Locate the book in our database search (on our home page) and place it in the shopping basket. Follow the checkout instructions. An option is available for you to receive a quote for the total cost, including postage.

Alternatively, email us a list of the books you wish to purchase. Include the list name, item number, author, short title, and price. We will reply with an email quote, including postage and packing. We also notify you if a book has been recently sold. Books will be posted when we receive your payment.

If you locate a book in our booklists, first check it is still available by looking up our database, which is updated at least weekly.

We currently offer 20% discount on the total price (including postage) if you order two or more books. This applies only if you order directly from us, and not via third-party websites (such as Abebooks or Books and Collectibles, which charge us a hosting fee for our books).

We have currently decided to voluntarily drop our registration for Goods & Services Tax (GST). Therefore GST is not included in the prices of books sold to Australian customers. However, if you are registered for GST, the Tax Office has determined that you can assume GST has been paid on secondhand goods. Of course, books can often still be claimed as tax deductions.

All our books are expertly wrapped and placed in padded envelopes, or in envelopes and boxes containing bubble-wrap. Postage is charged at cost. We generally post books by surface mail within Australia (3 to 7 days delivery). Express Post is also available. For overseas customers, all books are posted by Air Mail via Australia Post. We do not recommend sea mail from Australia as delivery time is often three or four months, and delivery problems are difficult to track.

Some booksellers offer free postage, and as a selling strategy this seems to boost sales. It is not widely known that these booksellers often actually add the postage partly or wholly onto the price of the book, so that postage is not truly "free". We prefer not to adopt this deceptive strategy.

If you are not satisfied that a book has been correctly described, and you notify us within a reasonable time (no more than three weeks after you would normally receive the book by post), we will issue a full (100%) refund. We may request that you return the book first.

We will also refund your payment if the book is lost in the mail. This happens rarely. If you have not received your parcel, first check with your local post office. They may have tried to deliver your book, but you were out, and they forgot to leave a collection card. Similarly, if your address is a Post Office Box, the postal staff may have forgotten to place a collection card in your box. Unclaimed and misdirected parcels will often eventually be returned to us.

From June 2005, we have traded as an online business only. Therefore, sorry - visits to our shop to browse our stock are not available at this time.