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USA CUSTOMERS READ ME! (updated)

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TRUMP TARIFFS: New Zealand Post (NZP) has resumed sending to the USA, hooray. However, your books will be a little more expensive, as we shall be passing on the cost of both the tariffs and costs associated with paying said tariffs onto you, the customer (SAD!). But the good news is, once you have paid for your book/s and shipping, you will NOT have to pay any extra duties or fees to receive your package (unlike the situation recently, when we did not have a DDP ("delivery duties paid") service available)

Random note: if you are in ALASKA or HAWAI'I, we have no idea why, but it costs an extra NZ$25 PER BOOK to send a package to you! If you have an alternative address in another US state, that is your best bet.

Givealittle for Hard to Find Books Auckland

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Hard to Find hits Hard Times. We are in a financial property pickle. Please help!
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/hard-to-find-hits-hard-times

A UNIQUE BOOKSHOP CAREER

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No Previous Experience Required

BUT: AFTER INITIAL TRAINING IN AUCKLAND THE APPLICANT MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO OTAGO TO MANAGE OUR DUNEDIN STORE

The legendary Hard To Find Quality Secondhand Bookshop is looking for a new Manager in Dunedin. This is a longterm career position. The successful candidate should be reliable, personable, presentable, honest, confidant, energetic, committed (probably should be), loyal, dedicated, knowledgable (in a general sense - brilliant at trivial pursuit and pub quizzes), love books of all kinds, enquiring, engaged, fit & healthy, strong, open and broad minded (but not empty or leaky), adaptable, focused, omnivorous, humble, and have a great sense of humour.

The job involves engaging with clients from all walks of life, assessing, buying, pricing and cataloguing books, as well as overseeing staff and day-to-day business activities while finding time to be appropriately obsequious towards the owner.

Not a job for clockwatchers.

A general knowledge of literature is essential

More a calling than a job, it requires you to learn and problem solve every day forever. It can be physically, mentally and sometimes emotionally demanding. The money is… ok… but the true satisfaction is in somehow maintaining some sense of order amidst the chaos, and loving the challenge of endeavouring to know it all, but finding there’s always more to learn.

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DRIVE, OR WILLING TO LEARN A SOON AS YOU ARE HIRED.

TO BE CONSIDERED ALL APPLICANTS MUST CALL IN TO OUR AUCKLAND OR DUNEDIN STORES FOR OUR APPLICATION FORMS. ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Post delays due to weather

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Large swells and strong winds in the Cook Strait, and closure of various South Island passes, means there may some delays this week for your package!

Rare Frank Ocean printed memorabilia

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New to the website: 2019 edition of Frank Ocean's BOYS DON'T CRY magazine, depicted here. But also, some rarer, early magazine appearances eg Fader: Fall Fashion 75 (Aug/Sept 2011), Garagisme Issue No 3 April 2013, The Advocate, October 2012.

Have a look here

Malazan 1st Editions

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Steven Erikson Malazan Book of the Fallen first editions, held at our Dunedin branch, see here for details

Rubaiyat Gallery

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A gallery of fine illustrated Rubaiyats currently in stock: Rene Bull, Adelaide Hanscom, Ronald Balfour, Willy Pogany, Arthur Szyk (SOLD). We also have copies in te reo Maori, translated by Pei Te Hurinui Jones

Farewell Brian Turner

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Great poet of Otago nature & environmentalist, some tributes to the late Brian Turner at the below:

Reading Room, Philip Temple

The Spinoff

Otago Daily Times

DOCTOR WHO

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Usually have plenty of DOCTOR WHO novelisation paperbacks, recently have had an additional influx