Terms & Conditions

Orders accepted by email, phone or post. Please do not send payment with order. Please use the order reference (numbers and letters) that precede each item.

Following a received order, conformation of its availability, along with the amount for postage and packing (charged at cost) will be sent to the customer. The item(s) will be reserved for 7 days awaiting payment. Books only sent on receipt of order to long standing trade customers. Payment promptly on receipt please.

No reply means regret item(s) sold.

Postage and packing extra at cost.
Books will be sent cheapest way possible (Royal Mail 2nd class post or parcel post). If you wish your books to be sent registered or recorded delivery, please state this at time of ordering as this will cost extra. This is advisable on more expensive books. Please note: Standard (cheapest) posting now only carries a maximum compensation of £20 for consequential loss. Standard post signed for within the U.K carries a maximum consequenntial loss compensation of £50. In the rare event of a book (s) being lost in transit, I will only refund up to the maximum compensation paid for. Proof of posting is always obtained. All books will be securely packaged, individually bubble wrapped, and jiffy bagged or boxed, dependant on quantity.

Payment can be made by: credit card (through paypal, just click the link on the e.mail i'll send you confirming your order), personal, business or bank counter cheque, or cash. Please make all payments in sterling.

Cash and cheque payments to be sent to:

Man Myth and Magic

PO BOX 5767

Westcliff on Sea

Essex SS1 9BG, UK

Please make cheques payable to Richard Ward.

Orders by credit card, bank counter cheque or cash dispatched on receipt of payment, orders by personal cheque subject to 4 working days clearance time.

All books are described as accurately as possible, if a book is found not as described (please refer to 'a note on condition' description notes for full explanation of condition terms), please email/ phone first before returning the item for refund. The final conditional note to each item gives an overall general condition of the book, based on contents and binding. any crucial defects not easily discernable from the final conditional note are specifically noted (again please see 'a note on condition').

No books sent on approval, trade welcome, usual trade terms after 14 days of site posting in each case.

Books bought on all subjects covered on this site, top prices paid, or slightly higher values given for credit against books in part exchange.