Ray Dobbie (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very clean copy. This book not only records the development of roads, bridges, water supplies and other services and amenities in the huge area that became Malvern County, but also the many people involved - the early settlers, the run-holders, those who served on the numerous local bodies, the employees, the contractors, the miners, the farmers, the teamsters and the ferry operators. This very comprehensive work has been compliled mainly from surviving records of the numerous local bodies, old newspapers and other publications. In some cases diaries and journals made available by old established families have helped add colour and authentic detail to this history.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 412p D-J (slight rubbing, slight internal repairs) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine With illustrations, the growth of this Canterbury county area over 136 years, the people and the events.

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning to front of jacket, slight creasing & chafing to edges).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In The Shadow of the Alps, A Hisory of Malvern County 1853-1989 by Ray Dobbie & Brian Perrin. Publisher: Selwyn District Council, Leeston, 1998, First edition. Hardback with dust jacket. No inscriptions, small crease across corner of ffep otherwise in excellent near new condiiton. Jacket has a little chipping to bottom edge and a small tear on one corner. 412 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.