Anglo-Iranian Oil / British Petroleum Company.

Our Industry.

Second and Third Edition. Two Volumes. London, Britannic House, 1949 & 1958. 23 x 15 cm. Second Edition: 368 pages / Third Edition: 472 pages. Both volumes illustrated throughout. Original green and light green cloth with titles on front board and spine. ‘Alanbrooke’ in gilt on both front boards. Good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Both volumes internally damp stained. Binding of thrid edition damp stained and discoloured. Edges and end papers age darkened.

Clark, Norman J.

Elements of Petroleum Reservoirs.

Revised Edition. Dallas, Society of Petroleum Engineers of America, 1969. 15.5cm x 23.5cm. XI, 250 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition. From the Henry L. Doherty Series.

Cox, Ian (Editor).

The Scallop. Studies of a shell and its influences on humankind by eight Authors.

First Edition. London, The Shell Transport and Trading Company, 1957. 28 x 21 pages. 135 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Presentation red cloth with elaborate gilt decorations to front board. Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping to binding. Spine faded. Internally bright and clean.

Crory, William Glenny.

A Treatise on Industrial Resources (Still Neglected) in Ireland. In which the manufacturing powers of Ireland are pointed out, their value estimated, and how to work them on purely commercial Principles fully set forth.

[First Edition]. Dublin, McGlashan & Gill, 1860. 17 x 10 cm. xxii, 182 pages plus 18 pages of Advertising, mainly Galway interest. New black cloth and new end papers. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Edges dust dulled. Occasional mild foxing internally, otherwise clean. Minor shelf wear.

Kane, Robert.

The Industrial Resources of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1844. 18 x 12 cm. xii, 417 pages. Half Morrocco over marbled boards. Gilt title and lines on spine. All edges marbled and marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges dust dulled. Small ex-libris on front paste down (no name). Occasional mild foxing. A few of the Index pages show brown ink stains, but generally a nice clean copy in sound binding.

McCutcheon, W.A.

The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland.

First American edition. Rutherford / Madison / Teaneck, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984. 22.5 x 28.5cm. (45), 395 pages, with 850 photographs and 400 text illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Spine sunned, mild foxing to top edges, otherwise excellent condition.

Overman, Frederick.

A Treatise on Metallurgy. Comprising Mining, and General and Particular Metallurgical Operations, with a Description of Charcoal, Coke, and Anthracite Furnaces, Blast Machines, Hot Blast, Forge Hammers, Rolling Mills, etc. etc.

First Edition. New York, D.Appleton & Company, 1852. 24 x 15 cm. xvi, 720 pages. With 377 wood engravings in the text. Original brown cloth with blind decorations on boards and gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Corners, spine and boards rubbed and bumped. Some fading to binding and age darkening to edges. Top of front joint started to crack. Hinges starting to crack. Binding a little shaky, but holding. One corner of front free end paper cut. Internally some mild foxing and age darkening. Water staining to first 100 pages, otherwise internally clean. Nicely illustrated throughout. A very interesting book.

Sommer, Johann Gottfried.

Gemälde der Physischen Welt. Oder unterhaltende Darstellung der Himmels- und Erdkunde. Nach den besten Quellen und mit beständiger Rücksicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen bearbeitet von Johann Gottfried Sommer, Professor am Conservatorium der Tonkunst zu Prag. Band 1: Das Weltgebäude im Allgemeinen / Band 2: Physikalische Beschreibung der festen Oberfläche des Erdkörpers. / Band 3: Physikalische Beschreibung der flüssigen Oberfläche des Erdkörpers. / Band 4: Physikalische Beschreibung des Dunstkreises der Erdkugel. / Band 5: Geschichte der Erdoberfläche. / Band 6: Gemälde der organischen Welt.

First Edition. Six Volumes. (In sechs Bänden). Prague (Prag), Tempsky & Calve (Calve’sche Buchhandlung), 1819, 1821, 1823, 1823, 1825, 1826. 20.5 x 11.5 cm. Vol.1: (6), 454 pages, title page vignette & 11 folding plates / Vol.2: vi, 518, frontispiece, title vignette & 12/14 folding plates / Vol.3: ix, 535, 9/9 plates / Vol.4: iv, 417, 6/6 folding plates / Vol.5: xii, 440, 5/5 folding plates / Vol.6: x, 565, 1/1 folding plate. Uniform gilt decorated calf spine over papered boards. Uniform labels with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition. Seriously rubbed and bumped, age darkened and foxed. Some joints cracked, but all boards still fully attached. A nice set, with many interesting plates (some coloured) and maps.

Strohmeyer, John.

Extreme Conditions: Big Oil and the Transformation of Alaska.

First edition. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1993. 16 x 24cm. 287 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.