Bates Arthur P (41 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. With many colour illstns. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards and dust jacket due to age and use. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. All pages are intact and otherwise clean, binding is sound. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A mainly pictorial history of the river. A very clean copy.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small pen name and some very light shelf wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some very light shelf wear only.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some very light shelf wear only.

Paperback. Condition: Good. arthur bates (illustrator). 96 pages. very small closedtear at spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very light shelf wear and a faint crease in the rear cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 208p 2nd edition D-J Paper over boards Near Fine With illustrations, the Wanganui River's history through its boats, its people and its places.

Second edition, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wanganui Newspapers Ltd Wanganui 1984 reprint 168pp ills (bw) VG+ (brown cloth w title in black on spine, sl worn, sl bumped on head and foot of spine, tape marks on boards, sl foxed on edges and prelims, inscription and owners name on fep) in VG- DW (rubbed and worn, bumping, creasing and chipping to dw, pieces missing on front rh cornerand from head and foot of spine, tape repair on front lower rh side ).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wanganui Newspapers Ltd, Wanganui 1972 First Edition VG (brown cloth w title in gilt on spine, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, edges sl foxed) in VG DW (rubbed and worn, spine faded, head and foot of spine sl bumped and chipped, head of spine has small pieces missing, corners bumped and creased).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very clean copy with a small pen name. The jacket is very good. 1993 Seventh edition. In 1917 the Mangapurua, one of the most remote valleys of the Upper Wanganui River was opened for settlement by discharged servicemen. Access to the area was difficult and although the settlers tried hard to establish farms they found this impossible, most had walked off the land by the start of WWII and received no compensation for their hard work. In 1942 the Government closed the access road forcing the last three families to leave. Today there is little left to show where these farms were, as the bush is rapidly closing in on the valley - but the bridge across the gorge built in 1936 - the bridge to nowhere still stands. This book tell the story of the settlement.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Small inscription. The jacket has some wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 96 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 4th Edition. AN UNUSUAL PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WANGANUI RIVER IN NEW ZEALAND, TRACING EVERYTHING FROM THE STEAMERS, TO THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE. A RICH DIVERSE HISTORY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Heritage Press Ltd Auckland 1999 First Edition 184pp illus (bw) VG (illus hardback sl rubbed and worn, spine sl faded, scratch on rear board).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very clean copy with only some minor shelf wear to the jacket. Maori Canoes, Victorian Steamers, Paddle-wheelers, Canvas canoes- The Wanganui river has seen them all. She has tolerated their transient intrusions as she gets on with her timeless journey from the mountains to the sea.

Quarto softcover (VG-) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 96 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very clean copy with small pen name. The book gathers a wide range of memories from residents, river workers, and families connected to the Whanganui. These stories highlight everyday experiences, river travel, settlement life, and the cultural and environmental significance of the river. The tone is intimate and community?driven, preserving voices that might otherwise be lost.

octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 208pp, illus, (VG+), d/w (VG+).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 96p With illustrations, a compilation of stories about the Wanganui River area.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 95p (1p) With illustrations, snippets from Wanganui's history, citizens, and landmarks.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Photos, Maps, Plans etc. (illustrator). Seventh. Arthur Bates, a respected authority on the Wanganui River and its history, first published what is undoubtedly his most popular title -- "The Bridge to To Nowhere" -- in 1981, with repints in the three successive years, the fifth (with an index) in 1987 with this seventh edition printed in 1993. Topic of the book is the proposed farming settlement of Mangapurua. Situated in a long valler in the Upper reaches of the Wanganui River, the Mangapurua project was the last of the Government schemes to place demobilized soldiers from WWI on land they could transform for farming purposes --- on country that was remote, undevelopend, often ruggedl and mostly bush-clad. Access to the Valley was by road or river, Raetihi being the nearest township, 28 miles from the closest point of the settlement block of which 20 miles was a dray road, the remainder a horse track. With river-boats providing the other practical access, the tracks from the nearest landing to the settlement area was initially only horse tracks cut by the survey parties as they established the project alllotment lines. Returned soldiers planning to take-up the sections had to inspect them before a block was granted, The first allocations of land were made by the Land Board in 1917. Although the project appeared to get off to a good start, problems soon apppeared, mainly caused by ihe remote location, the access difficulties --- as the roading progressed these were often closed by slips and washouts. Transporting essential supplies, farm implements, tools and farming requirement and building materials was difficult and expensive. At the project peak about 40 ex-soldiers had taken up land, with many of them strangers to the bush, to farming and land clearance. The author notes that Mangapurua eventually became a "complete and utter failure." despite the courage, endurance and enthusiasm of the ex-soldiers and their families who "discovered they were chasing a rainbow of illustiona" and had to abandon their farms, without any compensation." The last two settler left in 1942 when the Government closed the "trecherous" access road. The great irony was that in 1936 a solid concrete bridge provided good access to the settlement, but all too late to save the project. All he natural problems encountered were multiplied by the Great Depression which caused many to walk off, leaving their dreams, livlihood and years of endeavour behind them."The Bridge To Nowhere" had no happy ending and today little remains of the settlement,-- except the bridge. In the years since, the settlemen failed the land has mainly regenerated to its original bush state and has been incorporated in th Whanganui National Park. Seventh edition from 1993, 173 pages including index, illustrated with approxc 50 b/w photos, several maps, plans, documentsns etc, with end-paper maps showing the originsl project plan and a location map defining notable fearures and development events .Brown hard covrs are NF with tiny fade bands fronr upper lower edges, the text block is also NF there are no inscriptions etc, The NF DJ has colour photo of birudge on front panel.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. (frontis map) 168p With maps and illustrations, the story of an area of land in the remote Upper Wanganui River opened up for settlement by returned soldiers from WW1, and the failure of the scheme, leaving just the bridge leading to the area.

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & lightly bruised, sl bruising to board extrems, minor adhesive staining to base of boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm annotation in ink to front pastedown/map & prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (top edge of jacket trimmed, sl creasing & rubbing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear at edges and corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.