Jan Heynes (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy in a very good jacket which has the slightest hint of shelf wear. Traces Karori's transition from its beginnings as a rural outpost in the 1840s, through to the thriving community it is today - one of New Zealand's largest and most significant suburbs.

Papered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 27 cm, 367 pp, photos on eps, b&w (and some colour) photo illus, d/w. A lovely copy. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask for a freight quote.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 367p (1p) D-J Paper over boards Near Fine With illustrations and maps, a very detailed history of this Wellington suburb.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 367p (1p) Paper over boards Near Fine With many illustrations, a detailed history of the Wellington suburb that became known as Karori. This book weighs well over 1kg, so will cost more to post than ABE allows for.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Karori & Its People By Judith Burch (Edited by), Jan Heynes. Publisher: Karori Historical Society & Steele Roberts, Wellington, 2012. Reprinted with corrections. SCARCE. Very good hardback with jacket, no inscriptions. A little bumping to spine ends. Small light stain to margin of pages 99-102 from satin ribbon that must have been damp, otherwise excellent condition. Jacket has some shelf/edge wear. 368 pages, illustrated. This major 368-page history vividly describes Karori's growth from rural outpost in the 1840s to the thriving community it is today - one of NZ's largest and most significant suburbs. Some of Wellington and New Zealand's most influential and creative citizens have come from Karori: builder Samuel Parnell, instigator of the 8-hour day; Wellington's first judge, Henry Chapman, and first woman mayor, Fran Wilde; the young Katherine Mansfield; and many other exceptional individuals and families. Now it is also the home to the Zealandia sanctuary. This book is packed with stories and pictures of the people who have made - and continue to make - Karori such a vital place.