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New Guinea—Netherlands' New Guinee Petroleum Company Ltd. Crude Oil Transport Project New Guinea, October 1952 - August 1954. Amsterdam: Beton Maatschappij N.V., (1955) Oblong folio (270 x 342mm.), printed title, introduction leaf, mounted map, and 68 silver prints (80 x 110mm.) mounted on 20 leaves, each leaf with printed text and captions, glassine guards, original blue faux leather, upper cover titled in gilt, flat spine, some photographs becoming loose A rare photobook with mounted original photographs documenting the Netherlands' New Guinee Petroleum Company's 'Crude Oil Transport Project' in New Guinea in 1952-4. The construction of the entire project took 23 months and was carried out by 150 Dutch specialists and 500 Papuan workers. The photographs depict the construction of pipelines, storage tanks, a pumphouse, and a jetty with loading facilities, together with the opening ceremony on 1 April 1954.Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The