Slightly Foxed Secondhand Books. Oamaru. New Zealand.
S 45° 06.205 E 170° 58.190
59G E 497626 N 5005560
This Secondhand book shop is located in an Oamaru stone building built in 1189, providing a Victorian style atmosphere with stone walls, wooden floor, sash windows, sofas, tables and chairs and a pot belly stone in winter.
Waymark Code: WM7PCV
Location: South Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 11/17/2009
Views: 4
Established in 1995, Slightly Foxed Secondhand Books sells good quality books on all subjects including New Zealand local history, modern first editions, fishing, hunting, mountaineering, literature and fiction, history, military, craft and biography. Prices range from $3 to $1500, and the books range from recently published to antiquarian, from common-place to rare and collectable.
The shop is situated in the old historic part of Oamaru near the waterfront. The proprietors, Jenny Lynch-Blosse and Kahren Thompson, wear Victorian clothing and sales are entered into a spring-back ledger with a fountain pen. Purchases are wrapped in brown paper and tied with string.
Opening Hours: Open Monday to Saturday- 10.00am - 5.00pm (4.30 May to September) Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Step back in time and wander through the old Historic Precinct where shop owners dress in period costumes and history comes to life.
Physical Address::
11. Tyne Street
Historic Precinct
Oamaru., South Island. New Zealand.
Phone Number:: Phone (03) 434 2155
Website:: [Web Link]
Hours of Operation:: From: 10:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
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