How to order or enquire about books.

Use the search interface in the left side-panel to specify your search. Once you have located a book you are interested in, you may add it to your shopping cart or use the enquire button to send an enquiry. You can add as many books as you wish to your shopping cart and can review and edit its contents by clicking the View Cart button at any time before transmitting your order. A copy of your order or enquiry will be e-mailed to you. We will then contact you to confirm the sale and settle payment and delivery details.

How to search for a book.

Before initiating your search, we recommend adjust the settings selected from the drop down pick lists to the lower left. These will not be reset when you click the Clear button.

Enter your search criteria using the interface in the left side-frame. As a general rule for criteria, less is better because our system matches most of the words you enter. It is therefore better to leave out any words you feel unsure about.

Author: if the author's surname is a common one, you should specify one or more initials in addition. If you are uncertain of the spelling or the name is very long, you can search using the initial part of the name: "Dost" will find "Dostoyevsky", "Dostoevskii" etc. Generally it is better to put the author's surname before the first name.

Title: if you are uncertain of the precise title, specify only the part of which you are sure. A few words are usually sufficient: "war worlds" will find "The war of the worlds".

Imprint: publisher and place published details, as well as year of publication, may be specified in this field. Booksellers and publishers themselves over a period of years can be very inconsistent in the formulation of a publishing house name. Minimise your search words.

Date range: Use four digit numbers for years. Left field populated, right field blank yields all dates from the year specified to the present. Right field populated, left field blank, yields all dates up to the specified year. Two fields populated - books printed between these years, inclusive, will be displayed. For books published in a single year, either enter the year in both fields or enter it in the Imprint field.

Any word(s) or ISBN: a book will be returned as a match if the word or words in the Any word(s) field occur anywhere in the book entry. The ISBN search calls for 10 digits or 9 digits plus X. Spaces and hyphens are ignored.

Additional criteria - note that we try to include as many details as possible relating to each book for sale. This includes publishing information and a description of the binding, condition and if it has a dust-jacket.
- Hardback - select this criterion to return only books specified to be hardbacked.
- First Edition - select this criterion to return all books specified to be first editions. However, read the book description carefully to determine the precise "edition" being referred to.
- Inscribed - read the description of the nature of the inscription. This can range from signed by the previous owner to detailed annotations by the author.
- Dust Jacket - select this criterion to return only books specified to possess a dust jacket. However, please note that we generally will have only one copy of a book at any time.

The five drop down pick lists are mostly self-explanatory. These are not reset to default when the Clear button is clicked.