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Lyttelton: Port and Town An illustrated history by Geoffrey W. Rice
$30.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury
Lyttelton: Port and Town - an Illustrated History: Port and Town - an Illustrated History by Geoffrey Rice
$35.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Secondhand. Signed by the author. The story of Christchurch's main port and one of its oldest boroughs. From the 'Pilgrim Port' of the 1850s, with its single jetty to receive thousands of Canterbury Assocaition settlers to the bustling modern port town of today.This is the story of Canterbury's main po ...Show more
Nedwill: That 'Peppery' Irish Surgeon, New Zealand's Outstanding Public Health Pioneer by Geoffrey W. Rice
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Education & Health | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. Signed by the author. Courtney Nedwill was once Christchurch's most admired and most reviled doctor. He was admired as a caring GP and a careful surgeon... But he was also notorious for his quarrels with other doctors... His career is particularly interesting as it straddles the transition ...Show more
Quackery in Christchurch 1850-1900 by Geoffrey W. Rice
$42.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Quackery is simpley defined as medical practice that has no scientific basis, yet, thanks to the Covid pandemic, alternative medication and treatments are again on the rise all over the world. Mainstream doctors have always warned against placing reliance on patient medicines, herb, homepathy, phrenolo ...Show more
The Life of Leslie Averill M.D. - First into Le Quesnoy Battles, Babies, and Boardrooms by Colin Averill; Quentin Wilson (Editor); Geoffrey Rice
$24.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs
Dr Leslie Averill (1897-1981) was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and became one of that city's most admired and respected public figures as chairman of the North Canterbury Hospital Board (1956-74). In this role he supervised the building of the Princess Margaret Hospital and started the rebuilding ...Show more
The Oxford History of New Zealand by Geoffrey W. Rice (ed.)
$26.50 NZD
Category: Early NZ | Reading Level: very good
This second edition of a comprehensive history of New Zealand contains six new chapters and substantial revision throughout. Many events have been enlarged upon or updated.
Victoria Square: Cradle of Christchurch by Geoffrey W. Rice
$55.00 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
Victoria Square, that green and peaceful oasis in the centre of Christchurch, has a special claim to fame: it is the only city square in the world with a river running through it. And it has a rich and varied history, starting in 1850 when, as Christchurch's Market Place, it was the centre of commerce i ...Show more