Grading Dust Jackets

In all cases, the lack of a dust jacket should be noted if the book was issued with one.
New is to be used only when the book is unread and the dust jacket is in the same condition in which it was published. 

Fine approaches the condition of New, but may not be as crisp.  It should have no defects.

A Near Fine dust jacket may have very light rubbing, but the edges are sharp with no fading, creases, or tears.

Very Good can describe a dust jacket that does show some light signs of wear.  All defects must be noted.

Good describes the average used and worn dust jacket. All defects must be noted.

A Fair dust jacket is heavily worn and may have a few large tears or missing pieces.  Any defects must be noted.

Poor describes a dust jacket that is heavily worn and may be soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted or may have large missing pieces.
There is no dust jacket.
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.
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.  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.

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