A Guide to Book Conditions Used:

For all books we attempt to describe the condition as best as possible following the below guidance.

As New:  The book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published.

Fine (F or FN): A Fine book approaches the condition of As New, but without being crisp.  The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 

Very Good (VG): Describes a book that shows some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or paper.

Good (G): Describes the average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present.

Fair: Worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn.

Poor: Describes a book that is sufficiently worn.  This copy may be soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have loose joints, hinges, pages, etc.

Binding Copy: describes a book in which the pages or leaves are perfect but the binding is very bad, loose, off, or nonexistent.

Reading Copy: A copy usually in poor to fair condition that includes all text presented in a legible fashion.  The copy is fine to read but nothing more.

Other terms possibly used:

Ex-library – the book was once owned by, and circulated in, a public library. May have library stickers, stamps, or markings.

Foxed / Foxing - Brown spotting of the paper caused by a chemical reaction, generally found in 19th century books, particularly in steel engravings of the period.

Price Clipped -The price has been clipped from the corner of the dust jacket.

Re-backed - A book that has been repaired by replacing the spine and mending the hinges.

Shelf Wear - The wear that occurs as a book is placed onto and removed from a shelf. It may be to the tail (bottom) edge of the covers as they rub against the shelf, to the dust jacket or exterior of the covers (when no dust jacket is present) as the book rubs against its neighbors, or to the head of the spine which some use to pull the book from the shelf.

Terms & Conditions

We aim to describe our products as best we can. Occassionally we make mistakes, we are human.

Shipping Guidance: We aim to ship orders within 1-2 business days.

Returns: If you are not happy with the product you receive, for any reason, please return for a refund. Buyers pays return postage. Return address at bottom of web page or on invoice/shipping note. Please note refunds will be processed within 1-2 Business Days of receiving the returned item and will appear in your bank account when processed by the financial institutions involved, please note in some cases this can take up to 30 days. This duration is outside of our control.

Please note if you do not include insurance in your shipping then no claim for damage during shipping can be made.

NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: Please note for international orders you will have to pay any duty due on your order. This will be charged and collected locally, it will not be added by us during your order process. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to manage the complexities of international sales tax.