Unicorn Bookshop: Est. 1989

1955. Vintage owners manual for the Vauxhall Victor and Cresta models 1955.

1976, 1st edition. Traces the history of the district Te Aroha, Morrinsville, Tahuna, Waitoa from the earliest times and tells of the great estates and of people. SCARCE

1973, 1st edition. Regional New Zealand history. SCARCE.

1981, 1st edition. Illustrated throughout with photos, a comprehensive history celebrating the centenary of Cathedral Grammar School.

2000. 1st edition. The story of New Zealand private health insurance company Southern Cross Healthcare. SIGNED.

1962. A miscellany of local Waihi history published for the Jubilee of 1962.

1947. A rare and collectable account of the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886, including information on lakes, terraces and geysers.

2009. SIGNED. The Inspiring Story of Bendigo Station, home of Shrek.

1961. 1st edition. A history of the Bank of New South Wales in New Zealand 1861-1961.

2005. 1st edition. Biography of Eliza Cowie, wife of the first Bishop of Auckland.

1994. 1st edition. Some text in Te Reo Maori. A collection of 24 profiles of Maori women.

2006. A selection of 100 of the most important, beautifully made, quirky, humorous and sometimes poignant maps from the comprehensive Alexander Turnbull Library collection.

1910. A classic reference work by Methodist missionary and ethnographer, Rev. George Brown (1835-1917).

1950s. Vintage magazine of aerial monochrome photographs from around New Zealand.

1995. The celebration of the centenary of one of New Zealand's best known independent schools, King's College, Auckland.

1983. Vintage manual for New Zealand Rail trains.

1992. In the history of automotive engineering, one Australian holds a unique place. He is Philip Edward Irving, M.B.E.

1965. A vintage folded lithograph map of Christchurch, city and suburbs in a card hardcover.

1987. An informative account of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's history, and of the people and aircraft who have made it what it is.

1940. 1st edition. Robert Graham was a pioneer colonist from Scotland, who in 1842 he sailed on the ship Jane Gifford bound for Auckland, New Zealand.

2007. Award-winning poems from the Margaret Reid Prize for Traditional Verse and the Tom Howard Poetry Contests.

1951. 1st edition. The incredible story of one man's escape from Devil's Island after twenty years of living hell.

1970. 1st edition. SIGNED. A candid commentary in which a New Zealand journalist pokes fun at himself and society and probes deeply as well.

1958. 1st edition. A story of several pioneer New Zealand families who the author is connected to notable the Orbells.

1961. 1st edition. The style book for use by the staff at the New Zealand Herald and The Weekly News.

2009. This Guide, with over 1700 entries and 500 illustrations, is a key reference work on ancient Greece and Rome.

2002. Social history that eavesdrops on the everyday conversations or idle thoughts of the great and the good.

1972. 1st edition. A book on Appalachia's philosophy of simple living.

1981. A comprehensive visual resource of every significant development in art from Palaeolithic cave paintings to Superrealism.

1994. An in-depth look into the life and works of nine impressionist masters, including Pissarro, Manet, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Bazille, Morisot and Cassatt.

1968. This new reader's edition of the complete Bible in modern English uses the text from the Standard edition of the Jerusalem Bible.

2008. A collection of 100 fine paintings by 67 different New Zealand artists, from the colonial gardens of the 1840s to the best loved of the present day.

1987. Limited edition. The family history of the two families of the Perrys and the Millers, from which the author, the Hon. Sir Clifford Perry, descended from.

1912. A book on the poetical works of Robert Burns.

1993. A collection of poems by World War fighter pilot Jim Bailey.

1930. Sir Alan Cobham's account of his flight round Africa in 1929 in a flying-boat.

2006. 1st edition. One hundred key maps that changed human perception and understanding of the world.

1983. A vintage and comprehensive guide to the facilities and services available in Porirua City and Tawa Borough.

1986. 1st edition. Autobiography of General Chuck Yeager who was the greatest test pilot of them all.

1994. This beautiful edition contains the stories by A.A. Milne.

2008. A celebration of 75 years of Weir House at Victoria University in Wellington.

1965. Limited edition. A tribute to James Ernest Strachan and his work at Rangiora High School in Canterbury.

2002. A study on the Wader distribution at Farewell Spit, Golden Bay and Tasman Bay, New Zealand.

1940s. Vintage travel map of New Zealand produced by National Airways Corporation.

1960s. Vintage travel map of New Zealand produced by National Airways Corporation.

1987. 1st edition. An informative account of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's history, and of the people and aircraft who have made it what it is.

1939. During the first year of the war, recruitment posters became became a common sight on hoardings and public buildings.

1888. This is an early example from 1888 of the many posters issued by the newly-constituted Government Railways Department.

1950. 1st edition. Travelogue of James Riddell's months long flight from Great Britain to Australia and back with his friend, author Nevil Shute.

1982. 1st edition. Covers fifty years of the New Zealand Women Writers' Society.