79p., 5.5x8.25 inches, red boards, dj lightly shelfworn, very good. Letters to his family from a Finnish engineer who headed an oil drilling company in Baku, Azerbaijan in the 1880s. Well-written and nicely translated into English, they offer insights into life on the wind-swept steppes bordering the Caspian Sea. The petroleum interests were owned the Nobel brothers, later best known for endowing the Nobel Prizes.

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Title

The Land of Oil and Winds: Letters from Baku

Publisher

Vantage Press, New York

Publication Date

1975

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

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Dust Jacket Included

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