Transport

A photographic celebration of the Bedfords New Zealanders have owned and loved.

Softback. 96 pages. NEW.

This book tells the story of the railway that today represents fully one quarter of the total rail network in New Zealand. Described are the exploits of those responsible for building the line and also the locomotives and trains that have run over it.

Softback. 128 pages. NEW.

This book provides an all colour collection of images from one of the great raiway photographers of the 20th century, covering seven years in the 1950's when colour photos of New Zealand generally were rare, let alone those of steam trains. 

Illustrated with over 300 photographs this book recalls to life the changing face of the railways over 140 years. The good old days of steam receive rightful coverage, but the contribution of modern motive power is not neglected.

Hardback. 224 pages. NEW.

This book tells the story of the trans-Tasman shipping service from the days of the earliest steam ship service to the liner Wanganella's last voyage to NZ in 1963.

Softback. 188 pages. NEW. 

This book brings to life the memories of eight people who experienced the South Island Midland Line first hand. The memories mostly relate to the Springfield to Otira section of the line, from the 1920's onwards. There is also a detailed overview of the history of the line together with a 53 page photo gallery covering the construction and later years of the railway. 

Hilton Press, second revised edition. Softback. 210 pages. NEW.

This book examines those ships and shipping companies that transported migrants to Australia and New Zealand in the period 1900-1939 when many paid their own fare although there were also various assisted passage schemes. The book has illustrations of most of teh ships engaged in a trade that was brought to a halt by the outbreak of war in 1939.

Softback. 192 pages. NEW.

New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1960. Wellington, A.H. & A. W. Reed, 3rd edition, 1961.

Hardback, dust-jacket worn at spine, illustrated, black and white photographs, 25 cm, 408 pages. SECONDHAND

Shipwrecks, New Zealand Disasters 1795-1950. Wellington, A.H. & A. W. Reed, 2nd edition, 1951.

Hardback covers marked, text clean, illustrated, black and white photographs, 23.5 cm, 520 pages. SECONDHAND

ISBN 34010774 The Elingamite and its Treasure, ‘Shipwreck off the New Zealand coast and the excitement of a modern search for gold’. London & Auckland, Hodder and Stoughton, 1969.

Hardback with dust-jacket, pictorial endpapers, illustrated, black and white photographs, 22 cm, 192 pages. SECONDHAND

Log of the Huia, revised and extended edition, Auckland, Collins, 1973.

Hardback with dust-jacket, pictorial endpapers, illustrated, black and white photographs, 26 cm, 147 pages. SECONDHAND

ISBN 0723305501 An account of Captain John Stokes and his crew sent to New Zealand by the British Admiralty to make a detailed survey of the country’s harbours and coastline, 1848-1851. Christchurch, Whitcoulls, 1978.

Hardback with dust-jacket, illustrated, photographs, 23 cm, 190 pages. SECONDHAND

The first account of southern ship building in the Catlins and on Stewart Island in the days of sail. These unique ships traded around the coasts of New Zealand and ventured across the Tasman sea. The book is illustrated with shipping notices, photographs, maps, advertisments and paintings.

Softback. 262 pages, with CD. New.

Great New Zealand Railway Journeys. Auckland, Exisle Publishing, 2008.

Hardback with dust-jacket, colour illustrations, 176 pages. NEW 

Strait Crossing, the Ferries of the Cook Strait Through Time. Wellington, Transpress NZ, 2009.

Hardback, numerous illustrations, 256 pages. NEW