Holy smokes! That's gorgeous! How in God's name did you train your wife so well???
It has moderate restoration, with a small piece added to the top front right corner. Also, it's been cleaned and pressed, but the book has a very solid feel to it. The pages are beautiful, although a couple of interior pages have small tears and/or chips. Still, it's in absolutely beautiful shape.
It's taken a lot of training...think of positive reinforcement with what she loves...designer purses, sparkly jewelry, etc. Actually, more than anything, I think it's that she loves to see how happy comics make me, and hanging out with forumites in SF and San Diego show that we have a great community.
She even defended the amount she spent with her parents, since she had them charge it so it wouldn't show up on the credit card and ruin the surprise.