The oracle at Stoneleigh Court : stories / Peter Taylor.

Author/creator Taylor, Peter
Other author Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994, inscriber.
Other author Wright, Stuart, 1948- former owner.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, ©1993.
Description323 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents The oracle at Stoneleigh Court -- Demons -- The witch of Owl Mountain Springs: an account of her remarkable powers -- At the art theater -- Cousin Aubrey -- The real ghost -- In the waiting room -- Nerves -- The decline and fall of the Episcopal Church (in the year of Our Lord 1952) -- The end of play -- An overwhelming question -- Familiar haunts -- A redheaded man -- Missing person.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy inscribed on half-title "for Stuart [Wright] ... Peter [Taylor]. St. Augustine ... April 4, 1993." Includes dust jacket. Laid in are a letter from Judith Jones of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. to Taylor with a sample page of the book's cover art (1992); a certified mail address label from Wright to Taylor (November 26, 1993); an express mail address label from Wright to Mrs. Peter [Eleanor Ross] Taylor (November 14, 1994); and a letter from Jones to Wright (February 29, 1996). Stuart Wright Book Collection #169.30. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteLittle-287124--3051300488481
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012
Genre/formShort stories.
LCCN 92054283
ISBN067941990X :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3539.A9633 O73 1993 ✔ Available Request Material