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The Oilmen: A Photographic Story
by Parker, Charles. Hollyman, Thomas
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
-
VALATIE, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1952. 1952 Edition with 1952 copyright and Rinehart logo on copyright page. VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD pictorial dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Filled with dramatic black & white photos of rigs, wells, pipe lines and refineries - and the men who labor at them. Pages are fine. Light beige cloth hardcover is titled in red on spine and front. The cloth is lightly toned along bottom edge, but cover is otherwise clean and fresh. Jacket, with full coverage black and white photos on front and back is clean, moderately edgeworn (several closed tears and creases, small chips). Front flap has been price clipped. The jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges are firm, intact and straight. Though times have changed, the book provides youngsters (and adults!) insight to a fascinating facet of the oil industry. 10-1/2 x 10-3/4". 96 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Hollyman, Thomas (Photographer). 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Knickerbocker Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005135
- Title
- The Oilmen: A Photographic Story
- Author
- Parker, Charles. Hollyman, Thomas
- Illustrator
- Hollyman, Thomas (Photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Children's & Illustrated;
- Size
- 4to
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About the Seller
Knickerbocker Books
Biblio member since 2006
VALATIE, New York
About Knickerbocker Books
Knickerbocker Books has moved from Yonkers, New York to the historic Hudson River Valley townshipof Kinderhook, in Columbia County. We offer fine used and rare books: art, photography, childrens, history, books on New York State, the Hudson Valley region...and more!
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