About the condition and pricing of the books
Pricing of the books in The Company Town General Store is based on internet searches yielding high and low values with consideration given to the described condition of other sellers books. We generally set our price midway between the high and low values in deference to the condition of the book. Higher prices generally reflect scarcity, or literary recognition as an important work. We might also note that a higher price may also reflect an attachment to the book and ambivalence towards its sale, as we are not discarding the entire library.
Terms:
- New - Never read but may have been browsed. May have manufacturing flaws, or those created during shipping. Appearance like new and no wear.
- Like New - Never read but may have been browsed heavily. May have manufacturing flaws, or those created during shipping. Appearance like new and no wear. There may be a few more flaws than new, and may show minimal shelf wear.
- Better - Has been read, may show light wear on corners of the covers, minimal wear on the spine, appearance is still very good. Small accumulated flaws.
- Used - Has been read, shows wear from use or shelf life, aging, wear on corners of covers, spine can show creases from use, binding is still acceptable. Flaws to be expected.
- Heavily Used - Has been read more than once, shows heavy wear from use of shelf life, wear on corners of covers and fabric may even be worn away, spine shows wear, binding still acceptable no and no loose pages
- Damaged - A damaged book may have intrinsic value. It can have numerous problems, water damage, staining, heavy wear, foxing, broken bindings, loose or missing pages.
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