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Noble, L. M.; with a forewrod by Sir Arthur Nevill Sir Henry Wigram: A Pioneer of Aviation in New Zealand
Christchurch Whitcombe & Tombs 1952 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
Ashburton bookstore's blindstamp on half-title page "L. & M. Kerr". Small 3/8" and 1/4" chips at ends of dust wrapper spine and corners of dust wrapper. A couple of 1/2" tears at head of dust wrapper spine. Moderate rubbing to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xiv, 145, [1] pages + frontis. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction: The Climate of Opinion; The Years of Preparation, 1908-1916; The Sockburn School, September 1916 - November 1917; The Period of Transition, November 1917 - February 1919; Governmental Attempts to form an Aviation Policy, February 1919 - September 1920; The Progress of Aviation, 1919 - 1922; The Demise of the Company, and Epilogue; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index [Bibliographical Reference: Bagnall N3801; Larry R. Hill "An Aviation Bibliography for New Zealand" 188 - "The biography of the very early aviation pioneer".] This copy from the collection of William Vance (1901-1981) of Timaru, New Zealand, a historian and book collector. It is signed "W. Vance Timaru" on the title page. Vance is listed in C. R. H. Taylor's "Roll of Book Collectors in New Zealand" (1958): "This collection of about 2,000 volumes has been discerningly gathered, and the New Zealand section specialises in South Island material."; 8vo
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48.00 NZD
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Noble, M. A.; with a Foreword by Lord Harris The Game's the Thing
London Cassell and Company (1926) First Edition Hardcover Fair in Good dust jacket
Ex-library, with several library "withdrawn" rubber stamps. Front free endpaper torn out, with damage to front hinge, and 2" chip torn away from front pastedown endpaper. Owner's signature. Slip pasted down to title page: "Presented by Mrs T. H. Coleman, Epsom 16/10/68". 1" tears and 3/4" chips to margins of dust wrapper. Foxing to dust wrapper spine. No library markings to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xv, [1], 248 pages + 8 plates (including frontispiece). Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 120mm. The author was Captain of the Australian Elevens cricket team. ; 8vo
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72.00 NZD
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