Lone Tree

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean copy, minor shelfwear, spine slightly turned; jacket has a tiny closed tear at the upper front hinge, otherwise clean and attractive with only a touch of edgewear]. A family's bucolic life on their remote ranch is upended when oil is discovered on their land, introducing them to the many complications of the nouveau riche. A late novel by this Illinois-born but mostly California-based writer (1867-1939), several of whose books were adapted for the movies (notably "Ruggles of Red Gap" and "Merton of the Movies"), but not this one. .