About Jason Books

Jason Books buys and sells secondhand books

The store is housed in a character building in the centre of Auckland city and has a wide-ranging stock covering most areas of interest.

New books arrive daily.

Specialist collections include New Zealand, Maori and Pacific, Nautical, Art and Literature.

We stock a good range of contemporary paperbacks

including non-fiction titles as well as literary, crime, popular fiction and classics.

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Shop History

Jason Books was established in 1969 on High St and moved to Lorne St in 1999. In February 2011, the store relocated to the present site at Chancery Chambers, 16 O’Connell St.

The shop is owned and operated by Maud Cahill with the assistance of Bruce Ross and Hannah Chiaroni-Clarke

Buying Books

You can order books directly by email or telephone. If you wish you can order through the abebooks site when you search our catalogues. However, we can offer a discounted price for direct orders.

Finding Books

Not all the books in the shop are listed in our catalogues but if you contact us directly we can tell you if we have a title in stock.

We are happy to take note of your book wants and help you find a desired title. We will also let you know if books in your area of interest come in to the shop.

For inquiries about books for sale or titles you are searching for, please use the Contact Page.


Yes, we do buy books

Please contact Jason Books if you are interested in selling quality books.

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16 O'Connell St

Featured Books By Category:

Maud's Journal:

NZ Natural History Classics

New Zealand Medicinal Plants
by S. G. Brooker, R. C. Cambie  & R. C.  Cooper
Auckland: Reed Books , 1991. Reprint.
ISBN: 0790002507. 268pp, colour plates, [...]

Waitangi Day

Jason Books will be open
on Saturday February 4
and on
Waitangi Day Monday February 6
10 am to 5 pm

Legends of the Maori

Legends of the Maori
by Maui Pomare and James Cowan
Volume I: Mythology Folk-Lore Tradition and Poetry
Volume II:Maori-Polynesian Historical Traditions Folk-Lore and Stories of Old New Zealand
Illustrated [...]

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