Geelen janic (8 resultados)

Papered Boards. Condición: Very Good Minus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Minus. First Edition. 31 cm, viii, 237 pp, illus eps, maps, figs, (mostly) b&w photo illus, d/w. Small bump to edge of front board. VG minus. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask for a freight quote.

Papered Boards. Condición: Good. None. First Edition. 31 cm, 367 pp, b&w and colour photo illus, illus eps, papered boards - mild rubs and spine, and light marks. Good to VG minus. Lacks the jacket. Includes list of agricultural pilots, 1941-1981. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask regards postage.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. d/j a bit worn at edges -some light reading wear-heavy book check postage with us.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Limited Edition. This sought after volume needs no introduction and is firm example of New Zealand's topdressing history. Only 1000 of these were printed and this is one of the limited 700 that were numbered and signed by Geelan. This copy is 653/700. Some very minor dulling down to the board edges and some minor pushing to the spine tips. The jacket has some edge wear, closed tears and tape repairs. Will be in a protective sleeve prior to dispatch. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. The Topdressers By Janic Geelen. VERY SCARCE. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Publisher: NZ Aviation Press New Zealand 1983. FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION. No. 615 of 700 copies. Good hardback with fair jacket. Binding firm, boards have a little fading, rubbing and bumping to edges with some compression and chipping to ends of spine. Reverse of half-title page and rear paste down have pieces of laminate stuck down where jacket was attached to book, title page and rear end paper have tape marks from where a cover was attached, pages have minor marks, light foxing and some creasing otherwise good. Jacket has been laminated, it is creased, rubbed, marked and chipped with some repaired tears, small loss to base of spine. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. 367 pages. Generously illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Endpapers attractively illustrated with logos of aerial spraying companies. "Tells for the first time the remarkable story of aerial topdressing in New Zealand. It begins with Len Daniell, who tried to interest the Government in providing an aircraft for trials in 1926, and ends with an industry poised on the brink of change. Explains how aircraft and aviators flew out onto the farm and fertilised vast areas of unproductive land from the air, an achievement unparalleled in modern agriculture, and significant in the history of world aviation." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating and informative history.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Topdressers 1990 By Janic Geelen and Ray Deerness. Published By NZ Aviation Press Waiuku. First Edition 1990. VERY SCARCE. Very good hardback with laminated boards. No inscriptions, binding firm. Some bumping to spine ends, light crease to back cover, minor marks and light creasing to some pages. Colour, and black and white plates, illustrations. Includes details of Agricultural Pilots 1941-1990, frontispiece map. A History of Topdressing in New Zealand. Supermen, Topdressers, Dung Dusters. A tiny industry. Maybe 500 strong. Engineers, loader-drivers, pilots. A dedicated, loyal, and precision team. Day after day the pilots faced noise, dust and danger. A take-off and landing every three minutes. Hills, valleys and plains all were fertilised from the air for out of the blue grew the greenest grass. Few farmers were in a position to experiment with aircraft on their farms. It was Doug Campbell of the Soil Conservation, Rivers Control Council who perceived aerial topdressing as a way to solve soil erosion in hill country. He persuaded the Government to use the RNZAF to try it. The first experiments in 1948 were a great success. Farmers expected the Air Force would soon do their work. Instead the task was taken up by small operators who converted old trucks to serve as loaders for their flimsy Tiger Moth biplanes. This group of ex-wartime pilots, in love with flying, and often with farming backgrounds, took up the challenge. Every part of New Zealand was to have its own pioneer'. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

FIRST EDITION, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, 367pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems with minor discolouration, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor surface loss, moderate discolouration/fading).