Unicorn Bookshop: Est. 1989

1998. 1st edition. A series of articles published in Model Builder magazine from August 1983 to December 1987.

1955. Vintage yearbook for model aircraft enthusiasts.

1968. Vintage for model aircraft enthusiasts.

1978. 1st edition. A practical, methodical introduction to the entire process of creating and operating R/C aircraft.

1992. 1st edition. Provides instructions and detailed illustrations for building the Sky Bunny.

1964. A technical reference that codifies standardized colour specifications for industrial, architectural, and safety related applications across the United Kingdom.

1977. 1st edition. A collection of reader-submitted "hints and kinks" for building, maintaining, and flying radio controlled aircraft.

1930s or 40s. A guide to the small internal combustion engines produced by the Hallam firm.

1991. 1st edition. Offers an introduction to free-flight model building, and shows how to modify the Sleek Streak and Peck R.O.G. models.

1948. A guide to the ignition systems used in small internal combustion engines, particularly those powering model aircraft and workshop built engines.

1983. 1st edition. A practical guide to elevating everyday model building skills through sound workshop habits and clever techniques.

1955. An introduction to the fundamentals of model aviation, written with the clear intention of lowering the barriers for newcomers.

1944. An introduction to the design, operation, and maintenance of small internal combustion engines used in model aviation.

1986. 1st edition. Chinn traces the evolution of miniature four stroke engines from early experimental designs to the refined, efficient units that became popular with scale and sport flyers.

1963. Vintage yearbook for model aircraft enthusiasts.

1977. The guide for safe, standardised model aircraft operation across New Zealand.

1974. Vintage yearbook for model aircraft enthusiasts.

1973. Vintage yearbook for model aircraft enthusiasts.

1979. Vintage manual for radio control model aircraft enthusiasts.

1975. An introduction to the art and science of flying radio controlled gliders.

1976. 1st edition. A guide to the design, construction, and operation of radio controlled gliders and sailplanes.

1986. 1st edition. An assembled record of the Society of Antique Modellers’ activities, achievements, and shared passion for vintage aeromodelling.

1941. A reference book designed for builders who rely on accurate drawings to produce faithful scale models.

1976. 1st edition. A foundational resource for collectors and historians of antique scales.

1958. An introduction to building small models from one of the most accessible materials available: ordinary cardboard.

1968. A classic DIY engineering book providing instructions to build 35 small-scale, working models of historical machines.

1971. 1st edition. Lee examines the internal combustion engines used in radio controlled aircraft with a blend of clear mechanical explanation and rigorous bench test evaluation.

1974. 1st edition. Volume II of the author’s authoritative exploration of model internal combustion engines, expanding on the testing, analysis, and practical evaluation from his first volume.

1981. 1st edition. Is widely considered a "must-have" manual for enthusiasts of radio-controlled model airplanes.

1984. 1st edition. Considered a classic resource for mastering the "art of finishing" radio-controlled model aircraft.

1994. A collected record of the technical papers, research findings, and design discussions presented at the NFFS’s premier annual gathering.

1935. 1st edition. A cornerstone vintage text in the history of aeromodelling

1970. Vintage specialised yearbook for model aircraft enthusiasts.

1984. 1st edition. The book covers everything from canards, pushers, lifting bodies, and flying wings to oddball prototypes, homebuilt innovations, and one off research craft.

1974. 1st edition. A history of aviation’s first seventy years, tracing the transformation of powered flight from fragile pioneer machines to the sophisticated aircraft of the postwar era.

1970. 1st edition. A history of the early British ballooning units whose work helped shape modern military aviation.

1961. 1st edition. A comprehensive, meticulously documented account of the Indian Air Force’s formative years and its rapid expansion during World War II.

1973. 1st edition. The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British multi-role combat aircraft with a two-man crew that served during and after the Second World War.

1984. Traces the DH 4 from its British origins as a fast, well armed day bomber to its large scale American production.

1950s. In association with the Elders & Fyffes Ltd showing how bananas are grown and sold. This is original, not a modern reproduction.

1987. 1st edition. Traces the Bulldog’s development from its origins in Bristol’s search for a modern, maneuverable single seat fighter to its adoption as the RAF’s primary frontline.

1982. 1st edition. Traces the biplane’s evolution from fragile pioneer machines to the robust fighters, trainers, and utility aircraft that served through World War I.

1976. 1st edition. A book on the Bristol Beaufort, the torpedo bomber that became one of the RAF’s most important maritime strike aircraft of the Second World War.

1979. 1st edition. A history of the rapid evolution of air delivered military operations between the world wars and through the Second World War.

2010. Early European Art in New Zealand public collections.

1986. 41 paintings of distinctly New Zealand scenes with brief descriptive and historical texts,

1999. Paintings and sketches of Auckland City and surrounds.

1953, 1st edition. Description of the writer's experiences on the road, up and down New Zealand, after gold, timber etc.

1963. Wartime memoirs and recollections of the Kiwi experience in Italy during the second World War.

1956. This is the story of Frank Clune's holiday trip around the New Zealand Islands.