A Practical Treatise on the Art of Illuminating - 16th Aug 2024

New to the website, learn to illuminate your own manuscripts with the Queen's own illuminator, circa 1873

https://www.hardtofind.co.nz/book/2s11-41/The-Art-of-Pyrotechny-being-Comprehensive-and-Practical-Instructions-for-the-Manufacture-of-Fireworks-specially-designed-for-the-Use-of-Amateurs

 

1885 "rocket making appartus" from THE ART OF PYROTECHNY - 15th Aug 2024

Making fireworks the 19th century way, "Specially Designed for Use of Amatuers" so what could go wrong — also, some great Victorian advertisments at rear. Rockets, roman candles, Bengal fires, crackers, serpents, stars and "the mortars from which they are fired"

https://www.hardtofind.co.nz/book/2s11-41/The-Art-of-Pyrotechny-being-Comprehensive-and-Practical-Instructions-for-the-Manufacture-of-Fireworks-specially-designed-for-the-Use-of-Amateurs



 

Byrne's EUCLID - 23rd Jun 2024

A lovely Taschen reprint of Oliver Byrne's 1847 edition of Euclid — a very interesting moment in the history of graphic design and science communication, Byrne vibrantly coloured all the lines and angles etc. in Euclid's familiar dusty old axioms, making this material both unexpectedly visually engaging and pedagogically effective.

Link to our listing (23.06.24)

Recent chat with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ - 16th May 2024

A good chat between Warwick & Jess Mulligan of RNZ — famous book collection yarns and a peek behind the scenes :)

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018938179/expert-feature-warwick-jordan-on-looking-after-books 

Dungeons & Dragons - 11th Apr 2024

A goodly amount of time always passes between us getting any of these, so act accordingly :P

FIRST UK EDITION "Gravity's Rainbow" - 6th Apr 2024

From our Dunedin store

JUST ARRIVED INSTORE IN AUCKLAND... Philip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Herman Hesse and more... - 29th Mar 2024

JUST ARRIVED INSTORE IN AUCKLAND... Philip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Herman Hesse and more...

Cormac McCarthy first edition! - 25th Mar 2024

New addition to the website — will be a long time before we see another copy, this is the first UK edition (more colourful jacket) of Cormac McCarthy's first book "The Orchard Keeper". Ex-library, which does detract, but a very scarce title nonetheless