{"product_id":"pioneering-the-pumice-by-earle-vaile","title":"PIONEERING THE PUMICE by Earle Vaile","description":"\u003cp\u003ePIONEERING THE PUMICE\u003cbr\u003eby Earle Vaile \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small cloth board hard cover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Whitcombe \u0026amp; Tombs 1939, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 145 w x 205 h x 30 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2611\/K523\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eA cornerstone text for the history of the volcanic plateau in the central North Island of New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images, portrait on title page, maps on end papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eImmaculate with only light wear on board covers, otherwise near new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNo dust jacket—first image for illustrative purposes only.\u003c\/strong\u003e All others are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eIncreasingly scarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55550178132260,"sku":"A5\/2611\/K523","price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3770698736906051242.jpg?v=1794164883","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/pioneering-the-pumice-by-earle-vaile","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}