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With one of the largest Rare & Vintage Bookstores in southern New England, and over 30 years of experience in Antiquarian Books and as experienced collectors also, we strive to offer you:

• Distinctive listings with detailed information for the discerning collector.

• Service tailored to bibliophiles & book collectors.

• Quick e-mail response.

• A website with online shopping with secure shopping cart.

• Prompt USPS Shipping.

Terms of Sale for Auctions

Winning bidder agrees to pay plus your choice of postage. Bidder should contact via e-mail within 3 days.  

Payment is to be received within 10 days after auctions end. Please don't hesitate to contact me if a problem arises and you cannot meet the date. auctions@newportvintagebooks.com

Terms of Sale for Direct {Mail Order} Purchases

Please contact us via e-mail to confirm availability of requested title and confirm shipping costs.
Upon confirmation of order, books will be placed on hold as agreed (usually up to 10 days).
If payment is not received within agreed time, books will again be placed for sale.

When adding items to cart, please be sure to check if you are selecting
remastered dustjackets only or books and dustjackets together. 

At the top of the webpage, you will see tabs for different categories, if the tab indicates dustjackets, all the listings below are for dustjackets only -- if the tab indicates books, all the listings below will be for books or books with jackets, see the specific listing for details.  The majority of our listings are for digitally remastered dustjackets.  However, we are regularly adding inventory for vintage books also -- for clarity, these are listed on separate webpages.  As an added safeguard, our listings have now been updated with captions below the price, and our shopping cart buttons also have "mouse over" tags as further indicators.  As always, the shopping cart listings will clearly show what is being purchased.  Please review your order carefully before completing checkout !

Our remastered dustjackets are digitally rendered from our collection of nearly 5,000 original pre-1940s dustjackets.
Each remastered dustjacket is produced on-demand when it is first ordered -- that is, many of the dustjackets listed on our website may be first time orders requiring additional time for order fulfillment.

This is a time-intensive process that requires great care & attention to detail. The ultimate goal is to make the remastered dustjacket look as close as possible to what a brand new original dustjacket would have appeared like back in the 1920s. In order to accomplish this, each jacket takes approx. 4 hours to remaster at high resolution to remove any chips, tears, color rubbing, fading or darkening along with the cumulative environmental effects of decades of oxidation, paper acidification and deterioration

Because of the high quality results obtained, we've achieved a growing reputation causing an increase in demand  -- from new collectors who have eagerly discovered my dustjackets, to repeat customers who anxiously request more items.

These jackets had not previously been digitally remastered, so I must start from scratch once the order is received.

Please understand that I have many orders to fulfill I must manage my time carefully -- often working on half a dozen jackets or more at any one given time with many more in queue. Each jacket is processed once that order reaches the top of the queue. All I ask in exchange for my efforts is that collector's are patient with me so that I can perform the necessary work. Newly requested titles do have a longer turnaround time, and depending on the orders placed, the current demand and the size of the order, it may take 6 to 8 weeks to complete the order. It is important to me that everyone receives a high quality jacket. I don't think I have ever displeased anyone by spending extra time in attention to detail to insure a high quality product.

I encourage you to take a look at my Before & After page to see my six phase remastering process and additional sample pictures along with an outline showing just how much time I spend working on each of these phases to ensure the best quality.

Before & After

Refund Requests

For auction purchases, all sales are final unless there is a significant error in listing or item description (i.e., wrong edition, unnoted damage)

Refund request of listed item price available, if item is not as described, upon prior telephone or e-mail notification.

All returns to be received as shipped and insured within 7 days of return authorization.

Although we try to describe the items to the best of our ability, a time may come when someone wishes to return the item for whatever reason. We are understanding in this respect and do offer return privileges if items are returned in the same condition as sent.  Please realize that there are limitations, and we have certain expenses involved, listing fees, sales commissions and packing fees for shipping.  These fees would not be refundable as well as the shipping costs to you and your costs to return items to us. The difference will be refunded once item is returned. Please notify us of a return ahead of time and put ample documentation in with returned item so we know who to send the refund to.

Direct Sales vs. Auction Sales
It is important to remember that online auctions are a different forum as compared to the venue of direct sales. By its nature, an auction environment solicits competitive bidding between different buyers. Once the auction ends, a winner is established and a sale is realized. If a winning bidder seeks to return an item, this process is circumvented and the auction mechanism is in essence defeated.  What a winning bidder may consider to be below par -- the other bidders may have been well aware of -- and more than willing to bid for at that price.  This is why it is imperative that buyers must seek out auctions that have accurate and detailed listing descriptions and appropriate photographs, and be willing to ask questions when necessary.

A majority of eBay sellers offer their items for sale "as is" or "all sales final."   We do not place such strict restrictions on our auctions, because we do our best to help buyers & collectors with our highest standards of trust and assurance. However, it is important to remember that most eBay sellers are offering wholesale products, inventory reductions/overstocks, deep discounts or consignment sales --and as a result do not or cannot offer returns.  Otherwise, the seller would potentially be left with fees and other expenses and lose the opportunity to sell the item to other bidders. That is why many sellers refuse all return requests -- regardless of reason.

Payment can be made by Personal Check, Cashier's Check, Money Order or PayPal

Major Credit Cards (Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, Discover) are accepted via PayPal.

Money order payments are shipped within 2 working days. 
Personal checks may require a wait of up to 10 days before the item is shipped.