1891 The Region of the Eternal Fire Petroleum Regions Liquid Gold Oil Illustrate
London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1891. MARVIN, Charles. The Region of the Eternal Fire: An Account of a Journey to the Petroleum Region of the Caspian in 1883. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1891. Small 8vo. Red cloth with gilt/black lettering and gilt/black pictorial stamping. xxii, 406pp (2pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations, 3 maps (2 foldout). Near fine. Spine ever-so-lightly sunned. Handsome and tight "New Edition," a re-vised and enlarged 2nd edition of this study first published in 1884 in which British journalist Marvin (1854-90) chronicles his travels around Baku (today capital of Azerbaijan), the largest city on the Cas-pian Sea in the Caucasus region, and its exploding petroleum industry. Delightful front board image depicts a well (entirely in black) gushing a stream (entirely in gold). Superb, scarce.. Item #703
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