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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Dunmore Press Ltd Palmerston North 1997 First Edition 214pp illus (bw) VG (blue cloth sl worn, edges sl foxed) in VG DW ( sl rubbed and worn).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, a previous owner's gift message dated 2001 on inner front flap of dustwrapper, some minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, also the boards are a little bit bowed (bent but not broken). Otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book looking at dams in New Zealand from around the 1870s up to the 1930s, including those built for water supply, mining, and for floating kauri logs along rivers. 214pp, numerous b&w illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Walls for Water Pioneer Dam Building in New Zealand by Robert Offer. SCARCE. Publisher: The Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, NZ, 1997, First Edition. Very good hardback with jacket. Binding firm, no inscriptions, minor marks. Jacket has minor shelf/edge wear. 213 pages with photos. Based on extensive research utilising both New Zealand and overseas resources, this publication places on record the history of New Zealand's first hundred years of dam building as it concerns the extraction of kauri logs, mining of gold, and the supply of water to towns and cities. While these pioneering dams were not large by world standards, they were built in their thousands by bush men, miners and engineers and, taken collectively, contributed significantly to the economy of the country at that time and into this century. The story is told in terms of the social, economic and administrative environments of the time and places in a world and national perspective the early progression of New Zealand dam building technology. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The Book Is Clean, 214 Pages With The Index. Hardcover With A Dust Jacket. English Text.We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or stated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 214pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, sl wrinkling to eps, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (3cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine & edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling).

First and only edition in publisher's original stitched illustrated paper covers [soft back], illustrated advertisement to the rear cover. 8vo. 9¾'' x 7¼''. Military aerodrome later temporary civil aerodrome, RNAS Aeroplane School, RFC | RAF Training Depot Station, 138 Squadron (Avro 504Bs & 504Es Later Bristol F.2 Fighters). The first mention of this aerodrome is on 15th May 1915 when Flight Commander Hyde-Thomson (RNAS) was awarded Pilot Certificate No. 1245 flying a Bristol Biplane from here. He also listed flying a Wight Seaplane from CALSHOT. Between 1915 and 1919 it was used to train around 1,000 pilots before they were sent to Europe, shortly afterwards the aerodrome closed in 1919. This 'in-house' magazine named 'The Chingflier' had a short history and was published between October 1916 to February 1918. Contains 76 (including the covers) printed pages of text with two full-page colour plates [one is loose] by Flt. Comd. L. Irving, and Lieut. T. J. Offer, monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout, including full-page cartoons specially drawn for 'The Chingflier' by L. M. Ball, Charles E. Turner, L. Irving, F. W. Harrison, H. W. Potter, T. J. Offer, Edgar Grinsted, G. Mockford, Miss Doris Rink, F. R. Wicks,and Albert Hindle. Repaired tears to the edges of the covers, fold line down the centre of the front cover and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. AVIATION & AERONAUTICS.