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Real Gold - Treasures of Auckland City Libraries
A treasure in itself, this 232-page book celebrates the rich variety of Auckland City Libraries’ special collections, full of rare, valuable and wonderful items. It features one hundred items, each pictured in full colour with accompanying text.
Among these treasures are a First Folio of Shakespeare, medieval illuminated manuscripts, maps and sketches of early Auckland, avant-garde private press productions, Maori-language manuscripts, letters from Florence Nightingale to Sir George Grey, the records of Limbs Dance Company and Mercury Theatre.
Text by Iain Sharp, photographs by Haruhiko Sameshima Published 2007 by Auckland University Press $49.99 from Special Collections, Auckland Central City Library.
Book bags
$5 each. Order online or purchase directly from any of our libraries.
Calico book bag
Black with Māori artwork - $5
Featuring long handles to fit comfortably over your shoulder and side panels so that the bag can expand to carry books.
Please read the care instructions for the calico bags below before ordering.
Heritage maps
Plan of Auckland, by Charles Heaphy, 1851
This map is a 120cm x 90cm colour facsimile print of the original.
Reproduction of Plan of Auckland - $20.
The isthmus of Auckland with its extinct volcanoes, by Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter, 1859
A geological map of Auckland, showing its volcanic cones. This map is a 28.5cm x 37cm colour facsimile print from a digital copy of the original. Full image (695kb) can be viewed in the Maps Online database.
Reproduction of The isthmus of Auckland - $10.
The Southern Part of the Province of Auckland, by Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter.
This map is a 28.5cm x 37cm colour facsimile print from a digital copy of the original.
Full image (695kb) can be viewed in the
Maps Online database.
Researching family history books and charts
Researching family history at Auckland City Libraries
This guide to resources is a great place to start your family history research.
Researching family history in the collections of Auckland City Libraries - $10.
Generation charts
Record your family tree with these handy charts.
- Seven generation chart (White) - $4.95
- Seven generation chart (Watermark) - $6.95
- Twelve generation chart - $6.95
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Care instructions for calico bags:
- These bags are not rain proof
- Quick hand wash separately in cold water (dye may run)
- Do not soak
- Do not bleach
- Do not tumble dry
- Do not dry in direct sunlight
- Warm iron only
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