The festival starts this weekend with more than 200 events over 2 weeks.
Programmes are available at Jason Books

Downtown Architectural Tour

Saturday September 29 10 am-noon
with Linda Tyler and David Hill

Acacia Cottage in 1883

(Sir George Grey Special Collections Auckland Libraries 4-350)

Jason Books is on the site of John Logan Campbell’s Acacia Cottage and features as part of this tour of Shortland, O’Connell and High Sts, with a reading from Campbell’s ‘Poenamo’ in the store.

Book at: l.tyler@auckland.ac.nz

To mark the Heritage Festival, I’ve put together a list of titles about Auckland History:

Auckland Yesterday and Today with the Compliments of Milne & Choyce Ltd Queen St Auckland. Auckland: Milne & Choyce, 1941. $20.00

The Shape of Things to Come Auckland. Wellington: Government Printer, 1946.   This is the Auckland issue of a series  $20.00

Auckland City and Province Gateway to New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1953. $30.00

Auckland A Guide to the City and the Province of Auckland with a History of the Tamaki Isthmus and A List of Maori Place Names By George Graham. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1925.   $20.00

Auckland The Gateway to New Zealand. Auckland: Wilson & Horton, 1930.   $25.00

The Book of Howick A Souvenir to Commemorate the Celebration in November 1947 of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Howick District By the White Pioneers from Britain in November 1847. Auckland: Howick Centennial Association, 1947.  $45.00

Official Guide to The Auckland Municipal Zoological Park. Auckland: Auckland City Council, 1945.  $25.00

Seventy-Five Years A Celebration Record 1915-1990 St Heliers Presbyterian Church Auckland New Zealand. Auckland: , 1990.    $12.00

The Auckland Guide and City Street Map Including Many Tours and Side Trips. Auckland: George Totman, missing street map. No date printed, but this publication seems to have originated in 1913 and has been printed by many different stationers in Auckland  $20.00Akkirman, Sait. Auckland Architecture A Personal View. Auckland: Sait & Judith Akkirman, 1999.  $75.00

Albert, D. J. The Story of St David’s Presbyterian Church Auckland 1864-1921. Auckland: Clark & Matheson, 1921.  $30.00

Alexander, John H. Historic Auckland. Whitcombe & Tombs, $15.00

Angelo, Faye M. The Changing Face of Mount Eden A History of Mount Eden’s Development up to the Present. Auckland: Mount Eden Borough Council, 1989.   $30.00

Balderston, David. The Harbour Ferries of Auckland. Wellington: Grantham House, 1987. $35.00

Balderston, David. The Waiheke Ferries of Auckland. Wellington: Grantham House, 1991.  $35.00

Banfield, Colin C. Sowers of Seed A Story of the Anglican Church on Waiheke Island with References to Great Barrier Island. Auckland: 1978.  $12.00

Barr, John et al. Three Score Years & Ten Auckland Public Libraries 1880-1950. Auckland: Library Committee of the Auckland City Council, 1950.   $35.00

Bartley, Patricia. A Good Man’s Legacy Church of The Immaculate Conception Ellerslie. Palmerston North: Heritage Press, 2004.    $20.00

Blow, E. H. (ed.). A Book to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding Of Auckland University College. Auckland University College Student’s Association, 1933.    $100.00

Brown, Annette and Lorraine Wilson with Rona Walker. The 1990 Blockhouse Bay Settlers Handbook. Auckland: 1990.    $10.00

Burton, Susanna. Parnell. Wellington: Millwood Press, 1978.  $15.00

Bush, G. W. A. Decently and in Order A Centennial History of the Auckland City Council. Auckland: Collins, 1971.    $35.00

Cumming, Ian. Glorious Enterprise The History of the Auckland Education Board 1857-1957. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1959. $30.00

Davidson, Allan K. Selwyn’s Legacy The College of St John the Evangelist Te Waimate and Auckland 1843-1992 A History. Auckland: The College of St John the Evangelist, 1993.  $40.00

Davis, John King. History of St. John’s College Tamaki Auckland New Zealand. Auckland: Abel Dykes Ltd, 1911.    $75.00

Diamond, John T. The Waitakere Ballads. Auckland: Lodestar Press, 1978.    $20.00

Diamond, John T. Once the Wilderness. Auckland: The Lodestar Press, 1977.  $25.00

Eaglen, Jackie. A Brief History of St Paul’s Symonds St. Auckland: St Pauls Outreach Trust, 1991.  $10.00

Fields, John & John Stacpoole. Victorian Auckland Photographs of the Earlier Buildings of Auckland. Dunedin: John McIndoe, 1973.  $45.00

Flude, Anthony G. Hendersons Mill A History of Henderson 1849-1939. Auckland: Henderson Borough Council, 1977.    $25.00

Franklin, E. C. Mount Eden’s First Hundred Years Borough Golden Jubilee 1906 – 1956. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1956.    $25.00

Griffen, Andrew Dow. Laughter Lingers On Seven Merry Tales of Early Auckland. illustrated by Jack Morgan. Auckland: Andrew Dow Griffen, 1961  $12.00

Hodgson, Terence E. R. The Heart of Colonial Auckland 1865-1910. Auckland: Random Century, 1992.  $50.00

Horsman, John. The Coming of the Pakeha to Auckland Province. Wellington: Hicks Smith & Sons, 1971. $35

Johnson, Valeria and Honor Jensen. The First Fifty Years A History of Diocesan High School for Girls Auckland 1903-1953. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1993.    $25.00

Kirk, Allan & Harvey Turner. The Turners of Huia. Auckland: Allan Kirk and Harvey Turner, 1966. $25.00

Laxon, W. A. Steamers Down the Firth. Auckland: Laxon, W. A. , 1966.  $45.00

Leigh, Jack. A Place on the Edge The Story of St Matthew-in-the-City. Auckland: Random House, 2005. $20.00

Lowe, David. The Piha Tramway. Auckland: Lodestar Press, 1985. First Edition. 8vo. Card Covers.   $10.00

Lowe, David. Have You Seen the North Shore or Travelled to Waiwera? A Pictorial Entertainment. Auckland: Lodestar Press, 1978.    $15.00

Lowe, David. Auckland 1900. Auckland: The Lodestar Press, . $12.00

Lush, Vicesimus. The Auckland Journals of Vicesimus Lush 1850-63 Edited By Alison Drummond. Christchurch: The Pegasus Press, 1971.  $75.00

Macky, Edna Graham. Auckland The Gateway to New Zealand Official Guide May 1939. Auckland: Universal Business Directories, 1939.  $35.00

McCarthy, Darry. The First Fleet of Auckland. Auckland: Tower Publishing, 1978. $50.00

McClure, Margaret. The Story of Birkenhead. Auckland: Birkenhead City Council, 1987.  $65.00

McLauchlan, Gordon. The Life and Times of Auckland The Colourful Story of a City. Auckland: Penguin Books, 2008. New.  $40.00

Mogford, Janice C. Onehunga A Brief History. Auckland: Onehunga Borough Council, 1977. $25.00

More, David. Around Auckland. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1964. $20.00

Morris, Nona. Centennial History of the Anglican Church in Pukekohe 1876 – 1976. Pukekoe: 1976. $15.00

Morrison, Robin. Auckland City and Sea. Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1989. $95.00

Northcote-Bade, James (ed.). West Auckland Remembers A Collection of Historical Essays for the 1990 Commemoration. Auckland: West Auckland Historical Society, 1990. $20.00

Pearce, G. L. A Heritage in Trust James Dilworth and His School. Auckland: Dilworth Trust Board, 1986. $25.00

Percy, Colin. St Philips 1898-1998 A Centennial Story. Auckland: St Philips Church, 1998.  $45.00

Phillips, Donald. Mission in a Secular City Methodist Mission Northern 1851-2001 . Auckland: Methodist Mission Northern, 2001. $30.00

Platts, Una. The Lively Capital Auckland 1840-1865. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints, 1971.  $110.00

Powell, A. W. B. (ed.). The Centennial History of the Auckland Institute and Museum 1867 – 1967. Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum, 1967.   $25.00

Reid, Hilary F. A Century in Commerce The Story of John Reid & Co Ltd 1869-1969. Auckland: John Reid & Co, 1969.   $25.00

Rounthwaite, Valerie. The Story of Rural Glenfield. Auckland: Takapuna City Council, 1989. $16.00

Scott, Dick. In Old Mt Albert Being a History of the District from the Earliest Times More Particularly the Struggles of the Pioneers to Bring Civilization to the Wilderness Published on the Occasion of the Borough’s Golden Jubilee 1911-1961. Auckland: Southern Cross Books, 1961. $55.00

Shaw, Peter. Rainbow Over Mount Eden Images of Auckland. Auckland: Godwit, 2002. $45.00

Simkin, W. J. The College of St. John the Evangelist Auckland New Zealand. Wellington: Coulls Somerville Wilkie, 1938. $30.00

Simmons, E. R. In Cruce Sallus A History of the Diocese of Auckland 1848-1980. Auckland: Catholic Publications Centre, 1982. $40.00

Stacpoole, John. The Northern Club 1869-1994. Auckland: The Northern Club, 1994. $35.00

Stacpoole, John. Beyond the Ivy Curtain The Story of The Northern Club 1869-2009. Auckland: The Northern Club, 2009.  $35.00

Stone, R. C. J. Makers of Fortune A Colonial Business Community and Its Fall. Auckland: Auckland University Press/Oxford University Press, 1973. $35.00

Stone, R. C. J. Young Logan Campbell. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1982. $35.00

Stone, R. C. J. The Father and His Gift John Logan Campbell’s Later Years. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1987. $40.00

Stone, R. C. J. Young Logan Campbell. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1982.  $35.00

Swainson, William. Auckland the Capital of New Zealand and the Country Adjacent Including Some Account of the Gold Discovery in New Zealand. London: Smith Elder & Co, 1853. $100.00

Sweetman, Rory. Spire on the Hill A History of St Andrews Church in the Epsom District 1846-1996. Auckland: St Andrews Parish, 1996. $25.00

Trembath, K. A. Ad Augusta A Centennial History of Auckland Grammar School 1869-1969. Auckland: The Auckland Grammar School Old Boys Association, 1969. $35.00

Tritenbach, Paul. Auckland’s Historic Schools. Auckland: Aucklands Historic Schools Press, 1984. $20.00

Walsh, T. From Wherry to Steam Ferry on the Waitemata A History of the Romantic Conquest of the Silvery Waterway. Auckland: Walsh Printing Co, 1932.  $50.00

White, E. J. St Matthias Church Panmure 1866-1966. Auckland: The Pelorus Press, 1966.  $20.00

Willis, F. P. De L. A Record of St Andrews Church and Parish from Its Beginning in 1843. Auckland: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd, 1946. $25.00

Wilton, Murray. The Dilworth Legacy The First One Hundred Years of Dilworth School 1906-2006. Auckland: Dilworth Trust Board, 2007.    $100.00

Wily, Henry E. R. L. South Auckland Some Sketches of Its early Settlement and Development with a Glance at the Conditions Under Which it Was Colonised. Auckland: Franklin Printing & Publishing Co, 1939.  $95.00

Wynyard, M. H. Robert Henry Wynyard One of the Founders of New Zealand 1845-1858. Auckland: Wilson & Horton.  $15.00

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