When preparing to order from some place I have not ordered from, I usually hit a few review sites. I saw very poor reviews in several places for Abe Books. Abe Books is a portal where used book sellers can list their books. ThriftBooks in both Atlanta and Dallas list on Abe Books and both locations had a copy of a hard to find book that I wanted. I ordered two, one for me and one for a friend. They were delivered in the condition they were listed, they came on time and in fact both were a day or so early. The third party shipping company they used, OSM Worldwide, regularly updated the progress of my books through the system. I was very pleased. I have reread the many negative reviews and I will say my experience with the sellers was tremendous.