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29 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:

The spine and staple seating are strong, which counts to offset the twin creases to a degree. Because it's twin cover creases of fairly decent length, I feel that even with that strong VF-ish spine, 5.5, just short of Fine is in order. Now, where the technical grade winds up from there depends on the degree of seepage, if any, of what appears to be staining because of and under the back cover debris. Could take a hit to as low as 4.5 dependent on the severity of that, if stained inside on the back cover, and if not, probably in the 5.0 area overall, which would be the technical grade, but the book would present better than that and bring a premium at auction if graded in that tier area. I'd have to see inside that back cover and feel the debris to assess it's composition to pin it down, whether a 4.5, 5.0, or 5.5, IMO.

I agree

I originally joined in 2003 and don't remember any change over in 2007. This change I think is awful

Can't stand the new boards.