General Information

Established in 1920, the Press is one of Southern California's oldest book publishers. Its current publishing agenda includes a quarterly journal for scholars and a mixture of scholarly books, conference papers, exhibition catalogs, facsimiles from its collections, and visitor publications.

Areas of specialization are British and American literature and history, especially of the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries; nineteenth-century western American history; British art, especially of the eighteenth century; and horticultural topics relating to plants and plant culture in a Mediterranean climate. These are distributed worldwide, mostly to college and research libraries, and provide examples of the scholarly and research activities possible at the Huntington.

The Huntington also issues books in cooperation with other publishers (especially university presses) in the United States, England, and Japan.

Huntington Library Press
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
(626) 405-2172 FAX: (626) 585-0794
E-mail: booksales@huntington.org

Rights and Permissions

If you would like to copy, reprint, or in any way reproduce all or any part, including illustrations, diagrams/graphics, and maps, of a book published by the Huntington Library Press, you must request permission to do so. We cannot grant permission over the telephone.

For permission to use material in the collections of the Huntington Library or Art Gallery, please write to the Library or Director of the Art Collections.

You may contact the Rights and Permissions Department at:

Huntington Library Press
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Tel: 636-405-2172
Fax: 626-585-0794
booksales@huntington.org

Please provide us with the following information:

1. Information about person requesting permission

Name:
Mailing Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:

2. The material to be used:

Author/Editor:
Title:
ISBN:
Year of Publication:
Material requested (please be specific):

3. Use of the material:

a) If used for photocopying for instructional use, please provide:

* Name of school
* Name of instructor
* Course title
* Semester/term for use

b) If used for reprint or quote in article or book:

* Title of article or book
* Publisher
* Publication date
* Price
* Print run

Returns Policy

No prior authorization is needed. Returns from booksellers are accepted up to 12 months from original invoice date. Full credit will be given if:
1) the books are in new, resalable condition (not damaged, stickered, or shopworn);
2) the bookseller supplies the original Huntington Library Press invoice number(s) and date(s);
3) the books returned are still in print;
4) a debit memo is enclosed stating the reason for return and original invoice number(s).
Credits for short-shipments, damaged books, and errors will be issued only if a claim is placed within 30 days of receipt of shipment.

If no original invoice information is provided, credit will be issued at maximum trade discount allowable.
Credit is valid 12 months from date of credit memo.

Returns must be shipped prepaid, carefully packed, and marked "Returns" to:
Huntington Library Press
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Media

North American Book Reviewers

If you are a member of the media and would like a review copy of a Huntington Library Press title, please FAX your request on publication letterhead to:

Books Publicity
Huntington Library Press
Fax: 626-585-0794

Your fax should include:

* Name
* Mailing address
* Telephone number
* Fax number
* E-mail address
* Information about your publication
* Author and title of the book you plan to review
* Federal Express account number (if request is urgent)

If you have any questions, please call (626) 405-2172. If you publication is new to us, a sample copy may be requested. Please note that the Huntington Library Press cannot accommodate requests made by e-mail.

Course Adoption

Requests must be sent on departmental letterhead. Please include course and bookstore information. Books are sent on approval for 90 days with invoice. If a book is adopted within 90 days, the invoice must be returned to the Press with a note indicating that 10 or more copies have been ordered from a specified bookstore. If not adopted, the book may be purchased or returned in salable condition within the 90-day period.

Recommended titles:
A Victorian Gentlewoman in the Far West:
The Reminiscences of Mary Hallock Foote

Ho for California!
Women's Overland Diaries from the Huntington Library

Law for the Elephant:
Property and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail

Policing the Elephant:
Crime, Punishment, and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail

The Great Experiment:
George Washington and the American Republic

Principles of Textual Criticism

Beware the Cat: The First English Novel

The Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales