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A sample of our books on New Zealand history

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Author Catalogue:

- Regional histories -
At Home in New Zealand
by Alison Drummond and L.R. Drummond
Ill. history of everyday things.
Bk No. 005459
$25.00
The Journal of William Morgan
ed. Nona Morris
Bk No. 005015
$55.00
This is Te Aroha
by C. Kingsley-Smith
Bk No. 006852
$75.00
Beyond the Blue Mountains
by F.W.G. Miller
West Otago history.
Bk No. 006718
$45.00
The Kettle on the Fuschia
by Barbara Harper
Story of Orari Gorge.
Bk No. 006721
$45.00
Hawera District Centenary
by A.P.C. Bromley
Bk No. 006881
$50.00
West to the Fiords
by F.W.G. Miller

History of Western Southland
Bk No. 006843
$50.00
Horse Range to Horse Burn
by Janet C. Angus
History of Waihemo County Council 1882-1982
Bk No. 006721
$45.00
Gateway to the Wairarapa
by C.J. Carle
History of Featherston.
Bk No. 006261
$155.00
Islands of the Gulf
by Shirley Maddock and Don Whyte

Bk No. 001761
$20.00
The Rich
by Stevan Eldred-Grigg
History of the very rich in NZ.
Bk No. 006090
$35.00
The Past Today
ed. John Wilson
Bk No. 003548
$65.00
Wellington. The first years of European settlement 1840-1850
by Gavin McLean
Bk No. 005846
$30.00
More Bygone Days in Lower Hutt
by George Kaye
Bk No. 005523
$30.00
Historic Gold Trails of the Coromandel
by Tony Nolan
Bk No. 010442
$35.00
The Centennial History of Matamata Plains
comp. C.W. Vennell et al
Bk No. 006172
$60.00
Historic Trails of the Far North
by E.V. Sale
Bk No. 006865
$25.00
History of Northern Southland
by G.A. Hamilton
Bk No. 002411
$95.00
High Endeavour
by William Vance
Settlement of the Mackenzie Country.
Bk No. 006131
$35.00
Historic Gold Trails of Nelson and Marlborough
by Tony Nolan
Bk No. 005522
$60.00
Early Manukau
by George Higham
Bk No. 005617
$20.00
The Turners of Huia
by Allan Kirk and Harvey Turner

Bk No. 006448
$52.00
Roughnecks, Rolling Stones & Rouseabouts
by John A. Lee
Stories of swag-carrying pioneer workforce.
Bk No. 000473
$20.00
Gabriel's Gully Centennial 1861-1961
by J.R. Munro
Bk No. 005494
$35.00
Old Wellington Days
by Pat Lawlor
Bk No. 001663
$35.00
Sketches in New Zealand
by W. Tyrone Power
Bk No. 000004
$45.00
Beyond the Souhern Lakes
ed. Anita Crozier
Explorations of W.G. Grave.
Bk No. 006864
$45.00
Wild Islands
by Gordon Ell
Exploring Hauraki Gulf and beyond.
Bk No. 000843
$25.00
The Story of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864
by Captain Gilbert Mair

Bk No. 009009
$55.00
The Story of Rural Glenfield
by Valerie Rounthwaite
Bk No. 002098
$20.00
Would A Good Man Die?
by Dick Scott
Killing of NZ commissioner on Niue in 1953.
Bk No. 005606
$25.00
Tatum
by Tom Howarth
Scout Association training centre, nr. Levin.
Bk No. 005095
$30.00
Gold Trails of Otago
by June A. Wood
Bk No. 005554
$25.00
Victorian New Zealanders
by June A. Wood
Colonial pakeha life in Victorian times.
Bk No. 001669
$20.00
Fiordland
by Jack McClenaghan
Bk No. 002018
$35.00
Port Nelson
by W.H. Parr

Bk No. 007296
$35.00
Pioneering to Prosperity 1874-1974
by D.A. Davies and R.E. Clevely
Manchester Block history.
Bk No. 002016
$45.00
Wainuiomata. These Passing Years
by J.M. & B.M. Kenneally
Bk No. 005548
$25.00
Gold in the River
by F.W.G. Miller
Gold prospecting in Central Otago.
Bk No. 006680
$35.00
Parnell
by Susanna Burton (photos) and Jack Leigh (text)
Bk No. 005579
$20.00
Takapuna. A historical portfolio
ed. Ross Sayers
Bk No. 005686
$20.00
Putting Our Town On The Map
by Claudia Bell and John Lyall
Bk No. 003463
$25.00
Early Stations of Hawke's Bay
by Miriam MacGregor
Bk No. 007291
$135.00
In the Wake of the Axe
by Peter Newton
Bk No. 007388
$45.00
The War Years. New Zealanders remember 1939-1945
ed. Anna Rogers
Bk No. 003276
$20.00
Te Papa C.M.S. Mission Station 1835-1883
arr. Stanley Bull
Bk No. 005787
$15.00
The Streets of My City
by F.L. Irvine-Smith
Wellington streets.
Bk No. 002017
$25.00
Explorers and Travellers
by John Pascoe
Bk No. 007357
$45.00
The Rural Entrepreneurs
by Siomn Ville
Bk No. 007394
$45.00
Auckland Girls' Grammar School
by Heather Northey, with J.A. and M. Asher
Bk No. 007409
$20.00
The Port Hills of Christchurch
by Gordon Ogilvie
Bk No. 007355
$75.00
Diakonia and the Moa
by David S. Mullan
Bk No. 007385
$25.00
Old Westland
by E.I. Lord

Bk No. 007285
$40.00
Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
by Arthur H. Carman
Bk No. 007322
$80.00
A History of Gold Mining in New Zealand
by J.H.M. Salmon
Bk No. 007352
$145.00
Early Days on the Miramar Peninsula
by J.M. & B.M. Kenneally
Bk No. 007198
$35.00
City of the Plains
by M.B. Boyd
Hstings.

Bk No. 007321
$65.00
 
Wonderland of the South Pacific. New Zealand.
Bk No. 004371
$15.00
Thames. The first 100 years
by William A. Kelly
Bk No. 003312
$50.00
Newmarket
by Dinah Holman
Bk No. 007191
$65.00

The Farming of New
Zealand

by Gordon McLauchlan
Ill. history of NZ
agriculture
Bk No. 006885
$45.00

The Challenge of the Whau
History of Avondale.
Bk No. 003217
$35.00
The Story of Whangarei
by Diana Vallance
Bk No. 006191
$50.00
Beyond The City
by Sarah E.W. Penney
History of Riccarton, Waimari and Paparua.
Bk No. 006381
$140.00
Early Days in New Zealand
by John A. Lee
(Image cropped)
Bk No. 001898
$25.00
Vanishing Auckland
by Hilda Altman
Bk No. 002925
$30.00
A Centennial History of Tauranga
by W.H. Gifford and H. Bradney Williams
Bk No. 007374
$75.00
     


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