We have recently received a stock of second hand books in small numbers. The following list of second hand titles is well priced and will sell quickly. Buy now while stocks last.

1. NZ COMMON WEEDS IN COLOUR by EA Upritchard. This is a guide to the Identification of NZ common weeds. Tidy copy, $12.00.

2. CLOUDBURST – A handbook of rural skills and technology by Vic Marks (Editor). Canadian publication with interesting subjects: Pit Privies, Harnessing the Small Stream, Home Made Forge, Cheese making etc. Tidy paperback, $15.00.

3. THE NEW ZEALAND FRUIT GARDEN by Colin Hutchinson. Growing Fruit in your own Garden. Good copy, paperback, $30.00.

4. VINEGAR BOOK by Emily Thacker. History and uses of vinegar. Good copy, 66-page paperback, $15.00.

5. FARMCRAFT selected from Handy Andy’s Column in New Zealand’s ‘The Weekly News’ (1936). Hundreds of hints for saving time, labour and money on the farm. $20.00.

6. GROWING FRUITS AND NUTS from the United States of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin 408. A 296-page paperback, good copy, $10.00.

7. LAZY GARDENER by Don Burke. The no-nonsense book of hassle-free gardening. Good hardback, $8.00.

8. SELF-SUFFICIENCY THE SCIENCE AND ART OF PRODUCING AND PRESERVING YOUR OWN FOOD by John and Sally Seymour. The science and art of producing and preserving your own food. Tidy paperback, $10.00.

9. FARMING IN NEW ZEALAND Vol 85 Number 5, November 1952. Bound articles from the NZ Journal of Agriculture. Tidy paperback, published under the direction of Hon KJ Holyoake. Early black and white photos, $20.00.

10. QUEENSLAND WILDFLOWERS by Kathleen McArthur. Lovely little hardback with dust jacket, includes colour plates of McArthur’s wildflower drawings, $10.00.

11. DWARF CONIFERS: A Complete Handbook by HJ Welch. Tidy hardback with a dust jacket, $20.00.

12. NOTES FOR PLANT COLLECTORS by PE Horn and GD Hill. Over 200 pages listing plants by family, list of family abbreviations, list by genus and list by common name. Good spiral bound handbook from the Plant Science Department, Lincoln College, $15.00.

13. FLOWERS OF EUROPE: A FIELD GUIDE by Oleg Polunin who describes 2,600 of the commonest and most interesting wild flowers to be found growing in Europe. Good hardback with dust jacket, $20.00.

14. WATER INTO GOLD by Ernestine Hill. Ex library, tidy paperback, $10.00.

15. NEW ZEALAND ASPARAGUS MANUAL from the NZ Asparagus Council. Ring-bound folder, ex library, tidy condition, $30.00.

16. THE PEACH: WORLD CULTIVARS TO MARKETING by NF Childers and WB Sherman (Editors). Covers culture, cultivars, breeding, propagation, nutrition, training and pruning, diseases and insects, harvesting, storage and marketing. Large hardback, tidy condition, $30.00.

17. SADDLERY by E Hartley Edwards. Modern equipment for horse and stable. Hard back with dust jacket, 1963, good condition, $20.00.

18. GREAT EXOTIC FRUIT BOOK by Norman Van Aken. A handbook with recipes. Good condition, paperback, $6.00.

19. THE BOOK OF SEAWEED by Alan Major. A detailed account of how to collect, preserve and cook seaweed. Hardback with a dust jacket, tidy condition, $15.00.

20. AUSTRALIAN ANGORA GOAT HUSBANDRY: THE GOAT BIBLE by Alma M Bode. Tidy paperback, $10.00.

While you are on our website visit our list of New Titles. These list, on a monthly basis, titles new to our shelves. Also have a quick look at Peter's Newsletters for some entertaining news, reviews and comments. Peter's January Newsletter was emailed to you on Thursday 12th January. Also, visit our full list of Special Offers in Diane's Special Offers including a new sub-category on Rural, Lifestyle, Self-Sufficiency and more.

Recently we have emailed several cut-price offers and notices of titles new to our shelves to special interest groups. Our offers have included the following topics: