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Nedlands, University of Western Australia Press, 1978. first edition - h/c in d.j. 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, bookshop label (small) ffep., small personal catalogue no. back end/p., contents fine in d.j. very sl. wear & crease top spine, sl. rubbed, a lovely near fine copy - scarce.