Oil Industry from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1909. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's terracotta cloth lettered in gilt; xi,[1],270pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, corners a bit bumped, slight spine lean, contemporary ownership signature, else Very Good to Near Fine.

Denver: Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 82pp, [2]. Light wear along spine fold, else Fine. "This handbook originated in the summer of 1971, when Ms. Stone helped to process a sex discrimination complaint fo OCAW Local 4-23. Through working with the women in the local, she saw the need… Read more about this item

Garden City: Country Life Press Corporation, [1939]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); original cloth (a bit dampstained) in black dust jacket printed in red; [2],iv,[4],156pp. Dampstain to upper jacket cover verso very faintly showing through to recto (though some damp spots showing on rear cover); top edge a touch shelf-worn with a few shallow chips not affecting text, else Very… Read more about this item

Chicago: The White House, 1924 [but later]. Reprint. Octavo. Tan cloth boards, printed in brown; dustjacket; 286pp. Very Good in lightly rubbed pictorial dustwrapper. A novel of the early 20th century oil industry, with a Texas setting. First published by Scribner's in 1924; this an early re-issue by a Chicago reprint house. Clean, bright example of the striking pictorial… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1941. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 570p. A few small spots to backstrip; mild rubbing to bottom edges of boards, else Near Fine. In original dustjacket, unclipped but with light overall rubbing and a brief (ca 3/4") closed tear to upper margin of rear panel. A very good copy overall. A… Read more about this item