[Rarebooks] fs: Mexican Fuel Oil, 1914

[Back Creek Books]

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We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9370 )  Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products Co., Ltd. MEXICAN FUEL OIL.
London: [George Philip & Son, Ltd.], (1914). First printing, Original cloth, 
Octavo, viii, 150, [vi] pages, black and white photographs, diagrams. Near 
Fine.
      Interesting look at early 20th century British petroleum use and its 
production and distribution from the British-controlled Mexican oil fields 
of the Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products Company, Ltd. Photos of the 
production facilities, storage tanks and reservoirs, ships, furnaces, and 
much more. Frontispiece photographs shows the H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, the 
first large battleship built to run on oil alone, sliding down the ways. 
Bound in rust-colored cloth over boards with spine and upper board titled in 
gilt, Mexican eagle in gilt also on upper board, decorated endpapers. Prior 
owner bookplate of one Charles M. Barnett on front pastedown with his 
initials and a short note in pencil on front free endpaper. First few leaves 
show some minor finger marks, first page of table of contents has some 
slight paper damage from adhesion along inner margin. Binding has a few rubs 
and nicks to cloth extremities, some browning to spine. Rear hinge is 
cracked, exposing underlying mull, though still holding well....... $75.00
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