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1903réf. 13122Evanston WY 1903. Lithographed map 18 x 32 inches. Old folds a few small bumps to edges. Very good plus. A rare and early Wyoming oil field map showing the activity of the Standard Reserve Oil Company and other oil and gas wells in Uinta County at the turn of the 20th century. Standard's lands are represented by hachures while oil wells are identified with small illustrations scattered across the map's surface area. A former owner has filled in three small plots of land in Range 117 West with blue "X" marks. To the right of the map is a large illustration of a cross-section showing the "Approximate Log of the Union Pacific Oil Well Near Spring Valley." This illustration shows the well at almost 1200 feet having drilled through shale stone clay dark amber oil oil sand and dark green oil. A fascinating and early western oil map with only five copies in OCLC at Stanford Yale SMU and the universities of Utah and Wyoming. unknown books
1929réf. 96057n.p. 1929. Very Good. 8p. document with second and eight page left blank. 28 cm. Two light horizontal folds. A few edge chips; otherwise generally sound and clean. John D. Rockefeller Jr. wanted to replace Robert W. Stewart as Chairman of the Board at least partly because of Stewart's suspected involvement in the Continental Trading scandal. Stewart resisted. This document was sent to shareholder's to support Stewart's retention. A majority of the the company's 58000 individual stockholders supported Stewart but Rockefeller prevailed with support from many of the major shareholders at the annual meeting held on March 7 1929 at the company's annual meeting in Whiting Indiana. We don't know what Stewart did after losing his position at Standard Oil Company Indiana unknown books
réf. 851ALS. ALS. 2pg. 4 " x 7". Feb 1867. Plank Road. An autograph letter signed "Wm H Ostrander" concerning early oil exploration. He wrote to J.E. Lipe: "Sir thinking that you would like to here from me I will drop you a few lines I have my Stone oil the ground so you see I am busy. I have drawed sixty five lodes of stone and will begin to build as soon as the wether sic will admit. John you put any money in an oil well our friend Lathrip has got a lot at Patrolia in Caniday and want to sink a well it is with in Six rods of the flowind sic well at Patrolia that flowes 400 barrels a day and there is no other well near it he thinks a shure sic thing or with very little risk and if he fails is willing to give the company the machinery witch sic is worth a portion of it he divides it in six shares at $500 each you can take a share or a portion of it do as you please. I will try a little for luck if you will take if you will take a share or a portion of it let me know immediately I think that will make the rich come try a little John for luck Mr Lathrip is all right. ". The letter has a light and small stain and is in fine condition unknown books
réf. 40192AUTOMOBILE PERIODICAL STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK. THE SOCONY STANDARD. Volume I Number 1. New York: Standard Oil Company of New York 1925. Illustrated wrappers. 12 pages. Rare copy of an early automobile periodical. OCLC records a total of three copies of any edition but not neccessarily the first issue first number. Produced by the Standard Oil Company of New York to promote automobile travel. A richly illustrated magazine with articles such as "There's Health in the Motor Ride"by Walter Camp "the Motor Hamper" by Ida Baily Allen and "Motorized America. unknown books
1925réf. 589Standard Oil Company of New York: Publishers Printing Company 1925. First Edition. Staplebound. Very good . First edition. 12mo; 57 7pp; color pictorial map of Northeast U.S.A.- on stiff wrapper 2 staple binding; 7 color maps; text in borders with color illustrations; light soiling to wrapper; very good plus. Tour of New York State and New England published by the Standard Oil Company of New York with suggested historic stops. Color pictorial maps. Last 5pp a Lubrication Chart for choosing oils for particular motor vehicles. Publishers Printing Company unknown books
1936réf. 13134Houston: W.W. Zingery 1936. Blueline map 36.25 x 59 inches. Minor edge wear light spotting some uneven toning to left and right margins outer edges of map lined with protective plastic. Overall very good condition. Expansive and seemingly unrecorded map of the northern portion of Tyler County Texas which is located northeast of Houston near the Louisiana border. The county is bounded in the north and east by the Neches River. Ownership plots are individually delineated noting both the owner and often the acreage as well as the companies active within each plot. The map is noted throughout with active oil companies most notably the Houston Oil Company Sun Humble Magnolia Petroleum Allied Petroleum and Pure Oil. In addition a key in the upper right portion of the margin indicates the locations of rig ups drilling producing and gas wells dry holes and abandoned sites. Interestingly at the time lumber companies seemed to be just as prevalent in Tyler County as oil companies; this certainly changed as Tyler County is still a significant area for oil and gas production today. We find no record of this map in OCLC. W.W. Zingery unknown books
1967réf. NF3683SHELL AIRPORT DIRECTORY Shell Oil Company 1967 first edition fine in color wraps. Detailed data about the airports of North America. Shell Oil Company paperback books
1930réf. 13064Fort Worth: Logan Map Company 1930. Folded map 23 x 17.75 inches. Old folds minor wear a few closed tears along folds repaired with tape on verso bottom left marginal section a bit munched up. Good condition. A scarce and detailed plat map for Reeves County Texas in the crook of West Texas between Fort Stockton and New Mexico. This gridded county map provides numerous details on land ownership oil leases railroad lands and other claims; a number of the major oil companies including Humble Texas California Marland and Atlantic were active in the county at this time. A key is printed in the margin locating various types of oil and gas wells. The middle portion of the map is overprinted in large red letters "Elliot & Waldron Title Companies" who provided information to prospective land buyers in Reeves and several surrounding West Texas counties at this time. "In the early 1920s Pecos became the focus of Delaware Basin oil exploration and received substantial publicity though little oil and gas were found in paying quantities. By 1930 however oil excitement had brought a larger and more diversified population to the county" -- Handbook of Texas online. We find records for about twenty Logan Map Company maps all recorded in single copies. Logan Map Company unknown books
1929réf. 153395Phila: Grand Lodge 1929. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Pure Oil Co. Very good minus. Tear in front spine fold 1" long about mid-way up the spine. Grand Lodge unknown books
1931réf. 15471931. SOCONY OIL COMPANY NEWSPAPER 1931. TOURS AND DETOURS. An original August 15 1931 edition of "Tours and Detours"- a tourism-related newspaper issued by the Socony Oil Company to its customers. This issue contains articles about touring the Northeast region of the United States with photographs and articles on Clinton NY; Buffalo & Niagara Falls NY; and Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. The rear cover contains a road map of main highways in New England. Following the break-up of Standard Oil in 1911 the Standard Oil Company of New York SOCONY was formed along with 33 other break-off companies. In 1920 the company registered the name "Mobiloil" as its trademark and in 1963 it became the Mobil Oil Company. Very Good usual folds with a few tears. Scarce 10.00. unknown books
1902réf. 12944New York 1902. 8pp. Illustrated. Folio. Original self wrappers stapled. Moderate staining and soiling old folds minor edge wear. Good condition. Illustrated with black & white photos and two maps one of holdings in Knox County Kentucky the other in the East Texas Oil Belt centered on Beaumont. The company -- miners and producers of crude lubricating and illuminating oils -- was incorporated in April 1901 under the state laws of Delaware. This prospectus solicited investors and presented its balance sheet and current activities listed officers and presented the "expert opinions" of geologist Major J.W. Otley the original surveyor of the Beaumont and other fields as to the worthiness of the company's properties at nearby Sour Lake Texas. No listings found on OCLC. A unique and early oil company prospectus with notable content on Kentucky and Texas oil. unknown books
1901réf. 4229N.p. 1901. About very good. 12pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Minor edge wear. Light toning and dust soiling. Scarce promotional for this early 20th-century New Mexico oil venture. The text contains an amusing if dangerous sounding origin story for the company in which the founding officer ignites a brook covered in a "peculiar scum" and spooks his horse. The remainder of the text contains the usual inducements to invest including various descriptions statistics analyses and endorsements. The first commercial well in New Mexico was drilled in the early twenties and we find little additional information on the Eureka Oil Company. One other copy located at SMU. unknown books
1920réf. 12758Fort Worth: Standard Blue Print Map & Eng. Co 1920. Very good. Folding map 25.75 x 25.75 inches on thin paper. Old folds minor edge wear several short closed edge tears a couple of small areas of loss at crossfolds. Overall good condition and a wonderful display item. A rare and detailed Texas oil map produced by a Fort Worth firm just after World War I and here present in the larger 25-x-25-inch issue advertised in the promotional text on the map itself. The map shows the distribution of oil wells and derricks across the Lone Star State in 1920 prints the names of the most prominent oil fields and lists the names of Texas counties along with the oil companies active in each county. The map also shows the types of soil and rock deposits encountered throughout Texas counties with a legend of abbreviations for each at bottom right. The area of the map is crowded in places but still quite attractive and legible and is a good encapsulation of the rapidly developing oil industry in Texas at the time. Contemporary advertisements for the publisher of this map Standard Blue Print Map and Engineering promote the availability of over 200 oil maps of Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Louisiana and Arkansas from the firm. A rare map rarer still in this larger size; we locate just two copies at SMU one issued with a slightly later "May 1920" copyright notice with a larger "photocopy" reported at Denver Public Library and the Colorado School of Mines. Standard Blue Print Map & Eng. Co unknown books
1970réf. 59679NY: Rand McNally 1970. 4to pp. 112. Bound in pictorial boards with color photos throughout. A very good copy. Rand McNally unknown books
1976réf. 5965Wichita Falls Tx: Heydrick Mapping Company 1976. About very good. Blue line map 45.5 x 42 inches. On paper. Folded. Toning across top and bottom portions light edge wear. A late but nonetheless instructive oil map of Knox County Texas printed by the Heydrick Mapping Company which was known for its oil maps. Indeed their slogan on the map indicates "Oil men have used Heydrick maps since 1870." The legend shows various kinds of oil and gas wells -- producing dry drilled etc. Most of the oil activity is along the southern part of the county with a deep concentration of wells and oil companies noted across the D.G. Burnett lands. Dozens of oil companies are represented here many of which would be gone when the Texas oil boom busted in the early-1980s though production in Knox County was relatively steady through the lean times. Knox County is located between the DFW metroplex and Lubbock and oil was discovered there in 1945. "Oil was discovered in Knox County in 1945. By 1946 the county's first successful oil well had been spudded on the Beavers Ranch north of Benjamin; in subsequent years other wells were drilled in the southern part of the county. In 1948 oil production was only thirty-seven barrels but in 1956 it reached 978715 and in 1960 almost 2415000. County oil wells produced 2065000 barrels in 1965 771089 barrels in 1974 and 1421964 barrels in 1982. Production totaled about 888000 barrels in 1990 and by January 1 1991 almost 55881000 barrels had been taken from Knox County lands since discovery in 1945" - Handbook of Texas online. All Heydrick maps of Texas are scarce regardless of when they were produced with the vast majority being located in only one or two copies. OCLC shows one copy each of editions printed in 1930 and 1957 but not this 1976 version. Heydrick Mapping Company unknown books
1865réf. List2532New York: Wm. A. Pond 1865. Folio 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Fine condition. Fine. An unusual use of sheet music as satire with the lithographed cover showing a fake stock certificate. The cover - engraved by Major & Knapp - advertises an ownership share in the Spondolix Petroleum company and states that F.B. Helmsmuller who was actually a noted composer was the “Treasurer and General Manager” of the company. This is a particularly fine example of the piece. In our research we found several references to this piece as being a real stock certificate for a real company however this is clearly a parody of the oil business. This was printed in 1865 when the Pennsylvania oil industry was booming and the engraved illustration appears to show a countryside scene in Pennsylvania or somewhere similar. Four copies in OCLC. Wm. A. Pond unknown books
1820réf. 1388Milano: presso Giovanni Silvestri 1820. 8vo. 24 pp. Illustrated with one plate. Original blue printed paper wrappers; water stained at the lower third of the wrappers and text block with tide marks visible. With faults a useful copy. This anonymous pamphlet examines the characteristics of rapeseed and colza plants with the aim of illustrating the most economical and functional method for extracting an excellent oil. Front and back wrappers with advertisements for works on agriculture and viticulture that have been published by Silvestre. ICCU Italian Union Catalogue cites 10 copies in Italy. OCLC only cites the copy in Torino Italy. Not in Niccoli or Paleari-Henssler. . presso Giovanni Silvestri unknown books
1902réf. 106482Rectangular 8vo 9½x5¼" pamphlet 1 11 leaves printed on rectos only original brown paper wrappers red ribbon tie at top. A little normal aging but otherwise near fine. This is an early Standard Oil piece that appears to be designed to promote the stock which according to this brochure consisted of only 2500000 shares. At the time of publication the par value was only $1 per share. The brochure discusses various oil field potential and on the inside back cover is a "no wild cat" illustration hyping the stock. This was printed well before the 1911 breakup of the company for violating the "Sherman Antitrust Act." A wonderful piece of corporate memorabilia. OCLC locates only a single copy at the University of Wyoming. books
1884réf. 8935Binghamton N.Y.: Binghamton Oil Refining Co 1884. Booklet stapled in wrappers 17 x 11.5 cm. 48 pages. Illustrated. Advertisements. Title from cover. Date from testimonials in text. FIRST EDITION. A product book advertising a patent medicines offered by the Binghamton Oil Refining Company with cures for various poisons and other ailments as well as testimonials and some culinary recipes. "Gives the exact dose of leading medicines. Furnishes reliable prescriptions and treatment for numerous diseases of man and beast and many caluable recipes for a great variety of useful articles". Includes advertisements for the Fire Proof Farm Engine with the Shapley Sparkless Boiler sold at Shapley & Wells Binghamton and Practical Poultry Keeping by C. M. T. Johnson Binghamton. An interesting woodcut depicting an oil field and the Petrolina shack graces the front wrapper panel and in a larger form the rear panel. A crease from folding runs vertically through the booklet. Some light spotting to the wrapper and a very small chip from the edge of the rear panel. Very good. OCLC locates four copies. Binghamton Oil Refining Co unknown books
1956réf. 277608Denver CO: Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union 1956. Pamphlet. 80p. stapled wraps 4x6 inches staples rusted small stain on front wrap else very good condition. Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union unknown books
1984réf. 258084California: OCAWIU 1984. 1.5 inch diameter pin very good. OCAWIU unknown books
1986réf. 149439Budapest: ICPS 1986. Pamphlet. 38p. 8x5.5 inch booklet faintest signs of age or handling else very good condition. ICPS H-1415 / Documents on the struggle against chemical weapons volume II. ICPS unknown books
1939réf. 77510New York NY.: Standard Oil Company of Bolivia. Very Good. 1939. Softcover. This work is soft-bound in brown wrappers with black printing on the upper cover. The covers show light soiling light edge-wear and a few faint damp-stain spots at the bottom edge. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. . Standard Oil Company of Bolivia paperback books
1994réf. 20537NY: Watson-Guptill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0823032736 . 335 color illustrations. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Watson-Guptill hardcover books
1922réf. 303664Bakersfield California Kern County Chamber of Commerce 1922. 1922. 6 panel folding brochure. Illustrated with 10 halftones and one map. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Includes information on oil and gas wells farming irrigation gold and silver. Rocq 2431 - located only 1 copy. No Binding. Very Good. Bakersfield, California, Kern County Chamber of Commerce [1922]. unknown books
