Tales of a Pioneer: Episodes of the Life of Alfred Saunders by Alfred Saunders
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Facsimile edition. As per title - History and biography of Alfred Saunders (1820-1905), pioneer and legislator, selected and arranged by his two youngest daughters.
Tales of the Golden West:reminiscences from its settlement
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Reminiscences of Westland from its settlement by gold-seekers and traders. These tales first appeared in the columns of Grey River Argus. First published in book form in 1906, this is a facsimile reprint.
Tales of the Rangitikei by Paul Melody
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
People and personalities who helped to shape the district are explored in this history which revives many little known stories of their achievements. With many interesting photographs.
Tamihana the Kingmaker by L.S. Rickard
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
A biography of the great Maori leader and statesman Wiremu Tamihana who played a crucial role in North Island politics during the period of turmoil in the 1850s and 1860s. First published in 1963, this is a facsimile reprint.
Thames Goldfields: A History from Pre-proclamation Times to 1927 by Fred W. Weston
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury | Reading Level: New
For the first time in the history of the Thames goldfield an attempt is made, in this publication, to give a connected account of it's discovery, development, and productivity. Most of the facts here related are extant in a fragmentary form, scattered through Government Blue Books and the newspapers of ...Show more
The Cheviot Estate by The Department of Lands
$45.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
The Department of Lands official booklet produced in 1893 to facilitate the selling of the area of land that was formerly the Cheviot Estate. Contains a detailed map showing all blocks. It also contains a diagram showing the geology of the area.
The Clipper Ship Crusader, Built 1865, Broken Up 1910: Memories and Records of Over Fifty Years' Pioneering : with Special Reference to Voyages 1874-1879. by Various Authors
$50.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Facsimile edition, first published 1928. The clipper ship Crusader played a significant part in the early colonisation of New Zealand by European settlers. Between December 1871 and December 1897 she made 28 trips from Great Britain to New Zealand, carrying a total of thousands of immigrants. It was pas ...Show more
The First White Boy Born in Otago - The Story of T.B. Kennard by H. (Herries) Beattie; T. B. Kennard
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
The story of Thomas Baker Kennard, born May 6 1841 at Tumai near Waikouaiti. Beattie writes of Kennard's memories of the early days with the Maori, and white settlement and the Gold Rushes. First published by Reed in 1939, this is a facsimile reprint.
The Great New Zealand Myth: a Study of the Discovery and Origin Traditions of the Maori (1976) by D.R. Simmons
$75.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Facsimile edition. As per title - Maori folklore, legends and history.
The Hill by Cecilia Adams
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
Despite its drawbacks of isolation, inclement weather and barrenness, the author doubts if any other New Zealand town of like size had even a fraction of the varied interests which the hill had to offer. Here in a little world apart, was an existence geared to the winning of coal. The author lived at De ...Show more
The Jubilee History of Nelson by Lowther Broad, Esq.
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
A comprehensive history of Nelson in celebration of the Jubilee. This covers the years 1842-1892. Originally published in 1892 by Bond, Finney and Co., this is a fascimile Cadsonbury reprint.
The Kea: A New Zealand Problem
$60.00 NZD
Category: Cadsonbury
A full description of this very interesting bird, its habitat and ways, together with a discussion of the theories advanced to explain its sheep killing propensities. First published in 1908, this is a facsimile reprint with a completely new index.