| We Make Purchase Offers... |
Monday May 5, 2008 |
 |
We Make Purchase Offers...Please let us know a few basic things when contacting us about your books, manuscripts, documents or letters for sale.a.) Author, title, date, publisher, city of publication. Is the book stated as a first edition, a particular printing, one of x amount of copies printed? Other? b.) How is the book bound? Is it leather? Cloth? Is there a dust jacket? Is the book bound in a handsome manner or just your usual garden variety? c.) Is there anything unusual about the book? Is it signed? A limited edition? Is there a story behind this particular book? Was the author a friend of the family or a colleague? d.) Condition. How does the book look? Is the binding rubbed and scuffed? Are the hinges cracked? Are pages missing? Is the dust jacket (if present) torn, chipped, or soiled? Does it look spectacular "for its age" or just so-so? e.) For manuscripts, documents or letters. Please provide author, dates, and background information. f.) How did you become the owner of these manuscripts, documents or letters? g.) What is historically interesting or unusual about these items? Are they signed by a famous historical figure? Are they adressed to or are about someone of historical prominence? Is there a family story that goes along with these items, e.g. a fantasy example --an ancestor built the boat that Washington crossed the Delaware with... h.) Do you have a large library and/or estate collection of books and/or historical manuscripts or documents? (We travel extensively to purchase large collections.) Note: We can only make purchase offers for books that we have customers for, and for material that is in suitable condition for the needs of our customers. Books or other material that do not fit within the scope of our stock or current inventory needs can not receive purchase offers. Again, please do not ship any items to us for consideration without being instructed to do so by our office. Upon agreement to accept our purchase offer, payment is remitted same day. Please contact our office as follows with the above information for your material you're considering offering for sale: Phone or fax: (302) 998-2886
Email: purchases@bookgarden.com or Ian Brabner, Bookseller Attn: Acquisitions Post Office Box 4900 Wilmington, Delaware 19808 |
|
