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Author

Publisher

Price

Vi Fraser's Country 

Adams, Helen & Geoff (comp, ed)

Pollock Street Press

25

Thomas Dagger Adams

Adams, Lucy S

Reed

25

A Pioneer Family  John and Helen Anderson and their Descendants

Anderson, CC

Author Pub

35

No Fear of Rusting

Andrews, Philip

Rotorua and District Historical Society Inc

40

Wartime Experiences

Anon

NZCWI

25

Descendants of Daniel McLaren & Anne McMinn  Romahapa January 1982

Anon

Author Pub

25

The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife

Aplin, Jeanette

Cape Catley

34

The Bryants of Ohariu

Arabin, Shirley

Moyglare

42

So Many Good-Byes The Memoirs of AL Austin 1928-1953

Austin, Allie L

Pegasus

28

The Life and Explorations of Frederick Stanley Arnot

Baker, Ernest

Seeley, Service & Co

35

A Surveyor in New Zealand 1857-1896

Baker, Noeline (ed)

W&T

125

Sergeant, Sinner, Saint & Spy  the Taranaki War Diary of Sergeant William Marjouram, RA

Barber, Laurie et al (eds)

Random Century

25

Seeker of Souls and Gold

Barker, Mary Troup

Author Pub

25

An Autobiography of George Barnes

Barnes, George

Author Pub

35

Safe among the Cowpats

Barr, Lucy Davis

Brian Riggir

30

Sir Harry Atkinson 1831-1892

Bassett, Judith

Auckland University Press, OUP

30

The Memoirs of Millicent Baxter

Baxter, Millicent Amiel ; Catley, Christine Cole

Cape Catley Ltd

28

A Life of J. C. Beaglehole  New Zealand Scholar

Beaglehole, Tim

VUP

55

Seventy Years in and around Auckland

Beale, GC

Reed

45

Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country

Beattie, Herries

ODT

35

Reminiscences and Recollections

Beauchamp, Sir Harold

Author Pub, Thomas Avery

400

The Beer Family Saga

Beer, Elizabeth

Beer Family Reunion Cttee

120

A Classic World & When the Engine Roars

Begg, George

Begg and Allen

125

When the Engine Roars

Begg, George ; Lind, Clive A

Craig Printing Co

225

Hewn From the Rock  A memoir of the Very Reverend JD Salmond

Belmer, Roy

Otago Church Bookstore

24

Born to Fly

Benner, Vernon

Author Pub

30

Under the Southern Skies

Blaess, Eric R (ed)

Author Pub, Lutheran Publishing House

45

Sixty Years in New Zealand

Blake, Andrew Hope

Gordon and Gotch

32

Edward Gibbon Wakefield   Builder of the British Commonwealth

Bloomfield, Paul

Longmans

40

Soldiering on  a soldier's war in North Africa and Italy

Blythe, John

Century Hutchinson

25

'Blest Madman'  Fitzgerald of Canterbury

Bohan, Edmund

Canterbury University Press

35

Edward Stafford  New Zealand's First Statesman

Bohan, Edmund

Hazard Press

35

To Be a Hero

Bohan, Edmund

HarperCollins

40

Edmund Hillary  the life of a legend

Booth, Pat

Moa Beckett

35

Edmund Hillary  the life of a legend

Booth, Pat

Moa Beckett

25

Despite Captivity

Borrie, John

Whitcoulls

38

Crowded House  Something so Strong

Bourke, Chris

Macmillan

30

Indirections A Memoir 1909-1947

Brasch, Charles ; Bertram, James (ed)

Oxford University Press

30

The Predestined Choice  Samuel Butler in Canterbury

Brassington, AC

The Pegasus Press

25

The New Zealand Journeys of Lucy Violet Hodgkin

Brodie, James and Audrey (ed)

The Beechtree Press, Society of Friends

25

A Fish in the Swim of the World

Brown, Ben

Longacre Press

22

Dr A C Barker 1819-1873  Photographer, Farmer, Physician

Burdon, Cotsford C

John McIndoe

40

Dr A C Barker 1819-1873  photographer, farmer, physician

Burdon, Cotsford C

John McIndoe

25

Mary Lambie  A Biography

Campbell, Helen

NZNursing Education and Research Foundation

10

John Robert Godley of Canterbury

Carrington, Charles Edmund

W&T

34

When the Boats Ruled the Bay of Islands (AE Fuller & Family)

Cates, Hazel (comp)

Author Pub

35

Bright Star   Beatrice Hill Tinsley  Astronomer

Catley, Christine Cole

Cape Catley

42

The Interpreter The Biography of Richard 'Dicky' Barrett'

Caughey, Angela

Bateman

34

Rewi Alley of China

Chapple, Geoff

H&S

40

Stranger than Fiction  The life and times of Split Enz

Chunn, Mike

Govt Print

58

Seven Voices  tales of madness and mirth

Chunn, Mike

The Purple Egg Press

40

Stranger than Fiction  The life and times of Split Enz

Chunn, Mike

Govt Print

75

Beyond Expectations  fourteen New Zealand women write about their lives

Clark, Margaret (ed)

A&U, Port Nicholson Press

20

Air-Marshall Sir Robert Clark-Hall KBE CMG DSO

Clark-Hall, RH & JL

Author Pub

25

Rutherford Waddell  memoir and addresses

Collie, James (ed)

Reed

20

Charles Meryon  a Life

Collins, Roger

Garton & Co

90

Te Rangi Hiroa

Condliffe, JB

W&T

35

Ice on My Palette

Conly, Maurice ; Peat, Neville

Whitcoulls

34

White Gujaratis  Bramwell and Dorothy Cook

Cook, H Bramwell

Author Pub

35

Strangers and Pilgrims  The von Tunzelmann Saga

Coombs, Douglas S, Anne G

Author Pub

45

The Corkery story  History and origins  of the Corkery family in New Zealand

Corkery, DB and JF

Scribblers Publishing

40

Diary of a Kiwi Soldier

Coughlan, Cecil ; Coughlan, Garrie (ed)

Reed

20

Sir Donald Maclean

Cowan, James

Reed

48

Man of the Mist

Craig, Elsdon WG

Reed

35

I can do no other

Crane, Ernest

H&S

22

Present Without Leave

Cresswell, D'Arcy

Cassell

35

The Poet's Progress

Cresswell, Walter D'Arcy

Faber & Faber

48

Such Absolute Beginners  A Memoir

Cross, Ian

David Ling

28

The Life and Times of a Good Keen Man

Crump, Barry

Barry Crump Associates

25

Curved Horizon  an autobiography

Dallas, Ruth

Otago University Press

25

Unquiet World

De Montalk, Stephanie

VUP

35

The Family of Richard and Elizabeth McNamara

Deuchrass, Shirley (comp)

Author Pub

35

Elizabeth Yates

Devaliant, Judith

Exisle Publishing

20

Arawata Bill

Dougherty, Ian

Exisle

25

Books and Boots

Dougherty, Ian

University of Otago Press

25

An Eye for Country  The Life and Work of Leslie Adkin

Dreaver, Anthony

Victoria University Press, Te Papa

38

Norman Kirk  a portrait

Dunmore, John

New Zealand Books

20

A Fistful of Summer

Dunstan, Peggy

Whitcoulls

20

An autobiography

Edmond, Lauris

Bridget Williams Books

38

Hot October

Edmond, Lauris

Bridget Williams Books

12

Hot October

Edmond, Lauris

Allen&Unwin

20

Waiting for the Revolution

Edwards, James

David Ling

15

Mihipeka  Early Years

Edwards, Mihi

Penguin

14

Marsden's Lieutenants

Elder, John Rawson (ed)

Coulls Somerville Wilkie

70

Firth of Wellington

Elliott, Sir James

W&T

30

Taka  a vignette life of William Tucker 1784-1817

Entwisle, Peter

Port Daniel Press

70

Something for the Birds

Fahey, Jacqueline

Auckland University Press

32

The Letters of ARD Fairburn

Fairburn, ARD

OUP

28

Nearly out of heart & hope

Fairburn, Miles

Auckland University Press

40

Coates' Tale

Farland, Bruce

Author Pub

22

Just an Ordinary Guy

Findlay, Jim ; McCallum, Fay

Author Pub

25

Tooth and Nail

Findlay, Mary

Reed

30

Neil Finn Once Removed

Finn, Neil ; Smith, Mark

Sanctuary Publishing

42

Ford, a family history

Ford, Tony J

Author Pub

28

An Autobiography

Frame, Janet

Vintage, Random House

500

William Ings

Fraser, Natalie

Author Pub

25

Henry Jacobs  A clergyman of calibre

Garrett, Helen

Shoal Bay Press

32

An Artist's Daughter  with Christopher Perkins in New Zealand 1929-34

Garrett, Jane

Shoal Bay Press

15

Across the Years

Gilberd, Edward Browse

Author Pub

65

The rise and fall of Te Hemara Tauhia

Goldsmith, Paul

Reed

25

Mussolini, Bella Maria & Tojo

Good, Lindsay

Steele Roberts

30

Riemenschneider of Warea

Greenwood, William

Reed

30

One Man in His Time

Gregan, Des

Author Pub

30

Parade of a Kiwi

Grieve, Gordon G

Author Pub

35

Queenstown's King Wakatip

Griffiths, GJ

John McIndoe

30

Guise Family  a wider circle

Guise, Ian

Author Pub

48

I Have Planted...

Hall, Noeline

The Dunmore Press

25

John Turnbull Thomson First Surveyor-General of New Zealand

Hall-Jones, John

John McIndoe

95

The Hanan Journey

Hanan, Elizabeth (comp, ed)

Author Pub

56

 Indeterminate Sentence

Handyside, Allan

Philip Garside Publishing

35

Indeterminate Sentence

Handyside, Allan

Philip Garside Publishing

35

All at Sea war and peace and other skirmishes

Harker, Jack

HarperCollins

25

Kippenberger  an inspired New Zealand commander

Harper, Glyn

HarperCollins

25

The Harrington Connection  our branch of the tree

Harrington, Jim (comp)

Author Pub

40

The Devil's Own War    The First World War diary of Brigadier-General Herbert Hart

Hart, Herbert ; Crawford, John (ed)

Exisle Publishing, New Zealand Defence Force

48

Women of Westland 1860-1960

Hawker, V (et al)

Greymouth Branch, National Council of Women

24

Friends in Chains

Henderson, Bob

Reed

30

Soldier Country

Henderson, Jim

Millwood Press

28

Jim Henderson's People

Henderson, Jim ; Foster, Bruce

Reed Methuen

25

View From the Summit

Hillary, Sir Edmund

Doubleday, Random House

25

A Merchant Navy Man's Story

Hodgson, David Lionel

Author Pub

40

Nothing but Grass and Wind  the Rutherfords of Canterbury

Holm, Janet

Hazard Press

55

Sylvia!

Hood, Lynley

Viking

25

Dunlops  William and Jane  Pine Bush  and their family

Howden, Alice (comp)

Author Pub

30

Singer in a Songless Land

Howe, KR

AUP

45

Over the Wide and Trackless Sea

Hutching, Megan

HarperCollins

30

Ngoingoi Pewhairangi  a remarkable life

Ka'ai, Tania M

Huia

35

A Soldier's Story a Mediterranean odyssey

Kane, Pat

Quality Pubs

35

Wrestling with the Angel

King, Michael

Viking

40

Hidden Places

King, Michael

Sceptre NZ, H&S

22

Being Pakeha Now

King, Michael

Penguin

30

At the Edge of Memory

King, Michael

Penguin

28

The Turners of Huia

Kirk, Alan ; Turner, Harvey

Author Pub

48

The Autobiography of a Maori

Kohere, Rewiti T

Reed

175

Good Luck and Lavendar

Lawry, Marie

Author Pub

25

West Coast Memories 2 vols

Legg, Paul Beauchamp

Author Pub

50

We've made it... to the Twenty-first Century

Legg, Paul Beauchamp

Author Pub

35

The Wounded Lion

Lethbridge, Christopher

Caxton Press

40

The Falling  A Memoir

Loney, Alan

AUP

18

Cavalry! You mean horses?

Lovegrove, Sgt LH (Shorty)

Glendorran

28

Plain Living High Thinking

Lovell-Smith, Margaret

Pedmore Press

40

From the Wistaria Bush

Lowry, Vanya

Auckland University Press

32

Under the Lynwood Tree 1840-1940

Lynn, Bob

Author Pub

30

The Member for Mount Ida

Macdonald, Sheila

Ferguson & Osborn

70

John Pascoe

Maclean, Chris

Craig Potton Publishing, The Whitcombe Press

55

Nursing in New Zealand  history and reminiscences

Maclean, Hester

Tolan Printing Co

25

The Fighting Man

Macleod, Nellie FH

Dunbar and Summers

24

Life and Work of Samuel Marsden

Marsden, Rev JB (ed J Drummond)

W&T

35

Black Beech & Honeydrew

Marsh, Ngaio

Collins

28

Maunsell Family Reunion

Maunsell, John (comp)

The Heritage Press

28

Recollections and Reflections of an old New Zealander

Maxwell, Ebenezer

Reed

65

Jenkins Family History

McClelland, Isabel (et al)

Jenkins Family Book Cttee

52

Alexander Turnbull

McCormick, EH

Alexander Turnbull Library

65

Shaking the Bee Tree

McEldowney, Dennis

AUP

12

An Absurd Ambition

McEldowney, Dennis (ed)

AUP

24

Charles Fleming  Environmental Patriot

McEwan, Mary

Craig Potton

50

A Scottish Kiwi & A Soldier at War

McFadzean, Jack

Carrington Publications

35

The First New Zealand Bushranger

McGill, David

Silver Owl Press

28

The Journal of Henry Sewell 1853-7

McIntyre, W David (ed)

Whitcoulls

45

The Rainmaker

McIvor, Timothy

Heinemann Reed

35

the life of James K Baxter

McKay, Frank

OUP

35

By the Braes of Balquether

McRae, Shona

Author Pub

75

Richard Taylor  Missionary Tramper

Mead, Arthur D

Reed

30

Joan's Journey  the autobiography of Joan Millar

Millar, Joan

Sycamore Print

22

James and Ann Lawson Milne of Wyndham 1860-1985

Milne, Emily C (comp)

Milne Family Reunion Cttee

58

Adventures by Sea and Land

Moffatt, Harry Louis

Nelson Historical Society

28

Stewart Family Gathering 12th March 1988

Moore, Charles Stuart

Author Pub

30

Anzac Jack

Moore, Jack H

Author Pub

28

From Pushchair to Railway Train

Moore, John

Author Pub

34

The Journal of William Morgan  pioneer settler and Maori War correspondent

Morris, Nona (ed)

The Libraries Dept, Auckland City Council

50

My Dear Bannie

Mueller, MV (ed)

Pegasus Press

65

The Memoirs of Norman Alfred Nash

Nash, Norman A

Author pub, The Manawatu Standard Ltd

25

Brother Wohlers

Natusch, Sheila

Pegasus Press

45

This is Our Story

Nees, Ernest and Doris

Author Pub

15

White Chief  The story of a Pakeha-Maori

Nicholson, John

Penguin Books

35

Two Lost Threads

Nolan, Iris

Bateson Publishing

25

Douglas Lilburn  His Life and Music

Norman, Philip

Canterbury University Press

50

Denis Glover  His Life

Ogilvie, Gordon

Godwit

35

The Riddle of Richard Pearse

Ogilvie, Gordon

Reed

30

A People's History

Oliver, WH (ed)

Bridget Williams Books, DIA

40

The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vols 1-5

Oliver, WH , Orange, Claudia (eds)

A&U, DIA, Bridget Williams Books, AUP

400

Reflections of Yesteryear

Olsen, Johanna E

Author Pub

28

John A Lee

Olssen, Erik

University of Otago Press

25

John A Lee

Olssen, Erik

University of Otago Press

25

The Turbulent Years 1870-1900 The Maori biographies from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vol 2

Orange, Claudia (et al)

Bridget Williams Books, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

25

A Fighting Withdrawal  the life of Dan Davin writer, soldier, publisher

Ovenden, Keith

OUP

35

The Hawkers  a family story

Page, Dorothy ; Farry, John

Shinbone Alley Press

40

Turning Back the Pages

Page, Roddy

Author Pub

32

Man At Arms

Parham, WT

Whakatane and District Historical Society

35

Away from it all

Parham, WT

Whakatane and District Historical Society

50

Before We Say Goodbye

Parsonson, Denys

Whitcoulls

20

Cassino to Trieste  a soldier's story

Paterson, EB 'Scotch'

Steele Roberts

32

The Children from the Lighthouse

Pollock, Mabel

Pollock Books

45

To Work To Wed To Weep To Wander

Pollock, Mabel

Pollock Books

45

Recollections of a voyage to South Australia and New Zealand commenced in 1838

Porter, William ; Law, Miranda Field and Garry (transcribed, edited)

Maruiwi Press

34

Charles and Annie Aller and their six daughters

Price, Susan ; Allardyce, Robin

Gondwanaland Press

25

Morgan Price & Family

Price, Trevor N

Author Pub

64

A Reluctant Pioneer  the story of William Spikeman

Prokhovnik, Rona M

Northland Historical Publications Society

32

Never Let Go

Rafter, Pat

Reed

20

John Bell Thomson M.B.Ch.M.  A Tribute

Rainey, Patricia

Author Pub

20

Diary of Life in a Stalag

Rawlings, Alf

Author Pub

30

To Bed at Noon

Richards, Ian

AUP

35

Diary of ER Chudleigh 1862-1921 Chatham Islands

Richards,EC (ed)

Simpson & Williams

185

Johnny Rogers

Rogers, Johnny

Heritage Press

20

The Master

Rolleston, Rosamund ; Wilson. Ormond

Reed

25

From Far Strathearn

Rutherford, Alma

Author Pub

24

The Time of My Life

Sanders, James

Minerva

22

Haddon of Glen Leith

Savage, Murray J

Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand

30

A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 2 vols

Scholefield, GH (ed)

DIA

140

In Remembrance

Scott, A Robert

Author Pub

38

John Bathgate 1809-1886

Scott, Sheila (ed)

Author Pub

30

Bullshit & Jellybeans

Shadbolt, Tim

Alister Taylor

45

Heaphy

Sharp, Iain

Auckland University Press

58

The Letters of D'Arcy Cresswell

Shaw, Helen (ed)

University of Canterbury

30

Bring on the Music

Simpson, RSV (Dick)

Steele Roberts

25

William Pember Reeves  New Zealand Fabian

Sinclair, Keith

Oxford University Press

40

Up the Blue  a Kiwi private's view of the Second  World War

Smith, Roger

Ngaio Press

30

Man the Light!

Smith, Tom G

Author Pub

35

King of the Castle

Snedden, Fleur

David Bateman

35

No bugles no drums

Snell, Peter ; Gilmour, Garth

Minerva

95

Mata Toa  the life and times of Ranginui Walker

Spoonley, Paul

Penguin Books

30

Portrait of a Judge

Stewart, W Downie

W&T

35

Magnus

Still, Peter

Cateye Pubs

30

Stokes Centenary 1879-1979

Stokes, Bert

Author Pub

35

James Dilworth

Stone, Russell CJ

Dilworth Trust Board

30

The Essie Summers Story

Summers, Essie

Mills & Boon

45

Te Ahiwera  A Man of Faith The life of Benjamin Y Ashwell

Tagg, MA

Anglican Historical Society

30

Leslie Bourneman Neale  A Man of Faith and Vision

Taylor, Leah

Dunedin Methodist Mission

35

A Sort of Conscience  The Wakefields

Temple, Philip

Auckland University Press

70

Clearwaters of New Zealand 1838-1986

Thompson, H&I (comp)

Author Pub

80

David Stowell 'Brompton' St Andrews South Canterbury 1849-1937

Thompson, Myrtle (comp)

Author Pub

22

Frederick Page A Musician's Journal

Thomson, JM ; Paul, Janet (eds)

John McIndoe

38

Shackleton's Captain

Thomson, John

Hazard Press

30

Peter Fraser

Thorn, James

Odhams

35

Stick Out, Keep Left

Thorn, Margaret ; Locke, Elsie and Matthews, Jacquie (eds)

AUP, Bridget Williams Books

28

The Making of a Madman  Lionel Terry

Tod, Frank

Otago Foundation Books Ltd

50

William and Isabella Trotter

Trotter, Margaret

Author Pub

30

Fairburn

Trussell, Denys

AUP, OUP

40

The Selected Letters of Mary Hobhouse

Tunnicliff, Shirley (ed)

Daphne Brasell Assoc

28

On the Move

Twyman, Eva

Author Pub

25

The Lure of the Lakes

Urquhart, DW Fraser

K A Hawkes

85

The Wilson Story

Wierzbicka, Cynthia (comp)

Author Pub

140

'Ready Money'

Wigley, Margaret

Canterbury University Press

45

100 Years on Inverlochy

Williamson, Wendy ; Christie, Pat (comp)

Author Pub

45

John Hobbs 1800-1883

Williment, TMI

Govt Print

25

Intimate Stranger  reminiscences of Dan Davin

Wilson, Janet (ed)

Steele Roberts

34

Free Lodgings

Winter, Peter

Reed

22

Guthrie-Smith of Tutira

Woodhouse, AE

Whitcombe & Tombs

28

Thoroughly a Man of the World

Wright St-Clair, RE

W&T

20

Tribal Wrights

Wright, Beatrice M

The Lantern Press

25

Samuel Marsden  The great survivor

Yarwood, AT (Sandy)

Reed

35

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