mcphee art (5 resultados)

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Second Printing. Inscribed and signed by author on half title-page: "To Don & Martha - Shalom, James R. (Jim) Leaman 5-5-08". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 171 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condición: As New. Spiegelman, Art (Cover Artist) Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Magazine. Standard format and size. AS NEW. All corners pointed. Binding tight, without stress creasing and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean, glossy and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Soft cover. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacker. Photos, Art, Document Reproductions, drawings, Maps Ilustrador. 1st. William McPhee was a prominant shipbuilder on the south east rump of the South Island, setting afloat 11 sailing ships during the 1860's and 1870s. Many generations later his great grandson, Mike McPhee set out to tell the story of his adventurous ancestor and the ships he built --- after several years of research this fine book resulted. William came to NZ from Nova Scotia in the late 1850s. He soon settled at Waikawa, Southland, and there built his first NZ ship, the schooner Oamaru Lass about 1860, (he had completed a five year apprenticeship in this trade before coming to NZ). It was to be two and half years before another McPhee ship was launched and these ranged from a 25ton cutter to a three masted topsail schooner of 149 tons. His resumption in shipbuilding co-incided with a surge in demand for coastal shipping resulting from the Otago gold rush of the 1860s, which made nearby Dunedin the largest and wealthiest city in NZ. Initially most of his vessels were used for timber transports but also served in the general coastal trade of the South Island and further afield. The final ship William was involved in building was the Tautuku, built around 1901 and based on the then popular scow design common-place in nortrhern NZ waters. William helped a compatriot with the "finishing work" on this vessel, schooner rigged and just over 51 feet long. But William was more than a ship builder, he also held a master's certificate and was captain of the Tautuku for its first voyage to Dunecin for measuring and registration. In also covering the careers, cargoes, voyages and fates of the ships built by his great grandfather Mike McPhee has provided a sharp picture of those days when small coastal sailing craft were vital to the development of pioneering NZ, when the main method of trade and communication was by sea and river. He also shows how the anciant skills of shipbuilding were transferable from the old world to the new, with construction usually taking place adjacent to the supply of timber. for the work. "Catlins Bound" is a fine addition to the history of ship-building and coastal shipping in NZ's formative years and also a creditable research project by Mike McPhee, a builder in Catlins, where his ancestor built ships. Ian Church, author of a number of NZ maritime histories, edited Mike McPhee;s manuscript. The book is also notable for the excellence of its illustrations, which,include b/w historic photos, some colour shots, colour art --- some specially prepared for the book by Fergus Sutherland, others contemporary works from various collections --- maps, documents shipping schedule adverts etc The book also has a musical connection, with CD "Catlins Bound", a collection of 15 songs composed by the Maritime Crew of Auckland, about the boats built by William McPhee included in a pocket at the back of the book. The CD was produced to complement the book. This an ex-library copy of the first edition of 2009 pubished by the author and printed by Craig Printing, Invercargill, 262 pages including 12 appendices, glossary, bibliography and index. Illustrated throughout. This little used ex-public library copy has crossed bar code lower front cover and small label for CD, library codes spine base.The covers, with flap folds fore and aft, have been covered and strengthened with clear sheet plastic, gutters reinforced with clear tape, small library codes label lower corner half-title, "withdrawn" stamp lower corner title page, no other library markings through text block, which is in excellent condition. CD pocket secured inside rear cover.

Sydney : Rex Irwin Art Dealer, 1986. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 32, a few spots of foxing; exhibition catalogue illustrated in colour, with an essay by John McPhee.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Airfix - Magazine for Plastic Modellers - January-December - Volume 17; No 5 - Volume 18; No 4 - 12 Issues housed in dark red leatherette binder with gold gilt lettering to spine. Not library set, name in ink to rear cover of each issue, clear tape o spine of January issue, hole punched holes to each issue. (1/5).