Kirkcaldie & Stains - A Wellington Story

Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, 2000. Very good condition with dust jacket.

Kirkcaldie & Stains is one of New Zealand's oldest businesses. When Scottish-born John Kirkcaldie and Englishman Robert Stains established their first store in a shed on the beach at Port Nicholson in November 1863, they started a tradition that continues today. The changing life of Wellington provides a rich background for the story of Kirkcaldie & Stains - the company that started as a shed on the beach, grew, survived and flourished as a proud department store...