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Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. (juvenile non-fiction, oil, oil industry, petroleum).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stiff color illustrated paper covers of power plant and electric train and power lines. Oblong, 8 1/2 X 9 1/2 inches. (28 pages) Color illustrated throughout with art deco style drawings. An attractive series for children with an intellient text. Very good, just slightly browned.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Grosset and Dunlap, 1937. Illustrated boards with cloth spine, perhaps lacking jacket. Clean pages. Binding a bit loose. A children's book with odd color illustrations, explaining the origins of oil.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Oblong; staplebound; 28 pages. Minor wear to edges and corners; small chip out on front cover at upper right; minor browning overall; small closed tear at midpoint of spine; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good to Very Good condition. No Signature.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Oblong; staplebound; 28 pages. minor wear to corners and edges; minor browning to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Oblong; staplebound; 28 pages. Slight wear to corners and edges; minor browning to page edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. Reading copy only. Covers and some pages detached from staple binding. In polypropylene bag. (Electricity, Juvenile Literature).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hard Cover. NEAR FINE in a Near Fine dustjacket. Juvenile nonfiction, strikingly illustrated. Dj has a .25 cent price sticker on front cover(original?), end papers and dj flaps are lightly foxed (yellowed). Book is bright, tight and clean, no bumps, dogears or writing. Dj is intact and unfaded with no chips or edge tears.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Th. D. Luykx (illustratore). ROUND ROBIN SERIES Copyright George Duplaix. New York. Horizontal landscape picture-books. Copyright 1937. Some cover loss and repair. Text is VG-.

Paperback. Condizione: G+. Th. D. Luykx (illustratore). ROUND ROBIN SERIES Copyright George Duplaix. New York. Horizontal landscape picture-books. Copyright 1937. Covers are chipped.

An illustrated children's book showing young readers how oil is made over millions of years, and how humans discover it, drill it, and use it. Highlights its main uses in transportation and industry, as well as everyday household uses (e.g. varnishes, petroleum jelly, paraffin wax). The book aims to explain complex information in digestible bites, while also conveying a sense of wonder at science and innovation. Published before modern understandings of climate change. Single vol. (8.5" by 9.5"), pp. [28], illus., in original illus. wrps. First softcover edition, not in WorldCat (Feb. 2025). Good. Paper toned, brittle, with some water staining.