Spiro's Dox

	Tears/Folds	Corners	Spine Stress	Writing/stamps	Waterstains	Cover	Pages	Staples
Mint	None	Sharp/Crisp	None	None	None	Colours glossy/reflective	White/no damage	No wear or tears
Near Mint	None	Sharp	No rolling, minor stress, no colour break	Very small arrival dates/prices	None	High Gloss	White, no damage	No wear
Very Fine	Very light on edges or corners	Minor wear or slight creases	No rolling, minor stress with minor colour break	Very small neat writing on cover or pages	None	high-med gloss	Off white or yellow or tan	minor wear but no tears
Fine	one tear 1/4“ max. minor corner folds	moderate creases	moderate stress with minor colour break	small rubber stamp on front cover only, or very small neat writing	None, but minor humidity on back cover	medium gloss, minor scuffing	yellow or tan. no brittleness	minor wear around staples, minor tears
Very Good	several minor tears, or one major, moderate folds	bends, moderate creases, up to 1/2” missing	slight roll, moderate wear	minor neat stamps or writing	hardly noticable small droplet	fading gloss, missing piece 1“ square, moderate scuffing	brown, minor tears	moderate wear, no tears, pages all attached, minor rust, no rust stains
Good	lots of small tears and folds	major creases, small pieces missing	up to 1/4” tears, major stress	allowed in small quantities	extensive, but still readable	no gloss, up to 2“ square missing, scuffing	brown, moderate tears, slightly brittle	cover/centre loose, rust, small rust stains
Fair	Major tears, small chunks missing	some corners missing	2/3 spine split, major stress	moderate writing/ stamps	extensive, some colour fading	no gloss	brittle pages, coupons clipped or missing	rust, rust stains
Poor	major tears & creases	Major corner portions missing	major damage	book and/or cover used as colouring book	extensive water damage	no cover	brittle pages, browning, pages missing	major rust & stains, loose pages

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