About us
Welcome...
Unicorn Bookshop was established in 1989. We are an online bookstore operated from Warkworth, New Zealand that serves customers throughout New Zealand and across 42 countries.
We specialise in quality pre-owned non-fiction books.
Our range includes vintage, antiquarian, rare, collectable and contemporary out of print titles.
We also sell an extensive range of old newspapers, posters, maps, charts, company stationery and other historic ephemera.
Because we are online our store is always open and we accept any currency.
OUR CUSTOMERS
Our customers worldwide are our best salespeople and their feedback speaks for itself.
All customer feedback we receive is published via the link on each product listing.
Our customers worldwide include
- Private collectors and enthusiasts
- History buffs
- Authors and writers
- Researchers and historians
- Libraries
- Universities
- Museums
- National archives
- Schools
- City councils
- Public utilities
- Businesses looking for their old stationery
WHAT DO WE SELL?
Used and selected new books
- Predominantly vintage non-fiction
- Signed by the author
- Out of print
- Limited editions
- Old book sets
- Rare & collectable
- Antiquarian
- Scholarly
Book subjects
- New Zealand history
- Maori & Te Reo
- Australian history
- Pasifika & Polynesian history
- American, British & European history
- Natural history
- Trees, flora and farming
- Animals, birds and marine life
- Biography
- Royalty
- Sports history
- Business history
- Exploration history
- War and military history
- Poetry
- Art history
- Cars, motorcycles and tractors
- Aviation, maritime & rail history
- Gardening & cookbooks
- Hiking, hunting, fishing
- Religion
- Science, medical & engineering
- Technical, reference & text books
We also sell vintage and rare ephemera
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Guides, directories, programmes
- Posters
- Photos & drawings
- Maps & charts
- Company stationery
- Banking, insurance, shipping, travel docs
- Legal agreements
- Invoices, receipts, tickets
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
Local service with global reach
- Browse any book instantly from anywhere in the world
- New listings and updates are communicated instantly to market
- Our shop is always open
High quality products and listings
- Listing quality is as good as your picking and looking at any item from our shelves
- Only quality products, even with pre-owned items
- No matter the product condition, you can see exactly what you're buying
- Actual products depicted, no generic stock images
Prompt, uncomplicated, frictionless service
- Just click buy-now and what you just viewed arrives at your door
- Shipping across town, or to the other side of the world, makes no difference.
- We accept any card, any currency
- Our customer feedback published speaks for itself.
No drop shipping
- Unicorn Bookshop owns all its stock
- We do not drop ship books from faraway places that we have never seen
NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS
Unicorn Bookshop is proud to be 100% New Zealand owned and operated
ENVIRONMENT CARE COMMITMENT
- Only eco-friendly, biodegradable and compostable packaging
- We do not purchase any plastic packaging
- And we reuse circa 80% of all our inwards goods packaging
FIND US ONLINE
- We also operates a professional TradeMe store: http://www.trademe.co.nz/stores/unicorn-bookshop
Social media
You'll also find us via our Facebook and Instagram links
See the full Unicorn Bookshop story
Click on the Facebook link to take a look back through photos depicting the Unicorn Bookshop story over 30 years. This includes;
- Photos of founder Richard Wasley and the original Alnwick Street shop
- Read more: http://mairangibay.blogspot.com/2011/06/at-sign-of-unicorn.html
- Photos of the Neville Street shop, refurbished and relaunched in Oct 2014.
Media
- Unicorn Bookshop reopens after major refurbishment - Mahurangi Matters Oct 2014, page 13 https://issuu.com/mahurangimatters/docs/mahurangi_matters_15_october_259
1989 Founded by Richard C.F. Wasley (1944 - 2011)
