Author: George I Adams
Title: Oil and Gas Fields of the Western Interior and Northern Texas Coal Measures; and of the Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary of the Western Gulf Coast
Description: Washington, Government Printing Office, 1901. Leather. A scarce edition of this geological survey focusing on North America and especially Texas. 'Geological Survey No.184, Series A, Economic Geology, 13' This text focuses on the geological context of Texan Gas and Oil fields that boomed in the early part of the 20th century. The Texan Oil Boom was a period of dramatic change and economic growth and is often defined as the beginning of the world's Oil Age. This edition is illustrated with full page coloured plates and folding maps and surveys. In half calf bindings with paper covered boards. Externally, rubbed. Bumping especially to front boards. Close tear to head of spine. Cockling to front pastedown. Loss to front free-endpaper. Hinges tender. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages generally bright although with some spotting. Stains to pages at binding. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Keywords: Geological Geology Geography Oil Geology None


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