Castle Hill Press
Scholarly editions of T. E. Lawrence's works and letters

General subscription information

1. Who can subscribe? Any private individual, library, bookseller or library agent can place a subscription order for one of our books, provided that the order is placed before the subscription deadline. Please note: There is no trade discount on the subscription price.

2. Is there any on-going commitment? Subscribers to one volume are not obliged to purchase any other volume.

3. Can I place a standing subscription? We tried this and it did not work. We need specific authorisation to make charges for each book to your card. Also, we need to be sure that we have your current shipping address. 

4. How do I place a subscription? Subscription orders must be in writing. You can send them by post, fax, or e-mail; but the simplest method is to order through our online shop. All subscription orders will be acknowledged.

5. When will I have to pay? New publications ordered on subscription by private customers must be paid for in accordance with the subscription terms, which are as follows:

• Cloth and quarter-cloth copies: depending on the subscription terms announced for a particular book, half the price may be payable when it goes to press. The remainder plus the shipping cost is then payable when the book is shipped (typically around eight weeks later. 

• Quarter-goatskin and full-goatskin copies: depending on the subscription terms announced for a particular book, one third of the price of the book may be payable when the book goes to press. The remaining two-thirds plus the shipping cost is then payable when the book is shipped (typically 10-12 weeks later).  

If you ask us to delay shipment (for example, because you will be away from home), the second stage-payment is nevertheless due on publication.

Recognised libraries will be invoiced pro-forma for the full cost of subscription + shipping when the book goes to press. To minimise accounting complications, libraries paying by card will be charged a single payment for the full amount when the book is shipped.

6. Address changes: If you subscribe, please remember to notify us of any change to your shipping or e-mail address before the book is published. If, in good faith, we send the book to the wrong address and it goes missing, that will be your responsibility. Also, if you send an address-change by e-mail, check that we acknowledge it. Not all e-mails arrive. The best method is to use Update Customer Details in our online shop. 

7. Payments by card: If you pay for your subscription by card, please remember to update information about the expiry date or the number of the card if either or both change before payment is due. If we cannot process a card payment and the problem remains unresolved for any length of time, you are likely to lose your special subscribers' copy. Again, a simple way to send us changes is through the 'Update Customer Details' item on the first catalogue page of our online shop. 

8. Payments by cheque: If you pay for your subscription by cheque:

• There is a charge of £2.00 towards the additional cost of administration and postage for a subscription order with a value below £100 that is paid for by cheque.

• Because of bank conversion charges, we do not usually accept cheques in currencies other than pounds sterling. Cheques must be drawn on a UK bank. 

• To minimise administrative costs we will send you, about a month before the book goes to press, an invoice showing both stage-payments. 

• You may pay the stages with two cheques, and we will present each cheque for payment on the date due. However, you must send us both cheques before the date of the first stage payment as indicated on the invoice, i.e. the date when the book is scheduled to go to press. 

• Please make sure that we receive your payments by the dates due. Otherwise, you are likely to lose your special subscription copy.

9. Postage: The shipping cost shown in our price lists is for a single copy. The cost includes packing materials, labour, insurance and postage charges. If you order more than one copy and these can be sent in the same parcel, there may be a saving in the cost of postage and packing materials, resulting in a lower charge. Note, however, that we do not normally pack more than 4kg of books in one parcel, since the risk of damage increases with weight. All shipments are delivered by your local postal service. Please ensure that the postman knows what to do with a parcel if you are not at home.   

10. Cancellation: Subscription orders are a binding contract between the subscriber and Castle Hill Press. Subscriptions may, however, be cancelled up to the subscription deadline, or until one month before the book goes to press (whichever is later). If a subscription is cancelled thereafter, a 10% cancellation fee will be charged.

11. Returning books: You may return any book up to 14 days after receipt. 

12. We reserve the right to refuse a subscription order, and will do so automatically if a customer has defaulted on the subscription terms on a previous occasion.

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