1. [David Naylor Geology & Petroleum Collection] – Naylor, David (Dave) / [Highly Important Geological Collection on Petroleum and Gas Deposits].

Collection of Printed and some Manuscript Materials, as well as Maps, prospecting Charts, Plans and Books from the personal Reference Library of one of the world’s foremost geological Experts on Geological Structures and Reservoirs of Petroleum, Gas, Seismic Surveys. The collection includes very specific materials on the Geology and History of Prospecting for Oil and Gas in the Middle East, Iran, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Eastern Europe, United Kingdom (Offshore and Onshore) as well as rare information on Sediment Structures in other parts of the world, like Bolivia etc. The amount of Material is massive. [See a more detailed list and photographs of this collection on our website under the section “Libraries & Collections” [Important: The Ireland-Section from Naylor’s library is offered by us separately].

Bolivia and other locations, c.1960 – 2010. Quarto. Twelve Hardcover Boxes / Bespoke made Boxes for the private library of Prof.David (Dave) Naylor / c. 140 Books, c. 100 original charts, Offprints and publications on Petroleum Geology from Kuwait to Bolivia. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. A stunning, very large collection which is difficult to comprehend from the few photographs here. Collected over the course of fifty years by Dave Naylor in his capacity as Geologist and hired specialist for nearly all important Energy companies worldwide. The price for the collection includes shipping per Courier.

2. [Iran / Persia Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Lees, George Martin / BP (British Petroleum Co.) / W.F.P. McLintock / W.D.Gill / H.J.Ansari / M.Davoudzadeh / A.F.Fox .

Collection of eight (8) important publications on the Geology and Oil / Gas Exploration of Iran / Persia from the collection of Geologist William Daniel Gill. The collection includes: 1. Activity Report of the Geological Survey of Iran – With a section on “Other Geological Activities in Iran” (Tehran – 12-16 May 1974) / 2. G.M.Lees – “The World’s Oilfields – Eastern Hemisphere” – “The Middle East” (With Diagrams on Persia, Iraq, Bahrein, Saudi Arabia, Qatar etc.) (c.1970) / 3. BP (The british Petroleum Company) – “Oil and Gas in Southwest Iran” (1956) / 4. W.F.P. McLintock – “On the metamorphism produced by the combustion of hydrocarbons in the Tertiary sediments of south-west Persia [IRAN] (1932) / 5. George Martin Lees – “Salzgletscher in Persien” (1927) / 6. H.J.Ansari – “Geology of Southern Meyaneh Basin in Azarbayjan, Iran” (1965) / 7. M.Davoudzadeh – “Geology and Petrography of the Area North of Nain, Central Iran” (With two maps in a pocket to the rear) (1972) / 8. W.D.Gill – “Petroleum Source Rocks and the Origin of Oil and Gas in Iran, Pakistan and the North Sea” – With a photograph of W.D.Gill inside the publication (Published in Tehran in 1978 – The Bulletin of The Iranian Petroleum Institute” (First Quarter) /

1932 – 1972. Octavo and Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. [Teisseyre-Tornquist Zone (TTZ) – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Pozaryski, Wladyslaw / Brochwicz-Lewinski, Wojciech / Tomczyk, Henryk.

Sur le caractere heterochronique de la Ligne Teisseyre-Tornquist (TTZ), entre Europe centrale et orientale [translates: On heterochroneity of the Teisseyre-Tornquist Line between Central and Eatsern Europe].

Paris, 1982. Quarto. 4 pages with map. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed by Wojciech Brochwicz-Lewinski to irish geologist Prof. W.E.A.Phillips who gave the paper subsequently to Gill.

4. [Bulgaria Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Atanasov, Anton / Boncev, Ek. / Ager, D.V. /

Collection of more than fifteen (15) important publications on the Geology of Bulgaria from the William Daniel Gill Collection. The collection includes for example: 1. Anton Atanasov – “Indices de Naphte sur le Littoral de la Mer Noire” [Translates: “Naphtha deposits on the Black Sea coast” – The publication is in Russian with a french synopsis and it includes illustrations and a map] (1964) / 2. Mandev, P. – Bulgaria – (Storia della ricerca / Geologia / Manifestazioni e giacimenti di idrocarburi / Economia del petrolio / Leteratura) – Inscribed and signed in Sofia, 1966 / and many other publications on Bulgarian Gas and Oil Exploration and Geology (see images attached to this inventory number of each Publication included). Other Publications are for example Mandev’s Tract on “Geologische Erkundung von Erdoel und Ergas in Bulgarien” or V. Vuchev’s and A. Naidenova’s publication “On the Open Porosity and the Optimum of the Samples for its Determination by the Saturation Method (I.A.Preobrazhenski’s Method) [In Russian] / etc.

1964 – 1966. Quarto. Mit zwei Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Gerald Patzeld.

5. [Albania Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Patzelt, Gerald.

Beiträge zur Stratigraphie Südwestalbaniens – Ein Nachweis Ammonitenführender Unterkreide im ionischen Faziesgebiet.

1964. Quarto. Mit zwei Abbildungen. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed and signed by Gerald Patzeld.

6. [Yugoslavia Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Filjak, R. / Pletikapic, Z. / Nikolic, D. / Aksin, V.

Geology of Petroleum and Natural Gas from the Neocene Complex and its Basement in the Southern Part of the Pannonian Basin, Yugoslavia.

1969. Quarto. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7. [Yemen Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Moseley, F.

A Reconnaisance of the Wadi Beihan, South Yeman / Including a Map / (Stamped: “With the author’s compliments).

Original Offprint. Proceedings of ‘THE GEOLOGISTS’ Association, 1971. Octavo. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Martin, G.C. / Katz, F.J.

Geology and Coal Fields of the Lower Matanuska Valley, Alaska. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with FIVE (!) large Folding Maps of the Matanuska Valley, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1912. Octavo. 98 pages. With 19 illustrations and 12 figure diagrams. [5 large folding Maps]. Original Softcover. Cover sellotaped. Otherwise in good condition with stronger signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 500].

9. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Martin, G.C.

The Nenana Coal Field, Alaska. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with NINE (!) large Folding Maps of the Nenana Region, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. Octavo. 54 pages with 9 large folding Maps. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 664].

10. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Knappen, Russel S.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Aniakchak District, Alaska. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with a large Folding Map of the Aniakchak District, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1929. Octavo. 227 pages plus Folding Map. Original Softcover. Cover sellotaped. Otherwise in good condition with only minor signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 797-F].