![]() The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. And remember the 3 keys to a great book collection: Condition, Condition, Condition. Most booksellers are more than happy to answer your inquiries about condition because they recognize the limits of the written word and they want to avoid having books returned because a buyer assumed a book was in better condition than their description warranted. You need to be informed about any flaws or wear before you order. Then you might see VG/AN in a description.Īnd any time you find a book listed in less than AN/AN condition, always feel free to contact the seller about the books defects if they are not listed in the description.Īs a collector you want to buy your books in the best condition you can afford. Usually you will find books are in better condition than their dust jackets - although there are rare instances when readers will remove a dust jacket when they read a book so as to keep the jacket in perfect condition. For example, AN/VG tells you that the book itself is in AS NEW condition and the dust jacket is VERY GOOD. Booksellers always list the condition of the dust jacket after the condition of the book. ![]() Most modern books were issued with dust jackets/dust wrappers (detachable paper covers around the book itself). As a collector you always want to buy the best condition that you can afford. Remember that condition is to books as location is to real estate property. You need to know these terms when buying for your collection if and when you are buying a book that you can not hold in your hands to inspect. Read the list carefully or print it out and memorize it. So, here is your 'cheat sheet' for making sense of the abbreviations and words used to describe books sold online. To keep costs down, they invented a 'bookseller shorthand.' And although we no longer 'pay by the word' to list books, those abbreviations are still used by most booksellers. When buying online you need to understand this bookseller 'shorthand' - a shorthand that was invented when booksellers listed books in weekly magazines and paid by the line for their ads. Even if a bookseller includes an image with their listing, that image tells you nothing about the interior pages.īooksellers include 'descriptions of condition' in their listings but for those new to book collecting, things like 'AN', 'G+' or 'EP' can be confusing. When we buy our books in a bookstore, in an antiquarian bookshop, we can pick up the book, sniff it to make sure there is no odor, look at the condition of the binding, check for any marks or stains, etc. ![]() You know that with books their CONDITION matters. Now you want to add to your collection and like many book buyers today you are buying your books online. You may well have some books for this collection on your shelves already. ![]() So, if you have decided to become a book collector, I expect that you have decided on the subject or author for your collection. Memoir - Biography & Autobiography Books (414). ![]() Geography, Geology & Natural Capital Books (133). ![]()
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