Book Condition Definitions
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Condition |
Wrapper |
Book |
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Fine |
Unfaded, unclipped wrapper. No rubbing, no tears, no creasing eg David Mitchell - Slade House |
Clean boards. Sharp corners. No inscriptions or writing – other than authorial signatures or inscriptions. No marks in the text. Clean pages. No browning, no foxing, no spotting eg Leigh Brackett - No Good For a Corpse |
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Near Fine |
As above but with a little bit of rubbing to the edges and maybe a little bit of bruising to the spine ends eg Alfred Adler - Understanding Human Nature |
A bit of bruising to the spine ends. Trivial soiling to boards or pages eg Harold Pinter - Gorgona : Tea Party |
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Very Good + |
As above. Possibly clipped. Slight fading. Occasional close tears and chips eg Roger Beaumont - Sword of the Raj |
As above. Bruised corners. Light toning to page edges or text block. Occasional spotting or foxing. Ownership inscription eg Alfred Adler - Understanding Human Nature |
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Very Good |
As above. Jacket more pronounced fading, chipping, tears eg Laurence W Meynell - Death’s Eye |
As above. More pronounced foxing, spotting, bruising eg Eugene Cunningham - Quick Triggers |
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Good |
As above. Ragged jacket eg Enid Blyton - The Boy Next Door |
Beaten up book/ex library eg Edgar Wallace - The Tomb of Ts’In |
