Richard M. Ford Ltd
London, GBR
About Richard M. Ford Ltd
Private Premises. Specialist in autograph letters, manuscripts,and printed ephemera. All subjects but particularly bookselling and publishing history. Privacy policy. The personal data I have collected and store is purely for conducting business and optional marketing. The information is usually provided by the correspondent and/or available on accessible websites.
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About Richard M. Ford Ltd
70 Chaucer Road
London, GBR W3 6DP
Tel: +44 07884315545
Specialty:Bookselling History, Publishing History, Autographs And Manuscripts
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Terms of sale
All carriage costs, including insurance, are extra.
Payment on receipt of item if customer known or institution. Otherwise, cash
with order.
Payment in British Pounds or IMO (pounds) or PayPal.
If item considered unsatisfactory or description inaccurate, it may be returned
within two weeks of receipt. No dealer discount.
Photocopies or scans of part only of a letter will be supplied on request for
authentification purposes.
VAT requested where applicable.
Return policy as per EU regulations on my website.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, Richard M. Ford Ltd, 70 Chaucer Road, W3 6DP, London, United Kingdom, +44 02089931235, 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 Richard M. Ford Ltd, 70 Chaucer Road, W3 6DP, London, United Kingdom, +44 02089931235, 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: (Richard M. Ford Ltd, 70 Chaucer Road, W3 6DP, London, United Kingdom, +44 02089931235)
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
My normal charge for post is £1.50 (U.K.) and £4.50 (U.S. and Continent). Anything heavier than a letter (archive or book) will lead to an increase in my normal charges.

![Seller image for [''F. Anstey', pseudonym of the English humorist Thomas Anstey Guthrie.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Anstey Guthrie') to J. G. Wilson, proprietor of the London booksellers J. & E. Bumpus. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31989476468.jpg)
![Seller image for [2nd Marquess of Westminster] Printed Receipt, with Manuscript Insertions, Signed by the 2nd Marquess, for rent on two Mayfair properties. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31945391035.jpg)
![Seller image for [William O'Brien, Irish nationalist MP and newspaper editor, and his wife Sophie O'Brien [née Raffalovich].] Autograph Poem Signed by him, and coloured floral illustration with signature by her. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31798599499.jpg)
![Seller image for [Wilfrid Pippet, member of noted Solihull family of ecclesiastical artists and designers.] Eleven signed original illustrations for Thomas Wright of Olney's 'Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire Ballads' (including 'The Three Men of Yardley Chase'). for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31786169080.jpg)
![Seller image for [Wilhelm, the last Crown Prince of the German Empire.] Two black and white prints of photographs: one a portrait of him, the other a view of Hechingen Castle; each with Typed Note Signed by him on the reverse. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31786166297.jpg)
![Seller image for [William Harrison Ainsworth, Victorian historical novelist and close friend of Charles Dickens.] Autograph Letter Signed, as editor of the New Monthly Magazine [to Alexander William Kinglake], discussing a manuscript article on a 'Russian Tour'. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31759821055.jpg)
![Seller image for [A. J. Balfour [Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour], Conservative Prime Minister.] Lithographed Circular in facsimile of Autograph Letter Signed, urging Parliamentary attendance (of MPs) for 'the discussion of important questions'. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31690666161.jpg)
![Seller image for [Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürs.] Autograph Letter Signed ('G Card d'Hohenhohe') in Italian, enclosing a book by 'Signora Costanza', and 3 letters of recommendation for a voyage [neither book not letters present!] for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31254047706.jpg)
![Seller image for [Motorcycle Speedway.] Publicity photos, each signed by the subject, of Norman Parker, captain of the Wimbledon Dons, and his rider George 'Huck' Fynn. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31217016075.jpg)
![Seller image for [Charles Bestland (Cantelowe Bestland), Royal Academy Schools artist.] Twelve Regency pencil portraits (for engraving?), middle-class sitters including James Millar, Encyclopaedia Britannica editor; Col. Serle; members of Trenchard family of Dorset. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md30508659057.jpg)
![Seller image for [Oxford Circuit in the 1880s.] 27 sketches and caricatures by Lauriston Leonard Batten of barristers (including Lord Loveburn; C. J. Darling), judges and others, including several court scenes; for fellow barrister the future Sir Richard Harington. for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md30507674230.jpg)
![Seller image for Manuscript book of 'Receipts collected by Mrs. Macdonald and to which are added Useful remarks [for the Mistress of a House].' for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md2221967705.jpg)

![Seller image for [Edward VII] A Royal Pardon, for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md32255340370.jpg)
![Seller image for [Egerton Brydges, Genealogist and bibliographer] Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Cuthbert Sharp, antiquary for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md32255335623.jpg)
![Seller image for [Rose Fyleman, Children's writer; Fairies.] Two manuscript poems about Fairies for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md32255337561.jpg)
![Seller image for [Queen Anne's Income; Tellers of the Exchequer] Receipt of payment by Lord Fitzhardinge and the Four Tellers to Queen Anne of £6931 for sale by Richard M. Ford Ltd](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md32242099252.jpg)