Oil: Israel's Covert Efforts to Secure Oil Supplies
Jerusalem: Gefen, 2004. Illustrated. x + 283 pages, 8vo, glossy pictorial boards. Jerusalem: Gefen Books, (2004). A near fine copy. More
OIL
The Manufacture of Photogenic or Hydro- carbon Oils.
New York: Appleton, 1866. From Coal and other Bituminous Substances capable of Supplying Burning Fluids. 8vo, original blind stamped cloth, expertly recased; rubbed. New York Appleton, 1866. Very good. According to the author's preface, this is "the first published [1859] monograph on the art of distilling oils from minerals containing Bitumen." More
Tom Swift and His Great Oil Gusher
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. 8vo, mustard cloth pictorially stamped in red & black, d.w. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1910) Early edition, this title being the last listed at the front of the book, although the verso of the dust wrapper lists "His Sky Train". Penciled gift inscription, 1934. Fine copy in a bright dust wrapper, with the most minor wear on the front edge, and a closed tear on a fold which is almost invisible under mylar..... More
This Fascinating Oil Business.
420pp. 8vo, cloth. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1940). Near fine. More
The Lean Years; Politics in the Age of Scarcity
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. 8vo, 1/2 gray cloth, d.w. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1980). Near Fine Study of current political conflict caused by a lack of natural resources. More
Map of Los Angeles City Oil Field
San Francisco: State Mining Bureau. Map. Uncolored lithograph. Image measures 16.5" x 24". This hard to find late 19th c map of the Los Angeles city oil fields was issued by the State Mining Bureau. The map covers most of the modern West Lake neighborhood and vicinity and depicts the region in two sections and shows the oil fields throughout the city. The first extending from Vermont Avenue and Sixth Street to Lake Shore Boulevard and Brent Street, while the..... More
Super-Wealth: The Secret Lives of the Oil Sheikhs.
319pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York, 1977. vg. More
Contemporary Venezuela and Its Role in International Affairs
New York: New York University Press, 1977. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. New York: New York University Press, 1977. Very good. More
The Great Oildorado: The Gaudy and Turbulent Years of the First Oil Rush: Pennsylvania, 1859-1880.
New York: Random House, 1959. 300pp. 8vo, pink pictorial cloth, d.w. (edgeworn and foxed). New York: Random House, (1959). Firs Edition. Very good(+) in very good(-) dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on fly-leaf. More
Money Rush.
8vo, torn d.w. Garden City, 1979. "The crisis of progress and big money in Iran and the Arab oil countries." More
The Politics of Oil; A Study of Private Power and Democratic Directions.
New York: The Macmillan Co., 1961. 565pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; cloth edge-worn, d.w. tattered, ex-lib stamp on top & bottom edge and ex-lib envelope on the back free end-paper. Second printing. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1961. More
The Crash of '79.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976. 350 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1976). A very good copy. More
John D. Rockefeller: The Cleveland Years
Cleveland: The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1973. Photographic illustrations in black & white. xiii + 273 pages. 8vo yellow cloth, d.w. chipped and partially repaired with tape on blank side. Cleveland: The Western Reserve Historical Society, (1973). Presentation copy. More
Venezuela, Viewed from the North-Northeast
New York: Fortune, 1939. Original map. Color Lithograph. 14" x 22 1/2" Beautifully designed map of Venezuela by Richard Edes Harrison. Artistically rendered with an impressive amount of detail (although Harrison notes that much is conjectural), the map depicts the country from the north-northeast perspective - from the point of view of "700 miles above Antigua." Color coding reflects elevation, showing mountainous regions, temperate & cultivated zones, and torrid (or tropical) zone. The unique compass rose features a small globe..... More
George Bush vs. Saddam Husein: Military Success! Political Failure?
Novato: Lyford, 1992. xiv + 273 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Novato: Lyford Books, (1992). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Sargent's Daughters: The Biography of a Painting
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009. Illustrated in black and white and color. 262 pages, small 8vo, tan cloth (some transfer of color to edges), dust wrapper. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (2009). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Paul Mellon: Portrait of an Oil Baron.
204pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; d.w. edge-worn. Chicago: Follett Publishing Co., (1974). Near fine with a very good d.w. More
God's Mercies: Rivalry, Betrayal and the Dream of Discovery
Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2007. Several maps illustrated in black and white. 416 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (faint dampstain at tail). Toronto: Doubleday Canada, (2007). Some spotting on outer edges of text block, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Biography of Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson search for the Northwest Passage. More
Arabia, The Gulf, and the West.
530pp. Very thick, tall 8vo, d.w.; price-clipped. N.Y.; Basic Books, Inc., (1980). Very good+. More
There Could Have Been Peace.
New York: Dial Press, 1973. 359pp. 8vo, black cloth. [New York]: Dial Press, 1973. First printing. Edge-worn and slightly discolored, still a very good copy without a dust wrapper. More
Magic Oil: Servant of the World.
Dallas: Juan Pablos, 1951. Frontis., 237pp. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. Dallas: Juan Pablos Books, 1951. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Middle East in World Affairs
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1953. A handful of tables and maps, including a foldout. 459 pages (some soiling to front endpapers and bottom page edge), tall 8vo, silver stamped blue cloth (weak hinges), Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1953. Second Edition. Very good(-). More