FAQs & Help

United Kingdom

Postage costs GB £3.95 for one book, and GB £5.95 for two or more - excluding Highlands, Islands, Northern Ireland and BFPO. Small orders will be sent by letter post, larger orders will be sent by a courier and will require a signature on delivery. Postage rates for Highlands and Islands, Northern Ireland and BFPO are available on request.

We can send books by Airmail, Surface Mail or Courier. We will use the method most appropriate for your order, unless you ask us to do otherwise. Courier services require parcels to be signed for, so you should specify a delivery address where there will be someone present during working hours. If you would like us to inform you of postage costs before sending out your order, please specify this in the additional comments box.

We can send books by Airmail, Air-Freight, or Surface Mail. If you do not specify which shipping method you wish to be used, we will use the cheapest method available to you. If you would like us to inform you of postage costs before sending out your order, please specify this in the additional comments box.

We respect our customers' privacy. We will not give or sell your personal information to any other company; nor will we send you any unsolicited e-mail. Users who sign up to our e-mailing list may unsubscribe at any time. If you do not wish to receive printed catalogues from us, just let us know.

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All customers purchasing from Oxbow Books have a seven day 'cooling-off' period in which you can change your mind (for any reason), cancel your order and return the goods to us. This 'cooling-off' period starts the day after you receive the goods from us. Notification that you wish to cancel and return goods to us must be received via email, letter or fax; a phonecall is not sufficient. When returning goods please obtain proof of posting or send via an insured method of shipping. We will issue a refund with 30 of receiving the returned goods in a like-new, resalebale condition. We will not refund the cost of originally posting the item to you, nor that incurred by you returning the item to us.

Damaged or faulty books may be returned for a replacement copy (where available) or a refund. We will refund any postage charges you incur in returning a damaged book to us. Please contact us before returning any book so we can advise a suitable method of delivery.

Private customer orders placed through this website require payment by credit/debit card. This card will be charged on despatch of your order. The credit-card details form in our order process is secure-server protected. This means that your credit card details are scrambled in transit, and then stored securely so that we are the only people who can access your information. With certain cards we have the option to charge your card in the currency of the country where your card is registered and this is the option we usually take. The exchange rate applied at that time will be as it appears on your card statement. You are advised to mention in "Additional comments" or by email to oxbow@oxbowbooks.com if you would prefer to be charged in UK pounds sterling. Any cards not offering currency options will be charged in UK pounds sterling.

If you would prefer not to pay by credit card, there is the facility to print out your shopping cart and post/fax this to us. We accept payment by cheque (in UK Pounds sterling, and drawn on a UK bank account). Postal Giro and Bank transfers are also acceptable, but attract additional bank charges. Please contact us for further details.