TERMS AND CONDITIONS

TERMS OF SALE: Books will be shipped on receipt of payment.

We accept personal cheques, Canadian or International Money Orders and PayPal

Cheques and Money Orders must by made payable to Art Philp

All our prices are in Canadian $ and [include] GST  [We accept credit cards only thru Pay Pal] US funds at current rate.

CONDITION: We have attempted to be as discriminating about a book's condition as possible and if anything, have been a bit over critical. We have not used the terms "mint" or "as new" although many are such and are identified as f. (fine). Dust jackets, where present are identified as to condition as well. Eg: f/vg would be a book in fine condition in a very good dust jacket. A full description of abbreviations used in this catalog can be found below. If upon receiving a book, you find its condition to be other than as stated, it may be returned within 10 days for a full refund.

ORDERING: Telephone 9am to 9pm (7 days) or e-mail us. If we are not available to take your call, the answering service will pick it up. All calls are returned in the order they are received. We check our e-mail several times a day and will confirm e-mail orders by return e-mail. (Please make sure we have your full mailing address - area code - and telephone number)

SHIPPING:
[Canada & The US Lower 48 States] We use Canada/US Post $12.00 for the first book plus $2.50 per additional book in the same shipment.
[All other destinations] Prices on request.                                                                                                                                                                                [Oversize books may require additional shipping costs, we will let you know when ordering.
Insurance-$1.00 for each $100.00 or portion thereof (minimum $1.00)
 

LIST OF TERMS & ABBREVIATIONS

Condition

-----/----- book/dust jacket

f. (Fine) New or appears as new - Barely any signs of wear.

vg. (Very Good) Well cared for with only very minimal signs of wear or defects

g. (Good) Definitely been around, but intact and aside from its obvious signs of wear, a decent copy with no major faults.

Sizes By Height                 
64mo - up to 3"
18mo - 5" to 6"
8vo - 8" to 10"
32mo - 3" to 4"
16mo - 6" to 7"
4to - 10" to 12"
24mo - 4" to 5"
12mo - 7" to 8"
folio - 12" to 15"
elephant folio is larger than 15"
* Unless otherwise stated, all books in our catalog are 8vo

Other Abbreviations Used In Our Catalog

 aeg All edges gilded

 b/w Black & White

 clr Color

 deco Decorated

 dj Dust Jacket

 ed Edition

 (ed) Edited by

 eps End papers

 ex lib Library copy

 ffep Front free end paper

 glt Gilded

 illus Illustrated

 inscrib Inscribed by author

ltd Limited

nd No date

cvr Cover

o/w Otherwise

p Pages

pos Previous owner's stamp / signature

ptg Printing

rev Revised

sgn Signed by author

sp Spine

teg Top edge gilded

vols Volumes

wrps Soft Cover / Paperback

If we haven't got it we will endeavor to find it for you.

If you have it and no longer want it, we'll buy it from you. 

We also purchase old decoys and early fishing tackle.