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A sample of our books on New Zealand history

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Author Catalogue:

- New Zealand histories -

Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the Colonial Dream: A reconsideration
Bk No. 003508
$30.00

Some Account of New Zealand
by John Savage

Bk No. 009349
$45.00

A Sense of History
by Frances Porter
Bk No. 006817
$40.00

The Discovery of
New Zealand

by J.C. Beaglehole
Bk No. 006271
$20.00
Policing the Colonial Frontier
by Richard S. Hill
Two vols.
Bk No. 006302
$140.00
Settlers and Pioneers
by James Cowan
Bk No. 005095
$35.00
Ghost Towns of New Zealand
by David McGill
Bk No. 010399
$40.00
New Zealand
Historical Atlas

ed. Malcolm McKinnon
Bk No. 006724
$75.00
A History of New Zealand
by Keith Sinclair
Standard history. New edition.
Bk No. 007034
$20.00
A Short History of New Zealand
by J.B. Condliffe & W.T.G. Airey
Bk No. 006627
$35.00
My Home Town
ed. Robyn Langwell
Bk No. 001718
$20.00
The Journal of
Henry Sewell 1853-7, Vol 1,

ed. W. David McIntyre
Bk No. 005261
$30.00
Colonial Tears and Sweat
by Julia Millen
Bk No. 006849
$55.00
The Birth of New Zealand
by Warren Jacobs and John Wilson
Bk No. 003147
$50.00
Ao Tea Roa. What Was Their Life?
ed. Raymond Fawcett
Bk No. 005515
$25.00
The New Zealand
Book of Events

ed. Bryce Fraser
Bk No. 005252
$
35.00
The Bad Old Days
by Tony Nolan
Bk No. 004461
$15.00
I Was There!
ed. Bob Brockie
Bk No. 002741
$20.00
Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders Vols I & II
by J. Polack
Bk No. 006953
$150.00
New Zealand.
Romance of Empire

by Reginald Horsley
Bk No. 002072
$15.00
Sketches From Early New Zealand intoduced by Laurie Barber
Bk No. 005423
$35.00
The Welfare State in New Zealand
by J.B. Condliffe
Bk No. 007267
$25.00
The Exploration of New Zealand
by W.G. McClymont
Bk No. 006275
$45.00
The Farthest Promised
Land

by Rollo Arnold
Bk No. 009441
$150.00
Paradise Reforged
by James Belich
Bk No. 007344
$115.00
Making People
by James Belich
Bk No. 007342
$120.00
New Zealand. A short history
by Laurie Barber
Bk No. 007274
$40.00
Reader's Digest Guide to New Zealand
by Maurice Shadbolt and Brian Brake
Bk No. 007270
$45.00
The Old Whaling Days
by Robert McNab
1st
Bk No. 007346
$340.00
Nobby Clark's Auckland
by K.S. Clark
Bk No. 007303
$15.00
   
- Regional histories -
Journey in the Northern Island of New Zealand
by W.R. Wade
Bk No. 006825
$50.00
Something in the Hills
by Christine Hunt
Central Otago stories.
Bk No. 006826
$45.00
Wairarapa
by C.J. Carle
Bk No. 005615
$215.00
Wairarapa. A historical excursion
by A.G. Bagnall

Bk No. 006262
$210.00

Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum
by Wayne Ryburn
History of the Kaipara.
Bk No. 005211
$50.00

A Picture Book of Old Waikato
by Paul and Gabrielle Day
Bk No. 006527
$25.00
Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Vol. 2, Auckland Provincial District.
Bk No. 006664
$350.00

The West Coast Gold Rushes
by Philip Ross May
Bk No. 010128
$220.00

The Dunstan
by C.W.S. Moore
History of the Alexandra-Clyde districts.
Bk No. 003224
$30.00
The Riversdalians comp. Stanley Slocombe
Bk No. 006818
$65.00

Armed Settlers
by H.C.M. Norris
Bk No. 006575
$65.00

Kingdom in the Hills
by David Mcleod
Bk No. 006939
$35.00

Norsewood
by A.L. Andersen
Bk No. 006685
$55.00
Duperrey's Visit to New Zealand in 1824
ed. Andrew Sharp
Bk No. 006821
$50.00
Jacksons Bay
by Irvine Roxburgh
Bk No. 002719
$80.00
The History of Port Nelson
by Ruth Allan
Bk No. 005403
$40.00
Centenial History of Hawera and the Waimate Plains
comp. by C.J. Roberts
Bk No. 006800
$65.00
Westland. Journal of John Hillary
ed. J.H. Hillary
Bk No. 006822
$40.00
Taking the Waters
by Ian Rockel
Early Spas in New Zealand
Bk No. 009100
$45.00
The Early Canterbury Runs
by L.G.D. Acland
Bk No. 006355
$85.00
Old Manukau
by A.E. Tonson
Bk No. 011196
$75.00
Sumner to Ferrymead
by Walter de Thier
Bk No. 006912
$60.00
Coaches North
by Len Anderson
Bk No. 005470
$25.00
Pioneers of Martins Bay
by Alice McKenzie
Bk No. 007395
$55.00
The London Journal of Edward Jerningham Wakefield
ed. Joan Stevens

Bk No. 006820
$55.00
The Riddle of the Kaipara
by T.B. Byrne
Bk No. 005563
$35.00
The Wanganui Story
by M.J.G. Smart and A.P. Bates
Bk No. 005416
$85.00
Opium and Gold
by Peter Butler
Bk No. 009068
$140.00
Bright Fine Gold
compiled by William F. Heinz

Bk No. 006614
$95.00

Difficult Country
by Margaret C. Brown
History of Murchison district.
Bk No. 006576
$65.00

Station Life in New Zealand
by Lady Barker
Bk No. 006853
$25.00

The Golden Road to Cape Reinga
by David More
Bk No. 001765
$15.00

Wanaka Story
by Irvine Roxburgh

Bk No. 008358
$40.00

Forest Homes
by G.C. Petersen
Bk No. 007238
$95.00

Frontier Town
by Laurie Barber
History of Te Awamutu 1884-1984
Bk No. 005507
$45.00
Te Waimatemate
by William Greenwood
History of Waimate county and borough
Bk No. 006580
$125.00
Once there were Green Fields
by Alison Harris and Robert Stevenson

Albany
Bk No. 008383
$35.00
From Bush & Swamp
by Marjorie D. Law

Centenary of Shannon
Bk No. 008341
$60.00
Centennial Supplement
by V.G. Boyle
Ohai-NightcapsDistrict

Bk No. 008356
$65.00
Cass
ed. C.J. Burrows

Bk No. 008008
$120.00
The Farthest Corner
by Harry Morton and Carol Morton Johnston
Bk No. 008305
$55.00
Ellesmere County
by G.W. Graham & L.J.B. Chapple

Bk No. 006587
$65.00
From the Beginning
by Phyllis Kerr
Geraldine
Bk No. 008350
$65.00
Prehistoric New Zealand
by Graeme Stevens, Matt McGlone, Beverley McCulloch

Bk No. 008380
$55.00
Early Castlepoint
by Castlepoint Historical Committee
Ex lib
Bk No. 008169
$120.00
Early Wellington
by Louis E. Ward
Bk No. 008179
$350.00
Out of Mind Out of Sight
by Wendy Hunter Williams
Bk No. 008193
$30.00
The Merchants Paved the Way
by J. Halket Millar
Bk No. 008296
$25.00
Pioneers of the Plains
by Gordon Ogilvie

Bk No. 008363
$85.00
Goldseekers and Bushrangers in New Zealand
by J.R. Elder

Bk No. 008591
$130.00
Colonial Experiences
by Alexander Bathgate
Bk No. 008290
$35.00
Once Upon A Village
by David P. Millar
Bk No. 008297
$40.00
Bunnythorpe and District
by R.E. Clevely
Bk No. 007806
$55.00
Sheep Station N.Z.
by J.W. Barns-Graham
Ex lib
Bk No. 008303
$55.00
Through Canterbury and Otago with Bishop Harper
by Rev J.W. Stack
Bk No. 008342
$55.00
The Story of Menzies Bay
by Ian H. Menzies
Bk No. 008291
$65.00
The Otago of Our Mothers
by E.L. Soper
Bk No. 008325
$35.00
Terawhiti and the Goldfields
by James Brodie
Bk No. 008144
$95.00
The History of Taranaki
by B. Wells
Bk No. 010431
$85.00
In the Hills of the Waimarino
by Elizabeth C. Allen
Bk No. 008071
$55.00
The Chatham Islands. Heritage and Conservation
- Department of Conservation
Bk No. 008176
$35.00
Tarawera and the Terraces
by Philip Andrews
Bk No. 008327
$25.00
The Affair of the Wellington Brig
by Cecil & Celia Manson
Bk No. 008209
$35.00


New Zealand history selections - Pages: 2, 3

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