| I grade books with great care and generally am very conservative. I want you to be happy with your purchase. Please email me with any questions you have regarding the condition of any of my books. I will answer as completely as possible. GRADING LEVELS P = Poor, All the text is there but cover may be missing, pages lose, heavy soiling may be present Fr=Fair, Book is complete but shows heavy wear, may have broken hinges, soiling, water damage G = Good, Book is complete and solid but shows obvious wear, most "used" books fall in this catagory VG = Very Good, Above average, shows only minor wear, most non-collectors would say it looks "new" NF = Near Fine, Only very minor wear, should be bright and new looking Fn = Fine, Only extremely slight wear, has one or two tiny flaws, looks new in all other respects AN = As New, Totally PERFECT, Not very many books make this grade, many "new" books even fail this test The above grading also applies to dust jackets, with the following clarifications: P = Poor, Jacket is torn and tattered, large parts of it are missing, stained, demolished, Fr = Fair, Jacket may be torn and stained, most of it is there but a flap or good sized chunk may be missing G = Good, Jacket is complete, may have tears, chips missing, heavy wear at the flaps, spine top/bottom, edges When a book has a dust jacket, the first rating is the book and the second the dust jacket. EXAMPLE: VG/G would indicate a book in VG condition with a dust jacket in G condition. + and - symbols are used to denote books that fall between the main grading levels ABBREVIATIONS BC= book club edition BEP = brown end papers BGEP = brown Gretta end papers DJ = dust jacket EPs = endpapers FFEP = front fixed end paper FLEP = front loose end paper FS = flat spine OEP = orange end papers OT = original text PC = picture cover RFEP = rear fixed end paper RLEP = rear loose end paper RS = rounded spine WDJ = wrap dust jacket WMP= white multi picture endpapers YSDJ = yellow spine dust jacket YSPC = yellow spine picture cover |
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