I'm Chris Hoddinott, I started my ebay account to buy books for my own collection. I had put up shelves in my home and wanted hardback novels to replace the many paperbacks I had previously owned. I found eBay to be a great place to buy books
I sold my first book on the internet in 2003. I found it a good way to sell books and the hobby has grown into Old Bakery Books.
I sell hardback novels, mainly crime fiction and other thrillers, but I cannot resist a good book of whatever type.
Delivery
All of our books are in stock, ready to be sent out on receipt of a cleared payment, (we reserve the right to hold books until cheques are cleared). All photos are of the actual book for sale.
We post most days (with the possible exception of Wednesday when our Post Office is closed), and guarantee to post books within two working days of receipt of your cleared payment. Usually this will be quicker, even the same day. If immediate posting is essential please phone 01935 872062 to find out when posting can be facilitated.
We take great care to describe our books carefully, but mistakes can happen. We will take any book back for a full refund for any reason. To do this please let us know within 10 days of receipt of your book.
All our deliveries are insured at our cost.
For the rest of the world we offer Royal Mail airmail or surface mail (Please note surface mail can take quite a while).
- Western Europe: Up to 2 weeks from date of posting
- Eastern Europe: Up to 5 weeks
- North America: Up to 6 weeks
- South America, Africa and Asia: Up to 8 weeks
- Australasia: Up to 12 weeks.
Payments
Cheques, money orders should be in sterling and drawn on a UK bank. Alternatives can be arranged but please contact us first as there may be charges associated by other methods.
Paypal
Payment can be made to our account:
chris@oldbakerybooks.com
Cheques
Please make cheques payable to:
Mr. C. M. Hoddinott
please post to:
Mr. C.M. Hoddinott
The Old Bakery
South Street
Leigh, Sherborne,
Dorset. DT9 6JG.
Book Grades
The following grade definitions are taken form the online Independent Booksellers Association Website.
NEW; FINE; MINT: Without faults or defects.
NEAR FINE: a book approaching FINE (or AS NEW or MINT) but with a couple of very minor defects or faults, which must be noted.
[NOTE: From here on, there may be "+ (Plus)" or "- (Minus)" in a grade, which will mean that it is above the grade noted but not quite to the next higher grade for "+", and that it is below the grade noted but not quite to the next lower grade for "-", i.e., Very Good + (or Plus)/Very Good - (or Minus). Which means the book is better than Very Good and the dust jacket grade is less than Very Good.]
VERY GOOD: A book showing some signs of wear. Any defects or faults must be noted.
GOOD: The average used book that is totally complete (as issued) and intact. Any defects must be noted.
FAIR: A worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title page, etc. Any defects or faults must be noted.
POOR or READING COPY: A book that is sufficiently worn that its only merit is the complete text, which must be legible. Any missing maps or plates must be noted. May be soiled, scuffed, stained, or spotted, and may have loose joints, hinges, pages, etc.
EX-LIBRARY: Must always be designated as such no matter what the condition of the book.
BOOK CLUB: Must always be noted as such no matter what the condition of the book.
BINDING COPY: A book in which the text block, including illustrations, is complete but the binding is lacking, or in such poor condition it is beyond realistic restoration efforts.
REMAINDER MARKS, BOOKPLATES, PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME: These are faults and must always be noted, if they apply.
WE use "Fine" as our highest grade. followed by "very good". We do not use intermediate grades such as "near fine" or very "good +". It does not mean that our books are not as good as someone else's "near mint ++ wow" just that we think this confusing.
First Editions - where we state a book is a first edition we mean the first printing of the first edition to be published (to our knowledge) in the UK. very often the first edition in the world may have been published elsewhere. If a book is a later edition/printing we always state this in our description. Similarly if a book is a book club version we always say so.
Stamps/remainder marks - these are always described n the description we would not count a book as fine if there are any.
Signatures.- very often we buy books that have authors signatures. we show these in a=our adverts if this is the case. We cannot vouch for the signatures in all cases. In general we do not obtain signatures ourselves. Where we acquire a book from a reputable source ourselves, we leave stamps on the book to help verify this.
