The Lacquer Screen - a Chinese Detective Story With Ten Illustrations Drawn by the Author in Chinese Style

We will despatch the book(s)to the purchaser after receipt of payment. We accept payment by visa/mastercard, paypal, plus Sterling in Currency is also accepted at your own risk. If insurance is required the customer must specify, and if it is available to the country specified, the customer is responsible for the additional payment. We cannot be held responsible for books that go astray in the post, although every effort will be made on our part to try and locate any missing items. All packages are sent with a receipted proof of posting and a returns address. If book not found acceptable re description given,
please make contact within 7 days and book may be returned for a full refund.If
any parts of a book are found to be missing and this is not specified on the
description, this is unintentional and has slipped the net. Obviously, a full
refund would be given in these circumstances.

If you are a consumer you can withdraw from 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 withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal 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 last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from 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 withdraw from this 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 Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, +44 1263 824355, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal 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 withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

1. The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
2. 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 withdraw once delivery had started.

Orders usually shipped within 2 business days by Royal Mail. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we will have mentioned in our listing description that additional postage may be required. You will be quoted the extra postage costs by email and you will have the opportunity to accept or decline these charges.