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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10592029999396 |
| SKU: | A5/2611/K523 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR506 (44) |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
PIONEERING THE PUMICE
by Earle Vaile
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hard cover
Published: Whitcombe & Tombs 1939, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 205 h x 30 d
Pages: 304
SKU: A5/2611/K523
ABOUT
A cornerstone text for the history of the volcanic plateau in the central North Island of New Zealand.
The author's history of the development of his Broadlands estate with much on the Maori back-ground, natural history, transport and the 'Rotorua-Taupo railway'.
In 1908, Earle Vaile took on the monumental challenge of purchasing and developing "Broadlands"—a massive tract of rough pumice country in the Rotorua-Taupo region. This memoir captures his decades of trial, error, and eventual triumph against "bush sickness" and wilderness isolation to turn the region into thriving agricultural land.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images, portrait on title page, maps on end papers.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light wear on board covers, otherwise near new.
IMAGES
No dust jacket—first image for illustrative purposes only. All others are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Increasingly scarce
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