Book conditions vary from Mint/Very Fine, to Reading copies (depending on how they've been handled over the years) and are pricedaccordingly. Also considered is scarcity, the printing Edition and whether water touched the book. These also determine the price charged. A book in superior condition/Edition/scarcity always brings a higher price than run-of-the-mill copies. Most, but not all of the books listed here are considered to be Collectibles for serious Collectors and are priced accordingly.
A book's described with its nicks and dents, much as one buys a used car. What you get is what you've already seen by reading the description and viewing the Cover scan. All books/magazines are checked, Cover-to-Cover, first page, to the last page.
Comics:
We try to list Artists we can locate who did the stories. Sometimes we aren't able to make out their name so omit them or list only a last name if it's readable. We only list the first story in a comic and if the Title is mentioned. This is to help those Collectors who are making a compilation of an Artist's work or who are already aware of what type of Art an Artist does.
First Edition Entries:
When a book is listed as a First Edition it means that this is a First Edition for that particular Book printing. It doesn't mean that it's the True First Edition (when the book was first printed anywhere). Some books are listed as being an "Original Printing" which will be mentioned as True First Editions whenever they're listed on the printed page by the book Publisher. If a book is listed as being published in Canada/U.S., this means that the Cover was printed in the U.S. and the body of the book was printed in Canada. This came about in order to comply with (before the Free Trade Agreement) Canadian government regulations for having Canadian content. First Editions in Canada, the U.S., or the U.K. don't necessarily coincide as to dates published but they're still First Editions in their respective countries.
Postage Rates and Delivery Times:
To help you to decide the amount of postage to send with an order we list rates (roughly) according to the number of pages in a pocket book/magazine/hardcover book which will provide an approximate weight and postage rate, depending on whether you want Air or Surface mail. The postage rate page opens once an order is being placed. Sometimes the delivery time between Air and Surface mail isn't really worth your paying the extra postage for Air.
We'll email you if (sometimes) extra postage is required so please look at your email. We've found, so far, that listing postal rates by the number of book pages appears to work rather well except for oversize things.
If you don't reply to several emails if we do need to request extra postage then we'll automatically refund your money as we have to assume that you're not interested.
There are at least 9 different types of mail rates. Surface mail is slow but (relatively) cheap and we suggest this. But for overseas mailing a book can take up to three months to arrive by boat so we suggest Air mail in this case.
Listed delivery times are approximate. Once the book leaves us we aren't able to personally deliver the book. We mention this as we sometimes have someone think that everything's written in stone. Delays do happen sometimes.
It takes longer to deliver in the U.S. because you have a very large population and there are quite a few mail centers the order has to go to and be sorted/resorted until it's finally delivered to your home. It's not a matter of from this mailbox to your mailbox but is much more complicated.
We've carefully checked postal rate charges. Postal rates are higher in Canada as our Canadian P.O. operates as a business and has to make a profit. It's not subsidized as in other countries. Also, Postal delivery is just about as fast as other forms of delivery. There are no special book rates in Canada, unfortunately. Sad.
PayPal/Credit Cards Payment:
When using a Credit Card choose the payment method listed as "Credit Card (via PayPal)". Visa, MasterCard, other cards are entered here. This brings up the PayPal log-in page. Fill in the requested information, sign in, go to the left side and click the credit card you'll be using then fill in the information requested. Bank encryption technology is used for your safety.
You don't need a PayPal account. PayPal is the only one who sees your information.
You must be given a very long PayPal number to confirm that your payment has been processed by them. If there's no number appearing after you're finished then your order hasn't gone through and will have to be repeated. In this case we'll restore the original book listing to Store Inventory (once you notify us) so you're able to redo the transaction as it's already been deleted when the order was first placed. Mistakes happen rarely but they sometimes do happen. It's human nature.
PayPal also provides a customer Toll-free telephone number where they can be reached if you're having problems.
How to View Photos for Books:
Point and click on the image or underlined book/magazine Title. A colour scan appears and you'll be able to see an enlarged view of the book/magazine.
Front Cover scans are only available as the pictures take up a lot of space. We'll see how it goes as we list more books. Probably we'll reduce the size of the Cover scans.
You can also use the photos available to judge for yourself whether our descriptions are accurate. We provide Front Cover scans of everything listed.
If you have a question feel free to write us. No problem.
