The Chief. C. Y. O'Connor by Tauman, Merab - 1978

Australia University of Western Australia Press August 1978. 1978. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 290pp index, b/w illus. Very good, page edges browned, foxing to endpapers, owner's name on fep, inscription verso frontis. / very good d/w. .

Perth: University of Western Australia, 1978. First Edition . Cloth. With Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine with an owners inscription to fep. in a very good ++ jacket. PP 290. index, endpaper maps, illustrations

University of Western Australia Press, 1978. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. WEST AUSTRALIANAFirst edition. C.Y.O`Connor was an engineer of genius, his main achievements are the Inner Harbour at Fremantle and the Eastern Goldfields Water Supply to Kalgoorlie. xiv,290p., [12]p. of plates, [1] leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 25cm.0 #1015/0919/1220/030722/151122/120623O'Connor, C. Y. (Charles Yelverton), 1843-1902. | Civil engineering. O'Connor, Charles Yelverton, 1843-1902. Western Australia. Biographies. | Civil engineers -- Western Australia -- Biography. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket O'Connor was said by his contemporaries to be a man ahead of his time, an engineer of genius. His living monuments are the inner harbour at Fremantle and the Eastern Goldfields Water Supply. Yet he was driven to his death by political pressure and his own self doubt. 250 x 162mm., pp. xiv, 290, map end/p., b/w plates, notes, index. Hardcover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, very slight spotting top edge; d.j. slight creasing top spine. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0855641231