The Book Shed

covers worn, soiled, previous owner's name to front cover and endpaper, interior clean, unmarked, tight. Scarce. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Based Upon a Course of Lectures Given By Members of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists on the Occasion of the Petroleum Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1920. Ownership signatures of the oilman T.E. Ward who was associated with Major Frank Holmes of the Eastern & General Syndicate, early players in Middle Eastern oil development. The contributors include E.H. Cunningham Craig, George Howell, H. May, H. Barringer, A.E. Dunstan, F.B. Thole, W.R. Ormandy, J.S.S. Brame, James Kewley, Arthur Eastlake, with an introduction by Sir Frederick W. Black and a resume of an address by the late Sir Boverton Redwood's address to the Royal Institute on "The Romance of Petroleum." Illustrated by charts, diagrams and photographs. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.