Auckland University Press/Oxford University Press, Dunedin, 1973, 240 pages. Faded dustjacket spine, minor chipping at dustjacket spine ends, previous owner's details in pen at top fo front endpaper.

So many businesses rose and fell in 19th-century Auckland that the city was called a graveyard of enterprise. Through contemporary newspapers and business and legal records Dr Stone has traced a story of the fates of individual industries, firms and entrepreneurs.