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(frontis) xii 188p D/J Beginnings of foxing top FE Signature HTP Near Fine The story of Piet van Asch, the foundation of NZ Aerial Mapping in 1936, and the progress of aerial mapping in NZ and the Pacific, illustrated in B-W and colour

Wellington: Grantham House, 1986 With b&w photo illstns. A small name in front (under dj flap), otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket is intact and bright.

(Signed Copy and Sympathy Card) Blue h/c with gilt title to spine and front cover, Excellent crisp clean copy, Illustrated with both colour and b&w photographs and maps, hint of dulling down to bottom left edge of front cover, leading corner tips are lightly rubbed, top and bottom head of spine are rubbed and rolled slightly, Jacket leading corner and spine edges are lightly rubbed. Piet's Eye in the Sky: The Story of New Zealand Aerial Mapping. Piet van Asch was ahead of his time when in 1936 he established NZ Aerial Mapping Limited as the first private enterprise 'eye in the sky' to map new Zealand from the air. Some tentative aerial survey had been undertaken by the Air Force but, when war intervened in 1939, it was left to NZAM to fly the vital fortress areas for the Armed Forces and from there to go on to city, rural, river, mountain and coastal vertical photography to meet the needs of farmers, developers, engineers, town planners, surveyors, prospectors, irrigators and foresters. NZAM is the oldest aviation company in New Zealand to boast a record of continuous operation under its one name. Weight 0.8 g Size 270 mm by 203 mm

In 1936 Piet Van Asch set up NZ's first commercial aerial mapping company, appropriately named NZ Aerial Mapping. At the time of publication NZAM was the country's oldest aviation company. In that half century it had become well established as a leader in the field, working in the Pacific as well as NZ. Before NZAM the small Air Force has undertaken some limited aerial photopgraphy, surveying and mapping, but the advent of the company opened up the science to a large number of organisations, councils, industries and individuals. This is an impressive story of a company of small beginnings, great foresight, innovation, success and longevity. Not only a record of a company and its work, but of the people, planes and plans that led to great service and achievements. This an ex-library copy, but from a reference section and thus little used. 188 pages including three appendices, bibliography, references and index. 12 colour photographs, b/w photos throughout, many full page, several maps, documents and diagram, decorative e/papers. Blue hard covers with silver front decoration/spine titles VG+. library and "reference only" stamps top half title, "reference only" stamp top title page with library stamp near lower edge, library codes title page verso with "reference only" again top right contents page, no stamps through text block which is excellent, library stamp lower edge last page with crosssed bar code lower edge RFEP. Colour pictorial DJ is plastic protected and VG+, lightly taped to both boards at top. Library stamp upper/lower page edges as closed.