Griffin Rare Books
Charleston, SC, USA
AbeBooks seller since December 5, 2024
About Griffin Rare Books
The story of Griffin Rare Books spans four generations and two continents. It begins in the small city of Jassy, Romania. My great-grandfathers bookstore provided books for the Romanian royal family, in particular the queen, when the family fled to Jassy from Bucharest during World War I. After the war, the queen sent the royal painter to do a portrait of my great-grandfather, Israel Kupperman, which was later hung in the Royal Academy in Bucharest. When my family moved from Romania to New York City, my grandfather, Alfred Fox, pursued a mix of occupations, including bookselling. Family legend has it that he invented the concept of the paperback book. Unfortunately, he was a better visionary than he was a businessman, and he died penniless. My father, Leonard Fox, continued the family tradition. A brilliant linguist and translator, he held a number of jobs, including proprietor of the bookstore Orientalia, specializing in books on the religions and cultures of the Far East. When he was eventually forced to close down, he kept most of the books in his personal library. Over the ensuing decades, he dealt in rare and antiquarian volumes by mail-order under the trade name Griffin Books. After my fathers death, my wife and I decided to honor his memory, and my family legacy, by continuing the tradition. Griffin Rare Books is now online, with a strong presence on AbeBooks. Feel free to contact us for specific requests, or with questions regarding any of the volumes highlighted on our blog.
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About Griffin Rare Books
Specialty:Used books, primarily in the fields of religion, language, philosophy, and art
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Terms of sale
Griffin Rare Books is a fourth-generation, family-owned bookseller. We specialize in rare and esoteric books, primarily in the fields of religion, philosophy, languages, and art.
Information regarding the right of cancellation
If you are a consumer you can cancel the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
INFORMATION REGARDING THE RIGHT OF CANCELLATION
Statutory Right to cancel
You have the right to cancel this contract within 14 days for any reason.
The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, Griffin Rare Books, 251 Curtiss Ave, 29407, Charleston, SC, USA, of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post, fax or e-mail). You may use the attached model cancellation form, but it is not obligatory. You can also electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". If you use this option, we will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a cancellation on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
Effects of cancellation
If you cancel this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel with contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to us or Griffin Rare Books, 251 Curtiss Ave, 29407, Charleston, SC, USA, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your cancellation from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of cancellation
The right of cancellation does not apply to:
- the delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- the supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not cancel it once delivery had started.
Model withdrawal form
(complete and return this form only if you wish to withdraw from the contract)
To: (Griffin Rare Books, 251 Curtiss Ave, 29407, Charleston, SC, USA)
I/We (*) hereby give notice that I/We (*) withdraw from my/our (*) contract of sale of the following goods (*)/for the provision of the following goods (*)/for the provision of the following service (*),
Ordered on (*)/received on (*)
Name of consumer(s)
Address of consumer(s)
Signature of consumer(s) (only if this form is notified on paper)
Date
* Delete as appropriate.
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Standard shipping usually arrives within 6-8 business days. Expedited Shipping to the US typically arrives within 2-5 business days. No international orders please.
