Peter M Chandler (21 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 8, No. 2. Edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes. Cover art by Emsh for "His Head in the Clouds" by Calvin Knox [Robert Silverberg]. Includes "Genius Loci" (novel) by Thomas Scortia; "The Return from Troy" by Russ Winterbotham; "Compulsions" by Peter Stom; "The Principle" by A. Bertram Chandler; "Just Rub a Lamp" by Theodore L. Thomas. Departments: "The Editor's Page" by Robert W. Lowndes; "Inside Science Fiction" by Robert A. Madle; "Readin' and Writhin'" (book reviews) by L. Sprague de Camp; "The Last Word." Ilustrated by Freas, Orban, and Emsh. Tanning, foxing, soiling; minor creasing. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.

PAPERBACK YELLOW. Condition: GOOD. 4TH. General wear, frontispiece, lightly foxed and soiled cover, contains BW photographs, DATE PUBLISHED: 1968 EDITION: 4TH 137.

Octavo softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo softcover (G+); 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 cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (frontis map) vi 186p D-J (slight fading) Plasticised boards With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of how electricity has been supplied to the people of Central Otago, from the goldminers to the general population.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 56p 2nd edition Marks covers Name crossed out inside front cover With illustrations, the hundred years of Kinloch, Rees Valley, Glenorchy schools, and the Kinloch, Paradise, Dart Valley and Routeburn Households.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (folding map) 223p (folding map) Brown paper over boards Near Fine With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of Invercargill's 'New River', its harbours, settlement and gradual destruction.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Owner's Name inside. Good for age. 94 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Craig Printing Co Ltd Invercargill 1984 First Edition VG (blue cloth w title in gilt on spine and front board, fep illus w map, rear has envelope containing col map, sl worn, head and foot of spine sl bumped, edges sl foxed) in VG+ DW ( v sl rubbed and worn) lovely crisp copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (frontis map) vi 186p Fading strips on covers Owner's small sticker crossed out FEP With maps and illustrations, a detailed history of how electricity has been supplied to the people of Central Otago, from the goldminers to the general population.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. 128 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, bibliography.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy with just a small name stamp in front.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Thus. 8vo. original printed card boards with cloth backing (slight tearing to cloth at spine ends, edges a little rubbed, else clean & unmarked); pp. xiv, 94, [8 (advts, last blank)], with illustrations. A near fine copy. [Not in Neate].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2006 Cambridge University Press hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition.

Condition: Brand New. New.SoftCover International edition. Different ISBN and Cover image but contents are same as US edition.Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Xxii, 551 Pp. Beige Cloth , Spine Stamped In Gilt And Black. First Printing Stated. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $8.50. Selections Of Sophisticated Writing About Or By Immigrants, Like The Majority Of Politicians, And Like Them Without Insight Into Their Own Characters, Focusing Always On Appearance, Feeling, And Achievement.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Photos, Maps, Plans. Diagrams, Drawings Documents (illustrator). 1st. This "history of Bullendale and the generation of electric power in Central Otago" (sub-title) was commissioned to mark the centenary of the Central Otago Power Board (COPB) but is, in fact, a graphic account of some of the earliest pioneering in this energy field in NZ. It is much more than a record of an organiation, but rather of major early developments in the generaltion and distribution of electric power using innovation and engineering, particularly of hydro-generation. Gold was discovered in Central Otago in 1861and by 1864 the gold mine at Bullendale (north from Queenstown on Skippers Creek in formidiably mountainous terrain) was generating electric power for lighting purposes and two years later had completed a much larger hyro-electric station which, according to Peter Chandler's introductiion "was the first significant generation and transmission of hydro electic power for industrial use in New Zealand." The book then follows the development of hydro-electrical power production in Central Otago, which with its abundance of water in fast flowing steams and rivers, was ideal for this operation. A number of power stations were constructed, mainly for mining purposes, but also used for domestic, civic and other industries throughout the area. In mining it was employed in underground quartz workings and dredging extraction. A number of schemes of various size, efficiency, practicality and economics followed and over the years either fell by the way-side or came under the COPB umbrella, until it too was largely superceded in generation responsibilities as massive Government owned hydro stations, such as Roxborough and Clyde ,were established in the region from the 1950s. However, this unique book is industrial history at its best, a literal gold mine of information on this formative stage in the introduction of the engery source on which almost everyone, every industry and installation depends. Here is the story of the innovative, progressive and determined minds and men responsibe for so many "firsts" in power. As such it is also a social history, a reminder of pioneer days, of advancing technology from the primative to the practical and when getting things done depended on will-power, strong muscles and determination. The authors' text material begins with a brief outline of the evolutionary process of power production before examining the regional history. The book presents a remarkable and varied selection of illustrations, ranging over historic b/w photographs, maps, plans of mining operations, including dredges and underground workings, additionally many illustrations from contemporary engineering journals show the types of generating machines used, dams and other constructions, plus a number of maps, plans and documents. As a bonus, the book itself is a high quality item. First edition of 1986 from COPB. 186 pages, illustrated throughout. Black hard covers with gilt spine titles are VG+, ink signatures of co-authors on half-title, internally NF. Colour art/pictorial DJ is VG with small section missing center lower front edge, with tape repaired tear above, few small chips, some sunning. Weight is 1kg unpacked; may require additional postage for international delivery. By Authors/Co-Founders.

Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus front eps, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep & verso of frontispiece) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 3cm closed tear to top edge with archival tape repair, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Let There be Light. A History of Bullendale and the generation of electric power in Central Otago by Peter M. Chandler & Ron C. Hall. Publisher: Otago Central Electric Power Board, Alexandra , 1986. Very good softback, minor edge-wear, binding firm, no inscriptions, pages very good, small corner crease to some pages. 186 pages, illustrated.

Condition: New. Fifth Edition. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!