Quicker than the Eye
Chicago, IL, USA
AbeBooks seller since January 5, 2018
About Quicker than the Eye
Quicker than the Eye is the preeminent online store for rare and out-of-print books and paper ephemera on magic. We specialize in sourcing and selling oddities and antiques on the topics of conjuring, gambling, and circus including posters, prints, programs, finely bound books, and hard-to-find titles. Find Victorian-era decorative cloth hardcovers, vellum, full-calf bindings and more, along with beautiful hand-tinted illustrations and detailed engravings. Our posters range from collectible window cards to rare lithographs depicting the shows of legendary magicians, historical and modern. We also stock curious vintage photography and autographs as we continue to add to our inventory. Looking for something specific? Just ask! Our expansive inventory is not entirely viewable online, so we may have what you are looking for even if you don't see it listed here. We are also happy to provide more photographs and detailed condition reports on each item in our store, please don't hesitate to ask!
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About Quicker than the Eye
5001 W Belmont Ave.
Chicago, IL USA 60641
Tel: +1 773-472-1442
Specialty:fine bindings, out-of-print, antique, modern, vintage
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Terms of sale
Quicker than the Eye is the online shop for Potter & Potter Auctions. We specialize in the sale of paper Americana, vintage advertising and ephemera, rare books, playing cards, gambling memorabilia, posters, prints, and magicana—antiques and collectibles focused on magic and magicians. In addition, we have access to books, ephemera, apparatus, posters, and other items not listed in our catalog. Please feel free to contact us with any special requests or inquiries.
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 without giving 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, Quicker than the Eye, 3759 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste. 121, 60613, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., +1 773-472-1442, 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 Quicker than the Eye, 3759 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste. 121, 60613, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., +1 773-472-1442, 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 (including ebooks) 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: (Quicker than the Eye, 3759 N Ravenswood Ave, Ste. 121, 60613, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., +1 773-472-1442)
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
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