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SANDS, B. F. SKETCH
OF THE
GULF OF MEXICO SHOWING LINES OF DEEP SEA SOUNDINGS
AND PROFILES OF THE BOTTOM
from observations by Lieut. comdg. B.F. Sands & Lieut. comdg. E.J.
De Haven U.S.N. assistants U.S.C.S. ... 1855. U.S. C. S./A.O.P.
NICHOLSON. WASHINGTON, DC. 1855. LITHOGRAPHY. Early oceanographic
study, various profiles of the bottom. Interesting for oil
prospectors. Folds lightly browned. 14.25"H. x 28"W. GOOD.
$125.00. I.D.#16589.
[NEWSPAPER]
THE
NEW YORK
SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
NEW YORK. 1864, JULY 26. Vol. XIX. No. 2,000. Announces that
petroleum has been discovered at Mud Creek Hollow, near Bristol,
Ontario County, N.Y. Gives war news in Louisiana and Mississippi.
No maps. $75.00.
GIDDINGS, E.
MAP OF PUBLIC SURVEYS IN THE
TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON...
DEPT. OF INTERIOR/G.L.O. WASHINGTON, DC. 1865. OUTLINE HAND
COLORED. LITHOGRAPHY. "To accompany report of Surveyor General
1865". Laid on linen. Rare hand colored issue. Details
topography, counties, reservations, roads, trails, gold mines,
lead, silver and coal oil. Professionally restored. Laid down on
linen. 22.8"H. x 30.5"W. VERY GOOD. $600.00. I.D.#04460.
REMARKABLY RARE PETROLEUM MAP
GEOLOGIC/POCKET
 DALE,
SAMUEL. MAP OF THE OIL REGION OF
 PENNSYLVANIA.
TOWNSEND & DALE. MEADVILLE, PA .
1865. FULL HAND COLOR. LITHOGRAPHY. "Otto Krebs, lith.
Pittsburgh..." Area map of Crawford, Warren, and Venango
counties divided into grids to show oil leases. Folded into marble
pocket covers. Original hand coloring. Exceedingly rare, not
mentioned in Phillips Maps of America (LC) [their earliest oil
region map is dated in later 1860s and by another cartographer]
nor in any Jolly Map guide. Critical map in the origin of the
petroleum industry in America. Have not found evidence of any
other existing example of the map. 19.75"H. x 24"W. VERY GOOD.
$25,000.00. I.D.#12803.
WALL-SIZE OFFICIAL MAP OF U.S.
1865/ORE BODIES SHOWN
FRANKS, THEODORE. MAP OF THE
UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES. SHEWING THE EXTENT OF PUBLIC
SURVEYS AND OTHER DETAILS CONSTRUCTED FROM THE PLATS AND OFFICIAL
SOURCES OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR/G.L.O. WASHINGTON, DC. 1866. OUTLINE HAND COLORED.
LITHOGRAPHY. Very large outline colored map of the country just at
the end of the Civil War. Wheat 1137. Depicts western forts,
Indian tribes and reservations, settlements, topography and ore
bodies (yellow for gold; blue for silver; green for copper; rust
for oil springs, etc.), railroads proposed and completed. A
goldmine of data and highly displayable. 28.3"H. x 58.5"W. VERY
GOOD. I.D.#04511. SOLD.
RAND, MCNALLY &
CO.
ARIZONA INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD.
RAND, MCNALLY & CO. CHICAGO. 1883. FULLY PRINTED COLOR.
LITHOGRAPHY. Names roads and routes such as "Capt. Sitgreaves &
Lt. Parke 1851". Shows copper, coal, oil, passes, fts.,
districts, pueblos, canyons, etc. Empire ranch & others.
Extremely detailed. Scarce. Reverse has 2 folio sheets of index
to map. Age toned; Some browning at edges. 19.3"H. x 13.3"W.
VERY GOOD. $100.00. I.D.#00862.
SCARCE VICINITY OF LOS ANGELES
MAP 1883
 RAND,
MCNALLY & CO. VICINITY OF LOS ANGELES. MAP OF LOS ANGELES.
H.H. HARDESTY & CO. CHICAGO, etc. 1883. OUTLINE COLOR.
LITHOGRAPHY. Ornamental border. Map from Hardesty's Historical
and geographical Encyclopedia. Railroads shown in black. Some
topography. Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and parts of
adjacent counties shown in great detail for the period.Emphasis on
railroads, roads and depots, stations and towns along them,
including Santa Monica Wharf, Drum Barracks, Citrus, Petroleum Oil
Mountains, Moore's Landing and L.H. (lighthouse near Santa
Barbara. Unusual atlas map. Minor stains in margins, else VG.
9.75"H. x 12.75"W. VERY GOOD.
SOLD.
I.D.#19110.
BATZAVITCH, L.
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE APSHERON PENINSULAR [sic]. GPO.
WASHINGTON, DC. 1886. PART COLOR. LITHOGRAPH. "from the Russian of
L. Batzavitch." With a few leaves of text on the Russian
petroleum trade. Shows railroads, road, inhabited areas, towns,
etc. 14.25"H. x 15.6"W. VERY GOOD. $85.00. I.D.#09359.
TURN OF CENTURY TEXAS RR TOWN
HISTORY DRAWN ON DRAFTING SILK
M, E. F. S.A. & A.P. RY.
STATION GROUNDS AT HALLETSVILLE LAVACA COUNTY. S.A. & A.P. RY.,
M. OF W. DEPT. SAN ANTONIO, TX. 1908, MAY 9. "Scale 100' = 1
in. M. 0f W. Dept. May 9th 1908 E.F.M." Track plan of the
commercial area along Russel Street of a small east Texas town in
the years before the First World War. Between Austin and
Houston. Shows cotton warehouses, cotton gin, stock pens,
Magnolia Petroleum Company, even a pickle factory. Very precisely
drawn in india ink on drafting silk. Few pencil additions.
20.75"H. x 35"W. GOOD. $900.00. I.D.#11406.
WOODRUFF, E. G.
MAP OF LANDER OIL FIELD,
WYOMING,
WITH SECTIONS.
U.S DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR. WASHINGTON, DC. 1911. FULL COLOR.
LITHOGRAPHY. By E.G. Woodruff U.S. Geologic Survey. Bulletin 452.
Plate I. Few small fold tears. 25.25"H. x 16.5"W. GOOD. $80.00.
I.D.#05689.
ANDERSON, C.B./F.
N. MOLYNEUX. STRUCTURE MAP OF THE VINCENT K. JONES DOME.
HUGO, OK. 1918, JUNE 12. BLUEPRINT. "San Miguel and Guadalupe
Co's. New Mex." Petroleum map by Molyneux. Blueprint. 17"H.
x 22"W. VERY GOOD. $150.00. I.D.#18155.
GEORGE, R.D.
CLASON'S GUIDE MAP OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO.
CLASON MAP CO. DENVER. c1920. RED AND GREEN OUTLINE COLOR.
LITHOGRAPHY. (The Green guide series). Oil resources by state
geologist George overprinted on map in red. Folds into duodecimo
booklet, 60p. Cover stained and frayed, leaves browned. Map
lightly browned but on a better grade of paper. Detailed grid
map. 17"H. x 22"W. GOOD. $200.00. I.D.#12863.
ARTIFACT.
untitled. [brass cigaret case the lid impressed
with a map of the
U.S.]
WADSWORTH MFG. CO. AMERICAN. c1925. BRASS WITH SILVERING
Intended for "short" cigarets, the lid map shows major cities,
regional crops or manufactures, oil wells and a single engine
propeller driven monoplane. 3"H. x 5.25"W. GOOD. $75.00.
I.D.#09580.
SCARCE GAS COMPANY AD MAP
RAND MCNALLY & CO.
THE RAND MCNALLY NEW COMMERCIAL ATLAS OF
MONTANA...
RAND MCNALLY &
CO. CHICAGO. c1925. FULL COLOR. LITHOGRAPHY. Reissue on thin paper
of the large atlas map wth a state road map on reverse. Premium
for Pioneer Petroleum Products. Folded. Few short tears. Pocket
covers lacking. 19"H. x 25.75"W. VERY GOOD. $125.00.
I.D.#06079.
SCARCE KANSAS PETROLEUM WALL MAP
 VALERIUS,
MCNUTT 7 HUGHES.
KANSAS OIL FIELDS.
MID CONTINENT MAPPING CO. TULSA. c1925. BLUEPRINT. Large grid wall
map on rods in blue showing all counties, major towns, and
location of oil drilling Browned along top edge. Repaired hole
near bottom. 50"H. x 62"W. GOOD. $750.00. I.D.#24402.
KELLY, GEO. F. GEO. F. KELLY'S
MAP OF THE MID CONTINENT OIL FIELDS. THE KELLY MAP CO. TULSA.
1928. OUTLINE HAND COLORED. PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY. TX, NM, OK, CO, KS,
MO, AR, LA & MS & parts of adjoining states with oil fields hand
colored green & gas fields red. Bright yellow border. Scarce.
(On cloth) Blueprint. 30"H. x 34"W. VERY GOOD. MATTED. $200.00.
I.D.#01781.
WITH MANUSCRIPT OIL FILING NOTES
 COLORADO
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. RECONNAISSANCE
GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MAIN CARNOTITE AREA OF
SOUTHWESTERN
COLORADO.
COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. DENVER? 1930? LITHOGRAPHY. From
Bulletin No. 16. Plate II. Detailed topographic/geologic chart
with structural features marked in red. Oil claims in Dolores
and Montezuma counties marked in blue inked manuscript.
38.75"H. x 17.1"W. VERY GOOD. $175.00. I.D.#12451.
DEPT. OF CONSERVATION/MINERALS
DIV./STATE OF LA. OIL AND GAS FIELDS OF LA. CORRECTED TO
JANUARY 1932. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION/MINERSL DIV./STATE OF LA.
LOUISIANA. 1932. LITHOGRAPHY. Map showing in quite extensive
detail topography with reference table for gas & oil fields, salt
domes producing oil, salt domes showing oil, salt domes producing
gas, salt domes drilling and salt domes rumored but not
exploited. Rolled. 15"H. x 16.3"W. FINE. $85.00. I.D.#03680.
 AMORY
ENGINEERING COMPANY.
MAP MONROE COUNTY
OIL-GAS FIELD MISSISSIPPI.
AMORY ENGINEERING COMPANY. AMORY, MS. c1935-8. LITHOGRAPHY. Map of
Monroe county, MS with survey grid, railroads (dotted line),
Aberdeen & Amory shown. Also Buffalo Oil Co.; Amory Pet. Co. #
1,2, &3; and Quincy Oil Co. Printed in blue. 10.5"H. x 8"W.
FINE. $65.00. I.D.#03832.
STATE GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY/A.F. CRIDER, DIRECTOR. A
PROVISIONAL GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF
MISSISSIPPI.
STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MISSISSIPPI. c1935-8. FULLY PRINTED
COLOR. LITHOGRAPHY. "This map represents the present knowledge of
the geologic boundaries of Mississippi." "Engraved and Printed by
Brandon Printing Company, Nashville, Tenn." Details towns,
railroads, townships, rivers, creeks and geologic strata
(w/legend). Red pencil notation w/circle around the township of
Tinsley, "4 oil wells, 11/1/39". Fold repair. 27"H. x 18.8"W.
GOOD. $100.00. I.D.#03841.
JACOBSON, E.C. THE OIL AND
GAS JOURNAL'S CRUDE OIL AND GASOLINE PIPE LINE MAP... THE
PETROLEUM PUBLISHING COMPANY. TULSA. ©1939. PARTIAL PRINTED COLOR.
LITHOGRAPHY. "...Base map & drafting by E.C. Jacobson Maps, Tulsa,
Oklahoma... Supplement to the Oil and Gas Journal, issue of Sept.
21, 1939." Wall size national map listing and detailing pipe
lines in colors. Some slight misfolding. Small fold tears. Most
are in Texas. 29.3"H. x 47.8"W. VERY GOOD. $175.00. I.D.#11062.
WALL SIZE POSTER OF WWII SUBMARINE
U.S. ARMY SIGNAL
CORPS. NEWSMAPS FOR THE ARMED FORCES. 268TH WEEK OF THE WAR...
ARMY INFORMATION BRANCH. ARMY SERVICE FORCES. NEW YORK. 1944,
OCT. PARTIAL PRINTED COLOR. LITHOGRAPHY. Three large Philippine
maps, map of the Netherlands and Third Reich. Reverse shows an
oil burning submarine. 22.3"H. x 22.5"W. GOOD. $250.00.
I.D.#16150.
Book
Inventory Items
PETROLEUM. Smithsonian
Institution. 37th Congress, 2d session. House of
Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 77. Annual Report of the board
of regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations,
expenditures, and condition of the institution for the year 1861.
Washington, DC. 1862. 8vo, 463 p. cuts, diags., tables. Orig.
green cloth. Texts of the lectures, list of gifts, etc. Section
on "History of Petroleum of Rock Oil." $100.00. I.D.#00111.
GEOLOGY. United
States.Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey).
Twenty-second annual report of the
United States Geological Survey . to the Secretary of the
Interior, 1900-1901. Charles D. Walcott, director. In four
parts. Part III (only) - coal, oil, cement.
Washington, DC.
1902. Large 8vo, 763 p. Many col. double-page maps, sections,
charts, 4 fold. col. maps in pocket. Maroon cloth, water
spotted. Ex-library: Harvard University. $125.00. I.D.#02040.
Petroleum.
Photograph. Oil Wells
Los Angeles,
California.
Photo on printed mat. 9 x 5.6" Shows oil rigs erected in a
residential neighborhood after a strike.. Philadelphia. c1905.
Letterpress description on reverse of the oil industry just prior
to the widespread use of petroleum as fuel for automobiles.
I.D.#13653.
SOLD.
PENNSYLVANIA.
United States. Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological
Survey). . Bulletins 300, 301. Economic geology of the Amity
Quadrangle eastern Washington county Pennsylvania by Frederick G.
Clapp; Bibliography and index of North American geology,
Paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy for the years 1901-1905,
inclusive by Fred Boughton Weeks. Washington, DC. 1906. 8vo. var.
paging. Fold. charts, photos., map. Tan buckram, neat. $100.00.
I.D.#07962.
Weeks, Fred
Boughton. Bibliography and index of North American geology,
paleontology, petrology, and mineralogy for the years
1901-1905 inclusive. Washington, DC. 1906. Thick 8vo, 770,ii
p. Gray printed wraps, hinges torn. (Bulletin No.301 Series G,
Miscellaneous, 30) A compilation of bibliographies published by
the USGS during these years in their bulletins. Book label of J.M.
Lincoln, Wareham, Mass. $100.00. I.D.#11302.
CALIFORNIA. United
States. Department of the Interior (U.S. Geological Survey).
Bulletin No. 321 Series A, Economic
Geology, 102 B, Descriptive Geology, 126. Geology and oil
resources of the Summerland District,
Santa Barbara
County, California.
By Ralph Arnold.
Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, 93,vii p. 17 photo. plates, 2 geologic
sections and one col. fold. map Santa Barbara region oil
districts. Gray print. wraps. $150.00. I.D.#00231.
United States.
Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey). Bulletins
302-307. Incl. the areas of the United States, the states, and
the territories by Henry Gannett; Oil and gas fields of Greene
County, Pa. by Ralph W. Stone and Frederick G. Clapp; Rate of
recession of Niagara Falls by G.K. Gilbert...; Henry Gannett.
manual of topographic methods by Henry Gannett, etc. In: House
Documents. vol. 57. Washington, DC. 1907. 8vo, Gold field map,
Calif./Nev., Penna. oil field map, plates and photos of mapmaking
instruments. Tan buckram, neat. The manual on triangulation in
map making is very significant. $175.00. I.D.#07958.
United States.
Department of the Interior. (U.S. Geological Survey) Bulletin
431 . Contributions to economic geology . (short papers and
preliminary reports) 1909 Part II.-Mineral fuels. Marius R.
Campbell... Washington, DC. 1911. 8vo, 254 p. XII fold. plates
(1 torn) Maroon cloth. Oil, gas and coal field maps in AL, OR,
ND, ID, MT, VA, etc. $175.00. I.D.#06423.
EARLY OIL FIELD STUDIES & MAPS OF TEXAS
TEXAS.
Natural gas resources of parts of north
Texas.
[three papers by Eugene Wesley Shaw, George Charlton Matson and
Carroll H. Wegemann] Work done in cooperation with the cities of
Dallas and Fort Worth. Washington, DC. 1916. 8vo, 129 p. Large
fold. petroleum pocket map. Fold. diag. Maroon cloth. (U.S.
Geological Survey. Bulletin 629). Early Texas petroleum field
studies and maps. $285.00. I.D.#07939.
Petroleum. Eugene Wesley Shaw and
Kirtley F. Mather. The oil fields of Allen County Kentucky . with
notes on the oil geology of adjoining counties. . Washington, DC.
1919. 8vo, 126 p. 4 fold. maps (1 col.), plate illus., maps in
text, tables. maroon cloth. (U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin
688). $90.00. I.D.#02959.
CUSTOM BOUND U.S.G.S. ATLAS OF
CALIFORNIA
GANNETT, HENRY, et
al. | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. untitled.
[60 TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS OF
CALIFORNIA].
60 Folio sheets, dissected and trimmed. Custom mounted into a red
and black pebbled cloth loose leaf post binder by The N Company,
Los Angeles. Included are a polar map of Canada and Alaska, a
large dissected wall map of the entire country and all the U.S.G.S.
topographic area maps in California published up to 1919. With the
index map and an updated 1922 index map. Not an amateur job but
assembled by a hand bookbinder probably for a corporation, oil
company or airline. Laid into a custom fitted pasteboard aircraft
container storage box. A nearly irreplaceable compilation showing
the state just after the first World War and the great
development.. WASHINGTON, DC. 1919 - 1922. Hinges and corners
worn. One map creased. $1,500.00. I.D.#11976.
[Print] American.
Texas, Photograph. Arpin Dredging Co. near Blessing, Texas.
Postcard print. c1920. Oil well crew. $150.00. I.D.#13736.
Trade catalog.
Wall Rope Works, Inc. Wall Walk-laid manila rope. 8vo, 76
p. illus., tables, figs. Pict. wraps. New York. c1923.
Interesting catalog showing the nautical and industrial uses of
rope. Figures of knots and hitches; views of oil drilling
applications. $100.00. I.D.#09120.
TEXAS. Galveston
Chamber of Commerce. The
port of
Galveston.
Hand-Book of Information on the port, its past performances,
wharves and rail terminals facilities, coal and oil bunkering, dry
docks and marine repair plants. Galveston, Tx. 1928. 4to, 99 p.
fold. plan, illus. Col. pict. wraps. Pencil note at top of cover,
otherwise fine. $100.00. I.D.#13799.
OKLAHOMA. Clifton,
R.L., R.W. Sawyer et al. Oil and gas in Oklahoma. [Six
O.G.S. bulletins discussing petroleum resources in various
counties.] Norman. 1930. 8vo, var. paging pocket and folding oil
and gas maps. Blue library cloth. $250.00. I.D.#11211.
 Magnolia
Petroleum Co. Lure of the Southwest. History * Legend * Romance.
Dallas. ©1934. 8vo, 124 p. cuts, margin route maps. Wraps. Worn.
Stylish guide to scenic and historic attractions. A Depression
effort to urge the wealthy to tour by automobile. $95.00.
I.D.#07215.
EARLY OIL CONSERVATION EFFORT
OIL HEAT INSTITUTE OF AMERICA,
INC. OIL FOR TOMORROW (cover title). NEW YORK. 1943. 8vo,
unpaged. Col. folding hemisphere world map by Wallace E. Pratt,
geologist. Explains the origins of the oil industry, its effect
on life as we know it, its importance to the war effort, and most
importantly, the fact that it isn't limitless and must be
conserved. Pioneer conservation public information effort.
$120.00. I.D.#07831.
ALABAMA.
Geological survey of, and State Oil and Gas board. Annual
reports for the fiscal year October 1, 1947 - September 30, 1948.
By Walter B. Jones (state geologist). University, AL. 1949. 8vo,
32 p. Tables. Wraps. $20.00. I.D.#02135. |
