New Zealand Ghost Towns and Glimpses of the Past

The Bush Press, 1988. Spine faded, inscription on front endpaper.

Explore New Zealand's past through the ruins of its ghost towns and signs of early settlement. This pictorial sampler includes lost towns from the days of:
Whaling stations and ship building
Mission stations and trading posts
Timber-milling towns and mining
Ghosts of the goldfields
Kauri timber and gum
Railway towns and public works
Military posts and garrisons
Farming centres and coastal ports
Victims of natural disaster