Grading Dust Jackets
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Rules for Sellers |
In all cases, the lack of a dust jacket should be noted if the book was
issued with one. |
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New |
New is to be used only when the book is new
and the dust
jacket is in the same pristine condition in which it was published. |
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Fine |
Fine
approaches the condition of New, but may not be as crisp. |
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NF |
A Near Fine dust jacket may have
very light rubbing, a very small closed tear, or some other minor
defect, but the edges should be sharp with no creases or dings. If the
jacket has a small defect, this should be noted. |
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VG |
Very Good can describe a
dust jacket that has a few small defects including small closed
tears, light rubbing, and/or light edgewear. All significant defects must be noted. |
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Good |
Good describes the average
used and worn dust jacket. It may have several small tears,
edgewear, and/or rugging. Any major defects must be
noted. |
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Fair |
A Fair dust jacket
is heavily worn and may have a few large tears or missing pieces. |
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Poor |
Poor describes a dust jacket
that is heavily worn and may be soiled, scuffed,
stained or spotted or may have large missing pieces. |
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None |
The dust jacket is missing. |
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None Issued |
There was no dust jacket issued with this book. Only use this
option if you are certain that the book was never issued with a
dust jacket. |
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Undeclared |
The default value for this field. Items with this value generally
indicate a book that was bulk uploaded, but the seller didn't want to
take the time to edit their records to take advantage of our unique
identifier fields which aid buyers who are browsing or searching for
particular kinds of items. Many buyers will eliminate this value
from their search or browse results because it adds unwanted items to
their results. NOTE: A detailed description of your item's condition
should always be included in the description field. |