
Welcome to Big River Books
Big River Books is a family-run, online second-hand bookstore based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. We specialise in modern fiction novels, biographies and collectables.
For all enquires, simply contact us.

Latest Arrivals
The Stone Monkey
$14.00Nice tight and square trade size paperback. Front cover has chipped corners.
The Hunt for Red October
$16.00Scarce UK edition in good overall condition (probably either a book club or export edition). Spine has slight lean and page ends have slight age tanning. Has protective cover with near perfect dust jacket.
The Gypsy Morph
$18.00Near fine book club hardback. Pages look unread with tight square binding. Dust jacket has very slight bumping to edges.
Tread Softly
$180.00Very rare UK first edition of Tread Softly by Richard Laymon’s pseudonym Richard Kelly. The cover has slight sun fading to the spine with very slight foxing to page ends. The book is in nice tight condition, scarce collectors copy.
The Talismans of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara)
$18.00Very nice tight and square binding. Pages have some age tanning but in excellent condition. Dust jacket is slightly sun faded on spine and loose fitting.
Threat Vector
$25.00Slight bumping to dust jacket edges. In good tight condition for age and size. Slight tanning to page ends.
The Elf Queen of Shannara
$18.00Nice book club edition. Binding and pages are very good with dust jacket showing slight wear, some chipping and a small rip on front bottom corner.

Music CDs & DVDs
Deep Purple – Machine Head: Classic Albums
$10.00DVD is in excellent condition.
PAL format, region 4.
Black Sabbath – The Black Sabbath Story: Volume Two
$14.00DVD is in excellent condition.
PAL format, region 4.
Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell: Classic Albums
$10.00DVD is in excellent condition.
PAL format, region 4.
Black Sabbath – The Black Sabbath Story: Volume One
$14.00DVD is in excellent condition.
PAL format, region 4.
Our Picks
The BFG
$8.00All small mass market paperback editions sold on our site are in ‘as new’ or fine condition. Most are unread, ex publisher copies unless noted. Some have very slight defects from age, handling or storage, usually shown in the photo (often just small chips to edges or slight dogeared cover). Any unusual defects will be noted here. We do not sell used or badly damaged small paperbacks on the site unless they are extremely clean, near new or rare and collectable.
People Of The Weeping Eye
$7.00All small mass market paperback editions sold on our site are in ‘as new’ or fine condition. Most are unread, ex publisher copies unless noted. Some have very slight defects from age, handling or storage, usually shown in the photo (often just small chips to edges or slight dogeared cover). Any unusual defects will be noted here. We do not sell used or badly damaged small paperbacks on the site unless they are extremely clean, near new or rare and collectable.
Between The Lines
$12.00Looks read but in very good condition. Very slight wear to page end, but near new looking.

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