Used Book Categories
We have thousands of used books available. Use the book category list below to view all books in that category. Or use the search option to find a book.
Book Categories
Africa
Aircraft & Aviation
Americas
Animals
Antarctica & Arctic
Antiques & Collectables
Architecture
Art / Drawing / Painting
Asia
Australia
Biographies
Birds & Insects
Boats & Marine
Business
Cars & Motorcycles
Children's
Classics
Comics
Computing
Cookbooks
Crime
Cycling
Documents / Ephemera / Memorabilia
Electronics & Radio
Engineering
Europe
Exploration & Adventure
Farming
Fashion
Fiction
Firearms & Hunting
Fishing & Marine Life
Food & Drink
Games & Puzzles
Great Britain
Health & Wellbeing
Hobbies & Crafts
Home & Garden
Horses & Equestrian
Humour
Language & Writing
Magazines
Maps
Medical
Middle East
Military
Motorsport
Mountaineering
Movies & Television
Music & Musicians
Mythology
Natural History
New Zealand - Biographies
New Zealand - General
New Zealand – Guides / Directories / Programmes
New Zealand - History
New Zealand – Literature
New Zealand - Maori / Te Reo
New Zealand - Natural History
New Zealand - Sport
Newspapers
Non-Fiction General
Pacific & Polynesian
Pets
Photography
Photos & Drawings
Pictorial Books
Poetry
Posters
Rare & Collectible (1950 - Present)
Rare & Collectible (Pre 1950)
Religion & Spirituality
Royalty
Science & Technology
Sport
Technical & Reference
Text Books
Trains & Rail
Transport
Travel
Trucks & Tractors
Walking / Hiking / Camping / Outdoors
War - Other
War - WW1
War - WW2
World History
Sell your books

We Buy Books for Cash
Don't send your old book collection to the dump - we are always in the market to buy second hand vintage books, newspapers & magazines, prints, posters, drawings, maps & charts and associated memorabilia.
This can be from private sellers having a clean out, estate sales or private collections. We buy from all over New Zealand and we can quickly appraise any book lot large or small.
Please don't go to the trouble of cataloging what you have. Just email us some photos of your items and we can quickly provide you an offer or come to you for an appraisal.
books@unicornbooks.co.nz
OUR POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
- Our appraisal service is fast
- Our prices are amoung the highest paid
- Payment immediatley direct to your bank account
- We take care of the freight pickup right from your door
- Comments from prior sellers is included in our customer feedback
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR
- We will consider anything old/vintage. This can include (but not limited to) non-fiction, history, natural history, military, transport, sport, languages, technical and reference, newspapers, old historic photos and memorabilia.
- We are not looking for: contempoary fiction - Mills & Boon - glossy magazines – encyclopedias - Readers Digest – science fiction - contemporary cook books.
PICKUP / DELIVERY
- We take care of and pay for the shipping from our end.
- Please note that we only operate contactless pickup via our courier, we do not allow dropoffs.
- All that we require from you is that that books are packaged up ready for shipping, we do the rest.
Gift Vouchers

Unicorn Books also sells gift vouchers. These can be purchased for any value in multiples of $10.00
The fastest way to purchase gift vouchers is to just phone and we will quickly transact this over the phone and mail the gift voucher to you.
To redeem a gift voucher for a purchase, just phone us with the voucher details. Or email us a photo of your voucher plus the stock reference of the book you require, including your address - and we can complete your purchase. books@unicornbooks.co.nz