Search Results: wonder of the nineteenth century rock by gale thomas

Ethyl CORP. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good Facsimile of the 1860 Sloan & Griffith publication. Includes a pamphlet " Explanatory Notes to the First Book Written About Petroleum . A very handsome soft cover booklet enclosed in a clam shell box designed to look like a book. Lacks slipcase. (THIS BOOK IS IN OUR POSSESSION. WE SHIP MOST BOOKS SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WILL CONFIRM WITH TRACKING NUMBER FOR DOMESTIC ORDERS OR CUSTOMS NUMBER FOR NON DOMESTIC) ; 8vo; 80 pages .

New York, NY: Ethyl Corporation, 1952. Reprint. Soft cover. Near fine. 24mo (16 x 10 cm). [20] 80, pp. Two pamphlets in brown cloth slipcase with black leather spine. Spine split at upper joint, wear to head and edge. White/orange paper covers with black titles to uppers NF. Text blocks tight and unmarked. Lacking slipcase.

Ethyl Corporation. Very Good+. 1952. Facsimile. Softcover. Facsimile of the rare 1860 Sloan & Griffith publication. Pamphlet is in fine condition, never read. Contained in a half-leather & cloth clamshell box. Includes the Explanatory Notes pamphlet in a pocket. The leather spine shows only a bit of rubbing at the upper end, otherwise very nice indeed. Gilt is bright. In the matching slipcase which has a 1" stain to the closed end and a bit of light wear. Very solid. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge Free Press, 1985. 1st thus Facsimile of the rare 1860 Sloan & Griffith publication; printed paper wraps plus an explanatory booklet in staple printed wrraps, both pocketed in a 1/2 leather custom-made box w/gilt spine titlels and a satin bookmark. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. folio.

New York: Ethyl Corporation., 1952. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile of the 1860 Sloan & Griffith publication. Includes: Explanatory Notes to the First Book Written About Petroleum. Both pieces in Fine condition, housed in a 1/4 leather box with gilt spine titles, some cracking at box spine edges. Slipcase is Fine. 010608A

NY: Ethyl Corporation. Very Good; Rubbing to slipcase and boards and cup ring on rear of slipcase.. 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of 1860 title reprinted by Ethyl Corporation. Brown printed softcover measuring 6 x 3.75 inches. Housed in quarterbound black leather and brown cloth clamshell case and further housed in matching brown cloth slipcase. Included in pocket inside clamshell case is a printed stapled softcover booklet: Explanatory Notes to the First Book Written About Petroleum. As the title of the explanatory booklet notes, this book by Gale was the first book to describe the extraction of petroleum. An interesting reference source about the beginnings of the petroleum industry and a sharply presented publication. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [20] pages .

Erie, PA: Sloan & Griffeth, 1952. 1952 reprint of 1860 edition. Softcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Erie, PA: Sloan & Griffeth, 1952. 1952 reprint of 1860 edition. Softcover. 24mo. Burnt sienna pamphlet. Three raised bands separating four gilt tooled compartments. With accompanying explanatory white pamphlet. In attractive slipcover, black 1/4 calf over burnt sienna boards. Further, in additional matching slipcase. An attractively presented book. Very good+/No jacket issued.

New York: Ethyl Alcohol, 1952. Facsimile of the rare First Edition of 1860 by Sloan & Griffith in Erie Pa. 80 pp. 1 vols. Quarter black calf drop box, with facsimile laid in. Fine. Facsimile of the rare First Edition of 1860 by Sloan & Griffith in Erie Pa. 80 pp. 1 vols.

1952. GALE, Thomas A. The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century. Rock Oil, in Pennsylvania and Elsewhere. [New York: Ethyl Corporation, 1952]. Facsimile of 1860 ed. 80pp. Orig. printed wrappers. [with] Explanatory Notes to the First Book Written about Petroleum. [20]pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Housed in black calf-backed custom cloth box and slipcase. Fine. .