

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

, Time Inc. 1962, Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine.

-- Catherine O'Toole, Bookseller

Book number: 010764

Catalogue: Fiction

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

New York, Random House. 1940. Cloth. Book, This is a fifth-printing of the book which was later made into the film starring Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, and Anthony Quinn, directed by William A. Wellman. It is inscribed to Stanley A. Maxson and signed by Walter V. T. Clark, dated May 23, 1941. The DJ is protected in a Brodart cover but has corners clipped (but NOT price-clipped), heavily chipped at spine and edges/corners. A few small bent page corners. Pictures will be sent upon request. Includes a newspaper article about the release of his second book. Condition: Very Good/Fair. Signed by Author(s).

-- Defunct Books

Book number: 002403

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

Signet Books. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0451518926. CP124.. VG .

-- David Harris

Book number: 47082

Keywords: 0451518926 Classic

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG.

The Ox-Bow Incident.

New York: Random House, 1940. - Octavo, cream buckram titled in gilt & blue on the spine in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. The spine & extremities are darkened & there is some staining to the joints. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with short tears & small pieces out. There is some foxing & staining to the rear panel & flap. Half-title, title & 309 pages. The gutters are darkened. Good. "Second printing before publication".

-- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Book number: 18718

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; American Literature; Twentieth Century; 20th Century; Fiction; Western Fiction; West; Novel; the Oxbow Incident; Walter Van Tilburg Clark.

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

Random House, 1940. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ex-library with typical marks, the cloth has some soiling and wear to tips. Pages are tanned; previous owner's name on ffep. Front hinge cracked but a solid book. It is signed by Clark, dated Sept. 25 1940 on the ffep; a library stamp about an inch above the signature. A couple pieces of the jacket are glued inside. Stated first printing.

-- Easy Chair Books

Book number: 099242

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction;

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

Time, 1962. 310 pp. Paperback. Creased and cocked spine, else good.

-- Windows Booksellers

Book number: 379117

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG.

The Ox-Bow Incident.

New York:, Random House,, 1940. First edition, 2nd printing before publication. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4. Beige cloth with spine title. Very good except for bottom edge stains in a chipped dust jacket missing small piece at head of spine.

-- Sun Mountain Books

Book number: 1402

Catalogue: Nevada

Keywords: (Nevada/ Fiction)

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

Signet, 1960. Softcover. Good. Size: Mass Market. CP124; 17th printing. Moderate wear to covers; stamp inside front cover; clean text; solid book. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight.

-- Easy Chair Books

Book number: 057748

Catalogue: Fiction-Western

Keywords: Fiction-Western;

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

THE OX-BOW INCIDENT.

Strato, Oadby, Leicester, ND, paperback, 48pp, coloured ills. throughout, stapled coloured pictorial paper wrappers, magazine format about 10 x 7 inches, in the Classics Illustrated series, No. 125 (HRN 153), text in English, printed in Republic of Ireland, cover price 1/3, a little rubbed at extrems., light staining to inside upper wrapper, creasing to wrappers with nicks to fore-edge, pages tanned, fair,

-- A Book for all Reasons

Book number: 38887

Catalogue: Children's and Illustrated

Keywords: children's juvenile classics illustrated comic strip

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG

The Ox-Bow Incident

GB, Corgi (Transworld). 1959, 1st Thus. Paperback. SW720. 2/6. G++.

-- Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)

Book number: Corgi 0720

Catalogue: Corgi

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG; WEBB, WALTER PRESCOTT (AFTERWORD).

The Ox-bow Incident.

New American Library, New York: 1960. Softcover. reading copy. This is a searing study of mob justice. The story takes place in the Old West, but it could happen anywhere, anytime that men of action let their anger goad them into taking the law into their own hands. Published in 1940, this powerful narrative was immediately hailed as a work of art.
¶ 224 pages.

-- Ad Infinitum Books

Book number: 10628X2

Catalogue: FICTION

Keywords: ( Mobs Justice West Laws ).

CLARK, WALTER VAN TILBURG,

The Ox-Bow Incident

NY, Random House, 1940. 2nd Printing Before Publication. Hardcover. Book (wish someone could tell me what '2nd ed before publication' means) Nice engraving tipped onto the front endpaper covers a blemish in the paper from an earlier label now removed. The blank preliminary page that follows the endpaper has been glued to the front endpaper so that they seem like one page. The book is otherwise near fine, with an excellent text block. just a hint of even aging to the spine strip. Inscribed and dated by Clark on the front endpaper.

-- The Better Book Getter

Book number: 017862

Catalogue: First Edition

Keywords: Signed First Edition