Windmill Books & Collectables is a book shop on Vogel Street in Ashhurst, the small town just north-east of Palmerston North, currently rated 5.0 on Google from a single review.
Book shops that deal in collectables trade in one-off finds rather than bestsellers: the stock is unique and it turns over, so what caught your eye last month may be gone by the next visit, which is why regulars browse slowly and call back often. It pays to ask, too — the owners of small shops like these usually know their shelves and can steer you toward an author, subject or era you would otherwise walk straight past. Small towns are often the best hunting grounds for local histories, out-of-print fiction and the odd collectable that never makes it to city retailers.
For readers in the Manawatū, a book shop with a collectables streak on Ashhurst's Vogel Street is the kind of place worth ducking into on a drive through town.