Watt Jop (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very nice copy that has some very minor tanning to the page edges of the illustrated section. The jacket has a little dulling down to the spine. Some rubbing and an archival tape repair to a short closed tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a small ownership sticker. A detailed history of the pioneering years of railway construction in Southland, tracing the development of the province's earliest railways from 1864 to 1878. J. O. P. Watt examines the ambitious schemes that linked Invercargill, Bluff, Winton and surrounding districts, including the short-lived wooden-rail tramway and the transition to more durable iron rails and the national narrow-gauge system. Drawing on official records, maps and contemporary photographs, the book explores the engineering challenges, political decisions and financial pressures that shaped Southland's rail network during its formative years. An authoritative and well-illustrated account, it remains an important reference for students of New Zealand railway and regional history.…

Cloth. Condition: VG - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (3p) 82p D-J chips spine, fore-corners, in archival wrapper) A record of the inquests, court hearing and trial of the convicted 'baby-murderer' in Southland, New Zealand, who went to the gallows.

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.…

Octavo, heavy card boards, black lettering to orange spine, 72pp, illus, VG- (slight soiling to covers, slight fading to spine, 3 plates have been cut out & reattached with sellotape).

Hardcover imperial octavo (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.…

No Jacket. Hardcover super octavo (VG+) lacks d/w ; 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. Times Printing Service, Invercargill 1971 First Edition 131pp illus (bw) VG+ (brown faux leather w gilt title on spine, v sl worn, edges sl foxed) in VG+ DW (sl worn) tidy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Imitation leather bindings with gilt titles, b&w illstns. Moderate library markings, no wear. Dust jacket is intact and bright, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Imitation leather bindings with gilt titles, b&w illstns. Unmarked apart from a gift inscription. Dust jacket has light edge wear, small tears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Octavo stapled light card covers (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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (frontis) (5p plates) (6p) 177p (6p index) D-J (chips, small piece missing top spine) Plasticised boards An illustrated account of the formation of Invercargill as New Zealand's most southerly city and the civic administration which grew up with it, with much early detail.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 79 pages. Cover worn and soiled.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean black pebbled cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: light foxings. Eps: map of Preservation Inlet. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 130p Dj: moderately shelf-sunned. Spine: head & foot with wear, small splits & chips. Head of front/rear flaps spines with small open wear & chips; 2 cm split to front flap spine foot.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 132p Fading spine With illustrations, a history of this Southland coastal area, including early whaling and shipwrecks.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 74 pages.

Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 132pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & top of cover edges, light tanning to page edges).

8vo.pp.72. Many illustrations in b/w. Original pictorial papered boards. A small discolouration at head of upper board geneerally Very Good copy.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback. Minnie Dean - school teacher, housewife, kind and helpful to people in trouble - Winton baby farmer, child murderer, and the only woman to be hanged in New Zealand. This book is a record of the inquests, Magistrate Court hearing, and Supreme Court Trial of one of New Zealand's most notorious women. The information has been compiled mainly from contemporary newspaper reports, but the author has also researched other records and books to present a story not of brilliant detective work, or gruesome horror, but one of painstaking police work that uncovered the circumstances and tragic deaths of at least 3 children, and produced the evidence necessary to convict and condemn Minnie Dean to the gallows. Illus. 82pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in sl. frayed and worn Nr. Vg. dw.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. In 1895 a murder trial in Invercargill, NZ's southernmost city, was sensational to the extent that today it remains one of the most notable cases in terms of public interest. Outstanding for two main factors, it was the result of a woman's "baby farming" activities, which led to her muder conviction and death at the gallows --- the only woman in NZ to have met such a fate. Ostensibly, 'baby farming" was a service for accepting responsibility for unwanted babies, usually illegitimate. These were generally moved "out of district" with the understanding that the infant wouuld be "adopted out." The recipient of the child was paid either a lump sum or a weekly fee. However, the "donor" of the bably took no further interest in its welfare and this made infanticide for a "hardened farmer" a comparatively simple matter. although "adopting out" with about 20 pounds changing hands in the transaction was also tempting. There were some babies unfit, physically or mentally, for adoption and a dispute over "maintenance" for one such a child focused attention on Minnie Dean's activities. One result of this was a request for health authorities to examine the Dean's "infant boarding house." At times the tiny, delapidated Dean house was "home" for 10 children, aged from six weeks to 11years, as well as Minnie, her husband and their adopted adult daugter. Almost inevitably death occurred among the unwanted infants, although it was acceoted that the Dean chilldren were well fed and clothed. One death led to an inquest which found that this was due to natural causes, but caused the overcrowded home becoming a local issue with limits on numbers and inspections by the authorities recommended. When several baby bodies were located on the property this led to Minnie Dean's arrest, trial, to death by hanging in August 1895. In his book J O P Watt bullds a complete and absorbing account of the events leading up to the trial, a detailed description of the proceedings, her excecution and subsequent controversey regrading the trial finding. First editiion of 1973, 82 pages illustrated with b/w sketchs of the scene of the crime, ink drawings, the court proceedings, reproduction of a ducument signed by Minnie Dean, plus 12 ink portraits of the accused, witnesses and judicial figures in the court proceedings.plus b/w photo of the Supreme Court where the trial took place. Book condition is VG+ with black hard covers with gilt front titles, internally excellent, no inscriptions. The wrap-round DJ featues a number of the illustrations used in the book, VG with few short tears to upper/lower jacket edges. A first class copy of a scarce book. Drawings, Photo, Sketches, Potraits (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The Trial of Minnie Dean by J O P Watt. Publisher: Times Printing Service 1973. First Edition. Very good hardback in a good jacket. Inscription to ffep, a little rubbing and bumping; foxing to end-papers and page edges. Jacket is rubbed, marked and chipped with a small repaired tear to front flap, fading and a little loss to spine. 82 pages, illustrated. Child murderer, and the only woman to be hanged in New Zealand. This book is a record of the inquests, Magistrate Court hearing, and Supreme Court Trial. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 177 pages plus index, D/J worn, chipped and rubbed.

Papered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 21.5 cm, viii, 131 pp, maps on eps, b&w photo illus, d/w - small mended tear at head fo spine, and tiny chip tail of spine - professional cover to prevent further wear. VG in good d/w.

fester Pappband, mit s/w-Deckelphoto, kl. DinA 4, 72 Seiten, einige sw-Photos und sonstige sw-Abbildungen, englischer Text, ein eingehefteter Berichtigungszettel, Einband leicht fleckig und gebräunt, minimal berieben und bestoßen, insgesamt gut erhalten / insgesamt guter Zustand Englische Ausgabe; english edition; Contents/Inhalt: siehe Foto. …