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

MANGA TSUNAMI !!! Just arrived instore in Auckland - 18th Feb 2024

Good range of Manga just arrived with many runs of titles all in very clean fresh condition and instore at our Auckland shop now. Enjoy!!

First ENGLISH TRANSLATION: Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT - 20th Jan 2024

New addition to our website: the very first English translation of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, by Vizetelly & Co. 1886 — price comensurate with condition and rarity!

Last recorded sale in March 2017 for NZ$25,900: here's a Guardian article about finding it in a box for £14!
www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/06/crime-and-punishment-dostoevsky-auction

The Vizetelly's are quite interesting in and of themselves: Vizetelly elder also oversaw the first English translation of Flaubert's Madame Bovary, and was fined for the obscenity of publishing Zola in English in 1888 and then again in 1889 — for which he was imprisioned for 3 months and bankrupt by 1890!

http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_genre.php?gid=71

Clearly a good eye for literature — just like yourself, if you find yourself browsing our Hard to Find Books' website :P