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Features: Petroleum under the Sea; The Mysterious Grampus; Columbus's first landfall; Columbus's Arawaks - the sea and the Virtuous Savage; The Cormorant that Evolved Backward; The filter anemone; The Leatherback - turtle without a shell; The Bigeye thresher shark. Sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Illustrious; Large photo of the French Line's France inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Elder Dempster Lines' Shonga; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Under Sail; New Ship News; Oil by the Barrel - Leonard Moss concludes his recollections of serving as Radio Officer in the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's steamer 'Volsella' in the thirties - part 2 of 2; Ships on Postcards; Mersey Coasters since 1945; Naval Trawlers - First World War Types - Part 1; European Ferry Commentary; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HMS Kennet in 1939 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the cruise ship Norway; Large photo of the Rangitata inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Good Hope Castle; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; The British Mexican Petroleum Company and its Standard Oil Tankers after WWI; Where to see the Cruise Ships; With 'Bulwark' to the breakers - a report on the last voyage of the HMS 'Bulwark'; Salute to the Steam Colliers - Part 3; Naval Review; Rotterdam Excursion report - an 'extended day trip to Rotterdam' organised by the Thames Ship Society in April; 'Algerine ' Class Minesweepers - part 4 - Fleet List and History; Nice photo of the reefer ship Breverhaven inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
406 p. + Portrait Frontis. Illustrated. Some signatures loose. Original publisher's cloth binding, worn and stained. Wonderful record of the infant days of early Pennsylvania oil. PA 26.
32 pages. Features: Cover photo of William's Island in the Tennessee River; The Destiny of the Democratic Party Hinges Largely Upon the Two-Thirds Rule; Pay-As-You-Go in Building Good Roads - Tennessee Constructs its Highways with Funds from Current Revenues - nice photo-illustrated article; The Rise of Mustapha Kemal Pasha; Letter to the Folks - a letter franked by Abraham Lincoln in 1934; What's Wrong with the Press? - an newspaperman answers this perennial question (part 1); The Changing Fashions of Being Presented at Court; Henry Ford's Page - how to maintain a logical prosperit; Editorials - Mr. Mellon and the Tarriff Manifesto, the McFadden Banking Bill, The Education of Mr. Vare; Forces That Are Reshaping Mexico - a study of those who ruled the country before the revolution and those who are ruling it now; The Little Trades of Paris Streets - the soul of an ancient city; The Lights of Other Days - Candles and Candlesticks - photo-illustrated article; Now Just Who IS Queer - The Chinese or Ourselves?; A Forest Tragedy - waste leaves the lumbering towns of Tioga County, PA Destitute; I Read in the Papers - In memory of Billy the Kid, Petroleum in Ancient Times, Franklin Expedition Relics Found; Nice photos inside back cover; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Petroleum is now so deeply entrenched in our economy , our politics , and our personal expectations that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail ...
Book shows light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior has occasional marginalia in pencil. 145 pages with b&w photos, charts, tables, maps. Sections include: Plankton primer, Studying plankton (stocking , productivity), Plankton hall of fame: phytoplankton, diatoms, dinoflagellates, phytoflagellates, zooplnakton, protozoans, crustacans, rotifers, molluscs, chordates, Sills, Spring bloom, Deep inlets, Food chain structure, Plankton and pollution, Pulp and paper, Petroleum, Heavy elements, Red tides, Marine pastures: hunting, ranching , farming, etc.
Ex Library, Usual Stamps Etc
Ex Library, Usual Stamps Etc
283 p., illus. Hardbound Very good condition good
Pages: 205-244. Features: Cadets from the ketch 'Moyana' parade through the streets; Wonderful one-page aerial photo of troops and equipment of the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade on board the aircraft carrier 'Theseus' leaving Portsmouth for the Mediterranean to deal with the seizure of the Suez Canal; The Suez Canal - scenes of the nationalisation decree being put into force; Mr Dulles in London to deal with the Suez crisis; Beautiful colour ad for Passing Clouds cigarettes features gloves and grey top hat; P & O photo ad features M.J. Murphy, Chief Radio Officer aboard the P & O ship 'Strathnaver'; Rebuilding the bridge Ponte Della Pietra, in Verona, Italy; Important Rubens sketch discovered in English country house of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; J.C. Laker's triumphant ten wickets; The Canadian Oilfields - a possible alternative to those of the Middle East in the future; Two page illustration of the distribution of the world's oil wells and refineries shown on a map; The Lebanon-Iraq Petroleum Co. Dispute - piping oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean - photos and text; Centerfold illustration of the rescue of the crew of the 'Moyana' by the steamer 'Clan MacLean'; Two-page graphic illustrates ever-growing transatlantic air traffic; Eleven photos of Eskimo soapstone carving; Photos of thirteen newsmaking personalities of the week including the Danish Royal Family, Mr. T. Bourdillon, Mr. R. Viney; Princess Christina of Hesse; General Valluy; Maiden flight of the Bristol Brittania 301 airliner; Photos of the Tower of London's Ravens; Earthquake damage in Burma; Protest in Seoul; Wedding of the Sultan of Kedah's son and the Sultan of Selangor's daughter; The R.S.P.C.A. hostel at London Airport; Nice colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features sailors crossing the Equator for the first time; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Approximately 100 pages. Features: Petroleum in Central America and the West Indies; Copper Leaching at Whim Well, West Australia; Salaries of Young Engineers; The Mining Finance Companies; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
Approximately 100 pages. Features: The Nevill-Soanes Copper Process; Gold Prospects in Nigeria; The Premier Mine Aerial Ropeway; Metals during 1921; Mesopotamia - A Review of its Geology and Petroleum Resources; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
Approximately 100 pages. Features: Petroleum Production Methods in Southern California; The Deep Leads of Kinta Valley; The Recovery of Gold and Silver from Ores Containing Pyrrhotite; Gold, Lead and Moisture; Igneous Rocks; Cobalt and South Lorrain; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Many pages of fascinating illustrated contemporary advertisements. Book
210 pages including index. "An all-new collection of useful ideas, undeservedly obscure knots and splices, and tips on everything from working safely aloft to sail configurations, making ratlines and blocks, carrying plywood sheets, and preventing the eternally irritating problem of keeping that drawstring from disappearing into the waistband of your sweatpants. All from a man who's spent two pine tar-stained decades in rigging lofts and boatyards in search of the ideal rig and the perfect splice. Abundantly illustrated, it provides a lockerful of value for boatowners looking to maintain, repair, and improve their own rigs." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked but for gift greetings upon front endpaper. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
144 pages. Features: The Terrible Williamsons - this elusive clan preys on suckers; Red Alarm in the Middle East; He Always Says 'We'll Win" - Stanford Coach Chuck Taylor; Hunters Never Had it So Good; Duke of the Disc Dealers; Inside the Asylum - part 4 - psychiatrist at work; The Secret of Shining Brook - part 1 of 8; The Guns of Navarone - part 6 of 8. Short Stories: A Sporting Proposition; The Sensible Type; The Fix is On; Breakup. Ads: Magnavox Videorama - the world's finest television; Beautiful two-page ad for the (orange) 1957 ('57) Chevrolet (Chevy); International TD-24 crawler-dozer; Two-page color ad for International dump trucks; Campbell's Soup; General Electric TVs; Texaco gas stations; Hotpoint TVs; Jell-o; Acme Cowboy Boots; Caterpillar; Hertz - 2-page ad featuring the '57 Chevy; Lifesavers; Browning shotguns; Remington Rand calculators and adding machines; Detroit Diesel - with mining illustration; Eaton Tandem Axles ad features trucker Gerald E. Riddle of Gary, Indiana; Mack Trucks - two color page ad featuring a petroleum well-drilling scene; Hart Schaffner & Marx; Ford Trucks ad mentions Mickey Adley, Clarence Landwig and Clyde Freeman; Color-photo Coke ad on back cover features formally dressed couples. Above-average wear. Moderate moisture exposure. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: The Treasure Map - Buried Treasure in the South Sea Islands, with photos; Salving the Guadarrama - a marine surveyor's account of a remarkable salvage operation; Mr. Kim's Secret - an incident from the grim struggle in Korea; The Man Who Turned Pirate - reprint of a 1938 story involving the American schooner-yacht Aafje, with photos; Australia's Mail-Men; Smiler - another case of Jack ashore getting into trouble in Malaya; The Earthquake - the author and his wife narrowly escape near the Tibetan frontier; Greek Fire - a forgotten incident from World War II involving the protection of a petroleum installation; Average wear. Back cover almost loose. Book
Contents: Westinghouse ad features photo of the new Connecticut Yankee plant; Nice Cadillac color photo ad; Adam Clayton Powell; Photo of RFK preparing speech; Autocide; Group photo of Reagan, Nixon, Romney and Percy; Jim Garrison; Wharlest Jackson; Henry R. Luce; Vietnam War; Riots in Aden; South Korea - hope in the Hermit Kingdom; Nice ad for Chrysler 300; Photo of Beatles in moustaches; Helicopter traffic reporters Ross & Lange; Iraq Petroleum Co.; Photo of Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and family; Nice Ford Mustang ad on back cover; and much more. Unmarked. Above-average wear. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs, illustrations and charts in the text; patterned boards, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy.
in-4° 598 pp., illustrations et figures, reliure plein cuir noir de l'editeur, dos lisse, titre et tomaison en blanc. Cartonnage leg. sali sinon bel exemplaire. [P-27]
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 153, [3] p. A study on Chester railways. Türk Amerikan münasebetleri isiginda Chester Demiryolu, 1909-1926.
9 leaves. Text printed only on rectos. Photograph of the boiler room of the banana ship "Metapan". 8vo. Lacks front wrap. First page stained. Very scarce piece on the role of diesel engines at war. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WWI 10
