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The History of New Zealand Aviation
by EWING, Ross and MACPHERSON, Ross
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MILLERS POINT, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Publishers (NZ) Ltd, 1986. Quarto, charcoal hardcover, spine embossed with silver lettering, 288 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs throughout, some maps and documents included. Spine ends a little bumped and rubbed, corners bumped and rubbed, light foxing on first and last few leaves, dust-jacket a little worn at edges, title page stamped in black with: "H*A*R*S GENERAL LIBRARY DONATED BY"; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A comprehensive history of aviation - military, civilian, private and commercial - in New Zealand. Of special significance are the accounts of the beginnings and growth of New Zealand's airlines, the advent of cross-Tasman flights and the development of the country's military aviation.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Aviation Books Pty Ltd
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4530
- Title
- The History of New Zealand Aviation
- Author
- EWING, Ross and MACPHERSON, Ross
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann Publishers (NZ) Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1986
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MILLERS POINT, New South Wales
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