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"Carol Drinkwater's bestselling The Olive Farm told the lyrical tale of her real-life romance with partner Michel and an abandoned Provencal olive farm which they fell in love with and bought... [in this back into Carol and Michel's vibrant Mediterranean world , with storytelling that is both mesmeric and uplifting." 337p. Book
8vo, 21.6cm. Pp. xii,83, 1 fold. lithogr. pl. showing "Dampfkesselheizung mit Liasschiefer", notes. Orig. printed wrs., ucut. - On the industrial uses of Liassic oil shale in Southern Germany.
pp. x, 300. Original cloth binding decorated in black and lettered in gold. Original priced dust jacket, slightly crinkled at head of spine. Popular history of the eventful era of Drake's Well and beyond. Second printing. PA 23 x2
301 p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, slightly soiled. The gaudy and turbulent years of the first oil rush: Pennsylvania, 1859-1880. Scarce English edition. PA 23
[x] 343pp.richly illustrated, cloth (lower hinge bit repaired), 28cm., G
195 pages. Circa 1982. Chapters include: The First Inhabitants, The Parkland Beckons, Glidehurst District, The Search for Oil, Discovery, Atlantic No. 3, Birth of a Model Town, The Formative Years, Churches - A Part of the Plan, Schools, Recreational Facilities, Early Memories, Clubs and Organizations, Sports - a way of life, Special Celebrations, Devon in the Eighties, By Our Own Account. Many black and white photos. Front board nicely decorated with gilt. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
253 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Sheds fresh light on this secretive 92-year-old, known simply as K.C., who has emerged victorious over small competitors, faced down multinational oil companies, and battled provincial and federal governments in his drive for weath and power." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Prior owners's details upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. A quality copy. Book
489 p. Hardcover Very good condition good A Report of Harvard's Energy and Security Research Project
161 pages. Index. 117 figures. "A complete, self-contained discussion of hydrodynamics for geologists and geophysicists actively searching for accumulations of oil and gas." - from back board. Corporate library stamp upon front free endpaper and fore-edge else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Quality copy. Book
Large 8vo. Pp. 808, wood-engraved figs., 1 large chromolithogr. fold. "map of the anthracitic coalfields of Pennsylvania" (55x85cm) with decorative border, index. Orig. cloth gilt. Recently expertly re-set in re-backed binding retaining original backstrip, new end-papers, neat repair to some folds of map, very good otherwise. - Rare early mining and oil handbook. The section paginated 675-808 is called "Appendix" with a separate title-page with imprint: "Philadelphia: King & Bird, 1866." It includes an interesting illustrated chapter entitled "Description of mines" with some nice wood-engraved views of collieries, covering pages 731-779.
273 pages. Use emu oil to promote your good health. Clean, bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Excellent copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Dave Cobb's cross-Canada motorcycle journey - part 1; Steve Roman and his $2.5 Billion Uranium Empire - with great photo in back of limo; Great nostalgic full-page colour-photo ad for Dodge/Fargo pickup trucks; Full-page Skiroule ad; Tales of Igloolik - Henry Evaluardjuk's oil paintings keep the legends of his people alive - article with colour reproductions of paintings; Exotics to Go - photos of interesting takeout foods; The old man and the kid - early article about the new NHL franchise the Vancouver Canucks with great full-page photo of Dale Tallon and his Trans-Am and a nice family photo of Orland Kurtenbach, plus a photo of Bud Poile and Hal Laycoe; Two nice pages of colour fashion photos including fur; Doug Wright's Family; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Livre grand format, cartonnage illustre de l'editeur. NEUF SOUS CELLO. [HP-1] Crayon, fusain, pastel, gouache, aquarelle, acrylique, huile
Very Good English Original bdg. 4to. (30 x 25 cm). In English. [4], 96 p., 7 folding plans of plants, drawn by T. Wood, one folded huge map in the end-pocket (size: 141x50 cm) showing proposed gas pipeline, Dodan to Raman (Batman), alternative routes of the area. Scarce and very detailed typewritten report on the piping and utilization of natural gas and oil in the Batman area of Turkey, prepared under the British Technical Assistance arrangements for the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (T.P.A.O.), in September 1969. "In response to a request from the Government of Turkey, this report has been prepared under the British Technical Assistance arrangements to advise the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (T.P.A.O.) in matters relating to the use of and piping of natural gas in the Batman area of Turkey." The Dodan gas field lies approx. 70 kilometers from Batman refinery and the Bati Raman Oil Field. This study investigates the economics of piping the gas from Dodan to Batman and the separation and utilization of the gas fractions.
256 p. Illustrated. Fore edge foxed. Softcover. 4to. 275 mm. Original pictorial wraps. Very good. W101
66 pages. Features: Drag Racing at Riverside, CA; Slingshot dragster of Darrell Zimmerman of Julesburg, CO; Thar She Blows! - hook up a supercharger for a better E.T.; '40 Ford - George Stavro; Check that Oil Loss! - look to the valve area; Dragula - dragster belonging to Bill Satnick; Converting jugs to run 100% nitro!; Cool Aluminum Heads; Safety standards for Go-Kart construction; Shock Therapy; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
124 pages. Catalogue for an exhibition held at Gallery 206 from 14 May to 10 July, 1994. Contains 58 colour plates. Text in Chinese and English. Book clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Light wear to attractively illustrated slipcase. Excellent copy. Book
Two-color, five-panel, two-sided pamphlet celebrating the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair held in Portland in 1959. Includes two other pieces of vintage Chevron ephemera. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Features: Title page illustration of General Sir Henry H. Wilson, K.C.B., D.S.O.; How To Use Your Meat Card (article); Raid Psychology - Dolls Versus Gothas; Strafing a Fritz (article); One-page illustration of the Prince of Wales taking his seat in the House of Lords; Nice photo of a French motor-patrol Vedette U-boat hunting; Excellent half-page photo of Mr. and Mrs. Charles a-Court Repington and fur-bedecked supporters leaving Bow Street Police Court; Photo of a downed German Gotha airplane on display in Dunkirk; Fascinating half-page photo of three Brits preparing a bomb load beneath a bombing-plane; Two pages of intriguing photos of Observation and kite-balloons used for observing the enemy; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes illustration of Major-General E.B. Ashmore, C.M.G., M.V.O.; One-page illustration of sad funeral scene for a Parisian child killed by a German air raid; Fascinating two pages of text and illustrations explain the meat [ration] card plus other rationed and unrationed forms of food; Article discusses the use of oils attained from sea-leopards, seals, and penguins (!); Two illustrations of the sinking of the "Aragon" in the Mediterranean; Two-page illustration of the British destroyers 'Pellew' and 'Partridge' fighting in the North Sea; Centrefold illustration of machine gun duel in the sky between a French 'Voisin' and a German 'Aviatik'; Photo-illustrated article on the difficulty of catching air-raiders; Two fascinating half-page photos of giant British rail-mounted guns in France; Two-page photo of British troops attacking an enemy trench-line on the Western Front; One-page illustration of 'German Sacrilege' whereby a German observation post is built upon a crucifix; and more. 36 pages including eight pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely quarter-page photo ad for Wolseley Motors, Ltd. Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Cavander's Army Club" cigarettes features illustration and interview with"The Stunt Pilot (R.F.C.)". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
251 pages. Index. Footnotes. "... Dissects the intricate, symbiotic relationship between the world's biggest country and one of its wealthiest native sons. Li's life story is the destiny of China writ large." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade cover. A high-quality copy. Book
New New Turkish Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (31 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 120 p., color ills. 1000 copies were printed. Trilye'den Derik'e Adatepe'den Yusufeli'ne hayat agaciyla yasayanlar. Photos by Tolga Sezgin.
Rockefeller's profits from the Standard Oil Company were efficiently generated by enhanced by this his secret weapon - the Tank Cars that facilitated widespread distribution pf oil by rail. This is an account of the machinations of Standard Oil to control distribution, and the development of the Union Tank Car Company from 1861-1961.Originally published in 1962 this 1986 reprint was sponsored by the nion Tank Car Company / Procor Limited, East Chicago, IN. 383p. bibliography.index Handsome volume in blue leatherette inside matching box sleeve. Book
116 pages. Features: Fantastic full-page colour-photo ad for Canadian Lord Calvert whisky features Oscar Peterson and Guy Lombardo; Full-page ad for the 1970 Arctic Cat Panther; The Black Gold (Oil) Rush of '69 - drilling for gold in the Canadian Arctic; Could the 1929 Crash Happen Again?; A Hole in the Muskeg with Two Billion Dollars In It - excerpt from Morton Shulman's book about a Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. geologist and his hunch; Derek Sanderson - The Dead-End Kid Who Wants to Be a Superstar - Feature Article with colour photos; Colour Ski-Doo ad; The Violent Death of Paddy Donovan; How to Become An American Without Really Trying; Key West - Florida's Bargain Basement; Colour photo ad for Ski Whiz snowmobiles; Nice two-page colour-photo ad for the 1970 Buick features the Electra 225 and Riviera; Canadians You Should Know - artist Wayne Eastcott, boxer Clyde Gray, glassblower Wolfgang Eberhart, Colour womens' fashion photos; Colour photo ad for the 1970 New Yorker 4 door hardtop; Larry Zolf reviews Easy Rider; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this scarce and wonderfully nostalgic issue. Magazine
128 pages. Features: Greatest Subversive Plot in History - documented evidence of a malignant UNESCO plot against the future of this country's children and their children; Ruinous Public Debt - cannot exist for long with perpetual debt; Opposition to Law and Order - the ACLU and the establishment of Police Review Boards; America Exploited in the Name of Humanity; The Challenge of World Conflict - a reappraisal of America's future and manifest destiny; The American Dream; Oh! What a Night - prevent tossing and turning at night; Music - soothing, sedative, and savage - Science confirms certain music can be dangerous and may contribute to juvenile delinquency ; Bumper Crop of Trees - after 20 years tree farming is winning public appreciation; A Key to Communist Semantics - the Canadian Intelligence Service explains how Communists have a double-talk vocabulary designed to mislead and confuse; Worse than Chain Letters - the same principle underlies Urban Renewal; American Textiles in Trouble - suffering from weird policies of foreign aid and trade; Educational Hierarchies - public schools have almost as many administrators as teachers; Had TV Trouble Lately? - watch out for shifty TV repairmen; Sovit Oil - Fuel for the Fires of Communism; Economic Integrity - by Hon. Harry F. Byrd; Materialism - The Devil's Delusion; Theft by Confiscation - Communism is merely the takeover of government by a political oligarchy - as in Russia - or by a banking oligarchy; Your Voice Reveals Personality; Scientific Socialism - Bunk; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison, WI architect William Kaeser. Book