faq and  other stuff

frequently asked  questions

Dollar and Euro prices?  You say  “email for these prices” - does this mean they are higher?  No, we only charge a small extra amount for postage and packing. We will charge you in Dollars or Euros at today’s current exchange rate. You can find this from many sites, for example X-RATES.COM . (This link will open in a separate window, close to return to our site.)

where can i see a selection of your stock? We do not have a shop, but are pleased to see visitors by appointment - just phone or email. We are based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK. Tetbury is an excellent antiques town, with over 20 shops / centres representing probably a 150+ dealers - so you are sure of a good day out!

broadband   Some of your images take a while to download? With the now very widespread availability of ADSL / Broadband, as we load new images we are making the file sizes larger so that more detail shows. If you are on a dial up modem, we are sorry that this takes longer to load.

how often should I visit your website? We try to put up some new material every couple of weeks or so. But prints do not move all that fast, so probably no more frequently than once a month. If you have a specific interest, many of our sales are not from the website anyway, so best to email us with your inquiry.  Site last reloaded - July 2007.

how do I know you are genuine? I hear so many stories about fraud on websites? Well, we have been in business for some years, but perhaps the best answer is that we are members of the PBFA - The Provincial Book Fairs Association. With over 700 members, the PBFA is probably THE organisation representing booksellers in the UK. As well as books, over 40 members list prints as their speciality, including some of the best respected print dealers in the UK - so you could say it’s the trade association for print dealers as well! The PBFA has strict rules of conduct for members, and you can take any complaint straight to them. But please don’t just take our word for it. Please visit the PBFA website at www.pbfa.org

what is that funny background to your website? It looks like a bit of dirty old paper? You’re right!  It is!  Except that it’s a piece of Eighteenth Century paper. We just scanned an area of the back of a print, and ‘tiled’ it. You can see a corner of the platemark repeated. If you look at the site with a low resolution browser at 600 x 800, it probably does look like a piece of dirty old paper !!

why are prints on some web sites and on sites like eBay so cheap? I see lots of topographic prints on at £5 to £10? We think you will find that these are very small, later prints. Through the late C18 and especially the C19, books with scores if not hundreds of small prints were produced. Many are small ‘steel engravings’, which were printed in vast numbers - so they are still cheap. Also, a lot of the prints you see are later copies, or just downright fakes, like photocopies. We only sell the general article!

There are   antique prints on every subject - our website mostly has works of English/British topographic artists and architecture and portrait and figurative groups. We have special pages of London views and Yorkshire views and buildings, and some European prints.

We put occasional items, usually lower priced, on eBay. Look for us by searching for ‘georgianprints’.

books  on  prints   Please visit our section of secondhand books relating to prints and print collecting. Click here on books for sale

VISITORS BY APPOINTMENT   We are always pleased to see visitors by appointment. Please phone or email in advance.

cotswolds   As we are now based in the Cotswolds, we will be building up some stock of views and buildings in this area, please see our new cotswolds page.

prints in the south west If you are down this way, heatons of tisbury is a very well stocked map and print shop, or visit their website at www.heatons-of-tisbury.co.uk .

*** 100% money-back guarantee ***

Buying over the Web is still a new experience for many of us. With standard new items like books, it’s very straightforward .  However, with antique items where matters like condition and quality are so important, you will naturally want reassurance.

So, we sell all our prints with a 100% money back guarantee.

If for any reason, you are not satisfied with a print, just let us know, return the print and we will refund your money, see our information for buyers page for full details.