Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Joined 16 August 2019
Free shipping within the US. Returns accepted within 15 days if in same condition as shipped. We'd like you to know take we take our responsibility as a bookseller seriously. We've spent the time and effort necessary to build expertise, and we continue to educate ourselves year after year. We graduated from CABS (now CABS - Minnesota), and we have attended multiple courses at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. But we like to have fun with our business, too, in addition to using our technical expertise. And so a big focus of our business is books that are purchased for gifts. We can help you select just the right book. We'll ship it in a pristine white box, and, if you wish, we will gift wrap it beautifully at no cost - and ship it to your gift recipient. We'll even send you snapshots of the gift-wrapped book - Mom won't ever know you didn't do it yourself! Our great joy is finding forgotten or obscure books that still deserve our attention today. We can tell you, through our research, why the book was, and still is, important, and what it can provide for you. We also describe in detail most every book we sell, so you can tell precisely if it is the edition and condition that you want. We avoid that plague of lazy general disclaimers about the book for sale - you will know exactly what to expect. We thrive on happy customers, and we hope you will become one!
All books are shipped bubble-wrapped and boxed so they arrive in perfect condition. Each book shipped domestically is tracked. Shipping charges and delivery times are based on United States Postal Service estimates--the USPS says its estimates for international shipping times are based on shipping to "many major markets," so please bear that in mind if you do not live in a large city. If you order more than one item through us, the extra books will receive a 25% discount on shipping. If an order has special shipping requirements, such as if it is over-sized, we will contact the buyer with a request for extra charges before further processing.
Multi-volume book sets: When it comes to the cost of shipping, books that are multi-volume sets are usually treated as if the customer had ordered more than one item: that is, the first volume costs full price, with the extra volumes receiving a 25% discount. For example, a three-volume set will cost $10--$4 for the first volume, $3 for each of the other two volumes. The exception may be very large sets, such as encyclopedias. Those will have special requirements and we will contact the buyer about the shipping costs before processing the sale.