| New Zealand history and Maori culture - old titles
currently for sale Available from The Book Cellar 132 High St, Campbell Town, Tasmania 7210 Australia tel: 03 6381 1545 email: info@bookcellar.com.au mob 0414 369 837 |
Contact the bookshop by phone or email to purchase books and arrange delivery. | hb =
hardback sc = softcover |
updated 7 Aug 2023 | ||
| Title | Author | Date | D/Ja? | Format | The
Book Cellar price AU$ |
| A Capital Story - an account of New Zealand's first seat of government at Okiato in the Bay of Islands | Richardson, Jeanette | sc | $10.00 | ||
| A Sort of Conscience - the Wakefields | Temple, Philip | 2003 | sc | $35.00 | |
| At the Margin of Empire - John Webster and Hokianga 1841-1900 | Ashton, Jennifer | 2015 | sc | $18.50 | |
| Australians in the Waikato War 1863-1864 - signed, numbered edition | Barton Leonard L | 1979 | D/Ja | hb | $65.00 |
| Bible & Treaty - Missionaries among the Maori - a new perspective | Newman, Keith | 2010 | sc | $24.00 | |
| Big Game Hunting in New Zealand | Joll, Garry | 1973 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| Captured by Maori - white femal captives, sex and racism on the nineteenth-century New Zealand frontier | Bentley, Trevor | 2004 | sc | $32.00 | |
| City of Dunedin - a century of civic enterprise | McDonald, K.C. | 1965 | D/Ja | hb | $20.00 |
| Cloud Farm - High on Banks Peninsula | Chetwynd, Jane | 2004 | sc | $10.00 | |
| Common Birds of New Zealand 2 - Mountain, bush & shore birds - Mobil New Zealand Nature Series | Marshall, Kinsky & Robertson | 1994 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Curtain-raiser to a colony - sidelights on the founding of New Zealand | Manson, Cecil & Celia | 1962 | D/Ja | hb | $9.50-$16.50 |
| Edwards's Australasian Catalogue 1899 - Catalogue of Books Relating to Australasia, Malaysia, Polynesia, the Pacific Coast of America and the South Seas | Francis Edwards, London | 1899 | hb | $125.00 | |
| Family Life in New Zealand 1880-1890 - booklet for children aged 8 to 12 - signed | Reed, A.H. | 1969 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Fiordland Explored - an illustrated history | Hall-Jones, John | 2004 | D/Ja | hb | $35.00 |
| Fitzroy Governor in Crisis 1843-1845 | Moon, Paul | 2000 | sc | $15.00 | |
| Godzone 1993 - The Book of New Zealand | McDougall, Andrew & Emma | 1993 | sc | $30.00 | |
| Goldie | Blackley, Roger | 1997 | D/Ja | hb | $55.00 |
| Gulf | Crump, Barry | 1964 | D/Ja | hb | $18.00 |
| Hauraki Contested 1769-1875 | Monin, Paul | 2006 | sc | $65.00 | |
| He Pūkaki Māori - a guide to Maori sources at National Archives | He Taonga Te Reo | 1995 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Historical Records of New Zealand Volumes One and Two - ex-library | McNab | 1908/1914? | D/Ja | hb | $40.00 |
| Hobson Governor of New Zealand 1840-1842 | Moon, Paul | 1998 | sc | $18.00 | |
| Images from a Limestone Landscape - a Journey into the Punakaiki-Paparoa Region | Dennis, Andy / Potton, Craig | 1987 | D/Ja | hb | $15.00 |
| In Search of Ancient New Zealand | Campbell, Hamish / Hutching, Gerard | 2011 | sc | $28.00 | |
| Kaikoura Coast - the history, traditions and Maori place-names of Kaikoura | Elvy, W.J. | 1949 | D/Ja | hb | $28.00 |
| King Potatau - An account of the life of Potatau Te Wherowhero the first Maori King | Te Hurinui, Pei | 1959 | hb | $365.00 | |
| Land of Memories - a contemporary view of places of historical significance in the South Island of New Zealand | Adams, Mark / Evison, Harry | 1993 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Land of My Children | Wilson, Helen | 1955 | D/Ja | hb | $12.50 |
| Looking Back - a photographic history of New Zealand | Sinclair, Keith / Harrex, Wendy | 1978 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| Making Peoples - a history of the New Zealanders | Belich, James | 1996 | sc | $10.00 | |
| Man of the Mist - a biography of Elsdon Best | Craig, E.W.G. | 1964 | hb | $22.50 | |
| Maori Action Songs - Words & Music, Actions & Instructions | Armstrong, Alan / Ngata, reupena | 1973 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Maori Houses and Food Stores | Phillipps, W.J. | 1952 | D/Ja | hb | $22.50 |
| Maori Legends (Seven Stories) | Bacon, Ron / Stichbury, Philippa | 1987 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Maori Life in Old Taranaki | Houston, John | 1965 | D/Ja | hb | $185.00 |
| Maori Place Names in Buller County | Mitchell, G.G.M. | 1948 | hb | $55.00 | |
| Maori Place-names of Canterbury | Beattie, Herries | 1945 | sc | $48.00 | |
| Maori Religion and Mythology Part I | Best, Elsdon | 1976 | hb | $39.95 | |
| Maori Religion and Mythology Part II | Best, Elsdon | 1982 | D/Ja | hb | $49.95 |
| Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures - houses, platforms, racks and pits used for storing food etc | Best, Elsdon | 1974 | hb | $45.00 | |
| Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century | Smith, S Percy | 1910 | hb | $65.00 | |
| New Zealand Letters of Thomas Arnold the Younger with further letters from Van Diemen's Land and Letters of Arthur Hugh Clough 1847 - 1851 | Bertram, James (ed) | 1966 | D/Ja | hb | $32.00 |
| Oatcakes to Otago - a chronicle of Dunedin's Scottish heritage - signed | Offwood, Donald | 2004 | sc | $24.00 | |
| Of Toffs and Toilers - from Cornwall to New Zealand, fragments of the past - signed | Buckley, Geoffrey Charles | 1983 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| Old South - Life and times in the nineteenth-century mainland - review copy | Wright, Matthew | 2009 | sc | $32.00 | |
| Old Tasman Bay | Peart, J.D. | 1937 | hb | $45.00 | |
| One of Us | Crump, Barry | 1962 | D/Ja | hb | $12.50 |
| Pakeha Maori - the extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand | Bentley, Trevor | 2007 | sc | $10.00 | |
| Pathfinders in New Zealand - ex-library | Hogg, Garry | 1963 | D/Ja | hb | $8.50 |
| Pewhairangi Bay of Islands Missions and Maori 1814 to 1845 | Middleton, Angela | 2014 | sc | $55.00 | |
| Pioneering in Poverty Bay NZ - cover damaged | Kenway, Philip T | 1928 | D/Ja | hb | $12.50 |
| Polynesian Mythology | Grey, Sir George | 1961 | D/Ja | hb | $19.95 |
| Polynesian Voyages - Dominion Museum Monograph No.5 | Best, Elsdon | 1975 | sc | $12.50 | |
| Popeye Lucas Queenstown - signed | Lucas, F.J. | 1968 | D/Ja | hb | $14.50 |
| Rail - Auckland to Onehunga Railway Centennial 1873 1973 Souvenir Issue | Green, R Brett | 1973 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Rail - Coaling from the Clouds | Meyer, R.J. | 1981 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Rail - NZR Locomotives and Railcars | McGavin, T.A. | 1973 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Rail - Otago Central RailTrail - from steam trains to pedal power | Graham, Owen | 2004 | spiral | sc | $5.50 |
| Rail - Pioneer Electrics - a survey of railway electrification in the South Island | Pickering, A.J. / Spicer, I.D. (ed) | 1970 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Rail - Rail Museums in New Zealand booklet | McGavin, T.A. / Turner, D.L.A. | nd | sc | $3.50 | |
| Rail - Rimutaka Railway, extracts from A Line of Railway | Cameron, W.N. | 1992 | sc | $24.50 | |
| Rail - The Steam Locomotives of New Zealand, the Formative Years 1872-1908 booklet | Bullock, Ian | nd | sc | $5.50 | |
| Rail - Trains at Work in the North Island | Murphy, J.A. / Radcliffe, G.T. | 1973 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Rail - Trains at Work in the South Island | Murphy, J.A. / Radcliffe, G.T. | 1973 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Rail - Trains at Work on the West Coast | Murphy, J.A. / Radcliffe, G.T. | 1974 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Redemption Songs - A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki | Binney, Judith | 1997 | sc | $24-$39.95 | |
| Reed Book of Maori Exploration - stories of voyaging and discovery | Reed, A.W. | 2006 | D/Ja | hb | $32.00 |
| Reeds' New Zealand Christmas Annual - damaged | A.H. & A.W.Reed | 1947-48 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Robbery by Deceit (Billion Dollar Rip-Off of God's Own) - the real history of Maunganui Bluff | Titford, Allan | 1998 | spiral | sc | $35.00 |
| Samuel Butler at Mesopotamia | Maling, Peter Bromley | 1960 | sc | $9.50 | |
| Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand - being an artist's impressions of countries and people at the Antipodes with numerous illustrations originally published in 1847, here reproduced as 2-volumes in 1 | Angas, George French | FACS | hb | $42.00 | |
| Shadows on the Land - signs of the Maori past | Ell, Gordon | 1985 | sc | $12.50 | |
| Small Birds of the New Zealand Bush | Power, Elaine | 1970 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| Some Aspects of Maori Myth and Religion - Dominion Museum Monograph No.1 | Best, Elsdon | 1973 | sc | $12.50 | |
| Stone Music - A New Zealand Sequence - illustrated poetry | Strahan, Lynne / Dunlop, Brian | 2001 | D/Ja | hb | $15.00 |
| Tarawera - the destruction of the pink and white terraces | Conly, Geoff | 2006 | sc | $22.50 | |
| Te Arawa - a History of the Arawa People | Stafford, D.M. | 1967 | D/Ja | hb | $145.00 |
| Te Mahi Kete - Maori Basketry for Beginners | Pendergrast, Mick | 1986 | sc | $85.00 | |
| Te Manawa o Tuhoe - the Heart of the Tuhoe - photographs | O'Connor, Terry / Melbourne, Hirini | 1997 | sc | $18.50 | |
| Te Rauparaha - a new perspective | Burns, Patricia | 1983 | sc | $36.00 | |
| The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet - Action Songs | Arts and Crafts Branch, Dept of Education, Well | 1972 | sc | $5.50 | |
| The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet - Carving | Arts and Crafts Branch, Dept of Education, Well | 1970 | sc | $5.50 | |
| The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet - Ceremonial Costume | Arts and Crafts Branch, Dept of Education, Well | 1972 | sc | $5.50 | |
| The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet - Single Long Poi | Arts and Crafts Branch, Dept of Education, Well | 1972 | sc | $5.50 | |
| The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet - Tukutuku and Kowhaiwhai | Arts and Crafts Branch, Dept of Education, Well | 1976 | sc | $5.50 | |
| The Bay of Islands | Lee, Jack | 2006 | sc | $10.00 | |
| The Coming of the Maori | Buck, Sir Peter / Te Rangi Hiroa | 1970 | hb | $24.00 | |
| The Coming of the Maori | Buck, Sir Peter / Te Rangi Hiroa | 1949 | D/Ja | hb | $32.00 |
| The Coming of the Pakeha to Auckland Province | Horsman, John | 1971 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| The Evolution of a City - Christchurch and its suburbs | Morrison, J.P. | 1948 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| The Great Carved House Mataatua of Whakatane | Phillipps, W.J. / Wadmore, Dr J.C. | nd | sc | $12.50 | |
| The Great New Zealand Myth - a study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori | Simmons, D.R. | 1976 | hb | $45.00 | |
| The Historic Bay of Plenty - Te Papa C.M.S. Mission Station 1835-1883 | Bull, Stanley | 1999 | sc | $10.00 | |
| The Life and Times of a Good Keen Man | Crump, Barry | 1992 | D/Ja | hb | $16.50 |
| The Maori as he was | Best, Elsdon | 1974 | D/ja | hb | $19.95 |
| The Maori Division of Time - Dominion Museum Monograph No.4 | Best, Elsdon | 1959 | sc | $12.50 | |
| The Maori History & Places Names of Hawke's Bay | Buchanan, J.D.H. / Simmons, D.R. | 1973 | D/Ja | hb | $55.00 |
| The Maori School of Learning - its objects, methods and ceremonial - Dominion Museum Monograph No.6 | Best, Elsdon | 1959 | sc | $12.50 | |
| The Moa-hunter Period of Maori Culture | Duff, Roger / Skinner, H.D. | 1956 | hb | $28.00 | |
| The Musket Wars - a history of inter-iwi conflict 1806-45 | Crosby, R.D. | 2001 | sc | $55.00 | |
| The New Zealand Wars - A Brief History | Wright, Matthew | 2014 | sc | $9.50 | |
| The New Zealand Wars and the pioneering period - 2 volume set | Cowan, James | 1983 | D/Ja | hb | $125.00 |
| The New Zealand Wars and the Victorian interpretation of racial conflict | Belich, James | 1998 | sc | $10.00 | |
| The Old Whaling Days - a history of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840 | McNab, Robert | 1975 | D/Ja | hb | $10.00 |
| The Ordeal of William Larnach | Knight, Hardwicke | 1993 | sc | $10.00 | |
| The Pa Maori - an account of the fortified villages of the Maori in pre-European and modern times | Best, Elsdon | 1975 | hb | $45.00 | |
| The Pacific Readers - Reader 6, Southern Cross Series - worn | Whitcombe & Tombs Limited | nd | hb | $5.50 | |
| The Shadow of the Land - a Study of British Policy and Racial Conflict in New Zealand 1832-1852 | Wards, Ian | 1968 | D/Ja | hb | $40.00 |
| The South Explored | Hall-Jones, John | 1998 | D/ja | hb | $20.00 |
| The Stone Implements of the Maori | Best, Elsdon | 1974 | hb | $45.00 | |
| The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present - Savage and Civilized in two volumes (volume 1 poor condition) | Thomson, Arthur S | 1859 | hb | $85.00 | |
| The Strangest War - the story of the Maori Wars of New Zealand 1860-1872 | Holt, Edgar | 1962 | D/Ja | hb | $16.50 |
| The Treaty and its Times - the illustrated history | Moon, Paul / Biggs, Peter | 2004 | D/Ja | hb | $45.00 |
| The Wairere Track - Ancient Highway of Maori and Missionary | Matheson, A.H. | 1975 | sc | $20.00 | |
| The Whare Kohanga and its Lore | Best, Elsdon | 1975 | hb | $24.00 | |
| Treasures from the Land - Crafts from New Zealand, exhibition booklet | various | 1985 | sc | $5.50 | |
| Tuhoe - The Children of the Mist 2-volume set A sketch of the origin, history, myths and beliefs of the Tuhoe tribe of the Maori of New Zealand; with some account of other early tribes of the Bay of Plenty district |
Best, Elsdon | 1972/1973 | D/Ja | hb | $225.00 |
| Urewera National Park - Handbook | Urewera National Park Board | 1968 | sc | $10.00 | |
| Vision & Reality Christchurch's cathedral in the square | Brown, Colin | sc | $10.00 | ||
| War in the Tussock - Te Kooti and the Battle at Te Porere | Wilson, Ormond | 1961 | sc | $19.95 | |
| Westland's Golden Sixties | Halket Millar, J | 1959 | D/Ja | hb | $15.00 |
| Whaleship arrivals at Mangonui, Whangaroa, Auckland and other Northern New Zealand Ports | McFarland Alexander, Lindsay | 2013 | sc | $65.00 | |
| White Chief - the story of a Pakeha-Maori - the colour life and times of Judge F E Maning of the Hokianga | Nicholson, John | 2006 | sc | $15.00 | |
| Yesterday's New Earth - New Zealand's Geothermal Landscape | Potton, Craig / Wood, Peter | 1990 | D/Ja | hb | $15.00 |