Books and ephemera relating to New Zealand Church settlements and parishes, Schools and School Districts, Jubilees, Centennials, histories, and church and school publications.
All these fortunabooks.com prices are in New Zealand dollars, and there is a minimum order required of NZD$20 excluding postage.For specific schools and parishes look under the appropriate New Zealand History page.
Celebrating the Centenary of the New Plymouth Boys' High School 1882-1982.
With colour plates, and illustrated in black and white in the text.
Taranaki, school history, education
VG hardback with VG dust jacket with a sunned spine.
$35 C/D
New Plymouth Boys' High School Centennial Committee 1982 first edition, large 4to, 188pp.
[#4834 ]
The Anglican Diocese of Dunedin New Zealand.
THIS COPY includes a laid in letter of two leaves from Ngaere Evans asking someone (illegible) to do some calligraphy on a certificate including the arms of the diocese, they were obviously sent this book as the template for reproducing the arms which appear on the cover of the DW. The letter is sent from the Vicarage and dated 1978.
otago, anglican, history
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
Full blue leather with titled spine. Owners name and date to free end paper.
$30 C/C
John McIndoe 1968 First Edition, 325pp + plates.
[#5596 ]
The only published work by the Tauranga based colonial Church Missionary Society missionary Archdeacon Alfred Nesbit Brown.
Inspired by the death of his son, Alfred Marsh.
Colonial History, Church Missionary Society, CMS, Tauranga, The Elms
VG+ softback stapled in pictorial card wrappers
$20 C/A
D H Maxwell (1964), 40pp + 12pp plates.
[#4023 ]
Includes Hogben's New Syllabus, Proficiency Examinations, post war changes and new subjects.
education, children, teaching
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
$30 C/C
New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1970 First Edition, xviii 321pp+ plates
[#4276 ]
An illustrated, biographical survey of Methodist women in New Zealand's past.
ISBN 0908803001
women, pioneers, teachers, missionary, public service, biography
VG+ softback
$20 C/B
Methodist Publishing 1987 first edition, 242pp.
[#4653 ]
New Zealand Methodist Church History Vol 28 Numbers 1 & 2, the Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society of New Zealand
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with small chip to bottom edge of front panel, light wear.
$35 C/C
Wesley Historical Society 1974, 157pp +plates and index
[#3849 ]
The Story of the Presbyterian Church among the Maori People.
From Marsden in 1814 this is the history of the Methodist Maori Mission in New Zealand.
Includes a chronology and lists of missions and missionary appointments.
VG softback in wrappers. Small name stamp to cover.
$35 B/A
Presbyterian Bookroom 1961, 100pp. [#2874 new zealand, history, religion, church, maori ]
A preliminary bibliography of works related to religion in New Zealand. ISBN0908665040
VG softback, stapled sheets with pictorial paper cover, two columns per page, a few small scuff punctures to wrapper, light handling wear
$25 B/B
Department of History Massey University 1984, 164pp. [#2796 new zealand, history, religion, church ]
A Brief Survey of New Zealand Methodism's Involvement in Mission Overseas, 1822-1972.
christian, church history, missionary
G+ softback with sewn sheets, lightly soiled with piece chipped from top edge of cover.
$30 C/C
Wesley Historical Society 1973 First Edition, viii 245pp + plates and appendices.
[#5589 ]
Early Childhood, Schools and Teachers' Colleges in New Zealand.
Interviews with 150 teachers born between 1899 and 1973.
Charts the tides and currents of educational thought in New Zealand over the past 80 year
ISBN9780864693013
education, social history
VG softback.
$30 C/C
Dunmore Press 1997, 380pp.
[#4403 ]
With information on the earliest colonial New Zealand, evangelisation and conversion of the Maori.
Also Maori Wars and Melanesian and Polynesian missions.
history, church of england
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$25 C/C
Anglican Church of the Province of New Zealand 1973, 277pp
[#3835 ]
A Brief History of Saint Mary's Church and Parish, New Plymouth, During Its First 100 Years of Service and After.
Church of England, Anglican, Bishop Selwyn
VG softback stapled in pictorial wrappers.
$15 C/B
St Mary's Parish, 1952. Fourth edition, 44pp + plates.
[#5645 ]
New Zealand church history from 1805. Includes much general history as it pertained to the spreading of the gospel into New Zealand, missionary influence on Maori, the Land Wars etc.
G+ hardback cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titled, no dust jacket. Inscription to free end paper. All plates present but a few are loose.
$30 C/C
Simpson & Williams 1914 first edition, xviii 252pp + plates
[#3141 ]
G+ hardback cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titled, no dust jacket. Hinge opened between half title and frontis, binding holds well, list of illustrations page detached, slight fade to backstrip, endpapers browned.
$30 C/C
Simpson & Williams 1914 first edition, xviii 252pp + plates
[#4682 ]
The updated second edition of this New Zealand high school register first published in 1959, complete list of students from 1896-1972 as well as sporting results etc.
VG hardback with no dust jacket, red cloth gilt school device to upper board. $55 C/C King's College Old Boys Association 1972, 686pp, fold out frontis. [#2371 NZ School history, Kings College, Auckland ]
The Story of the Order of Deaconesses of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
G+ hardback in G+ dust jacket with rubbing wear to spine. Book and dust jacket have pen annotations often giving extra information about the subjects such as naming people in photos etc. $10 C/B Presbyterian Bookroom 1962 first edition hardcover, 62pp. [#2490 new zealand church history]
A revisionist history of state schooling in New Zealand.
ISBN 0864690649
Education, Schooling, Academic Training, State School
VG softback, used copy with wear to cover edges.
$25 C/C
Dunmore Press 1987 First Edition, 298pp.
[#5126 ]
From first contact with 19th century Maori up to 1930s.
VG softback with cup mark to cover, wear to wrappers yapped edges $45 B/A New Zealand Church Missionary Society 1935 first edition sewn wrappers, 68pp + plates + 3pp adverts. [#2324 church history ]
Nearly 50 early examples of Church buildings from the length of New Zealand, described and photographed, with their histories.
ISBN 9780790008929
architecture, historic buildings, religious,
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
Jacket has repaired tear to fold.
$20 B/C
Reed 2003 first edition, 183pp.
[#5521 ]
An introductory history to the movement in New Zealand.
religion, christian, charitable, crusade, salvationist
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$15 C/B
Salvation Army (1963) first edition hard cover, 84pp + plates
[#967/5602 ]
A history of Reikorangi and Waikanae Schools 1895-1996, well illustrated.
ISBN 0473039052
wellington, kapiti, education, local history
VG softback, glossy paper stock.
$30 C/C
Waikanae School Centenary Committee 1996 first edition, 328pp
[#4871 ]