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6.0/6.5 from me too.

4.0/4.5 maybe better if the back would clean up.

I am fine with this as a VF/NM grade from an as-is online purchase perspective. Maybe a 9.2. I always price in overgrading when buying online these days. I'm mostly concerned with the apparent slight darkness along the bottom edge of the BC. From a CGC perspective, you should account for the fact that there are >25K copies and, anecdotally, the more copies graders see, the more likely they are to nitpick the smallest defects. For reasons it's not worth elaborating on, I have 4 copies of this book in slabs: 2×9.2, a 9.4 and a 9.8. The latter were graded recently, and I believe looked better before pressing than this copy (they were then pressed). It would be hard to tell which was which pre-grading in photos (they are somewhere in this forum if you want to go digging). The 9.2s are both 1st gen slabs and one is clearly a lesser copy, and there are no noticeable spine indentions in the better copy. The standards may have drifted in the last 22ish years but the 9.2s also were unlikely to have been pressed. You could get a 9.6 pressed, 9.4 is more probable & I doubt it would get to 9.8, but you never know.

4.0/4.5

I don't think so. It seems to me like it was damaged during encapsulation or something.

full front & back photos are necessary per pinned thread guidelines

Manufacturing defects are defects they just aren't penalized as severely as the equivalent handling defect. If this chipping is from manufacturing, you might pull a low 9 b/c it's pretty extensive. I don't know if the more probable grade merits testing the CGC waters. The closest recent sell comp for a newsstand is $22 for a 9.2. Didn't even cover the current grading costs.

Depends on what a grader deems is the root cause. If it's an ink smear, then very little impact. If it's loss from handling it's like a color breaking crease just not grades as severely since it doesn't involve paper damage. In the photos, it seems like there are enough light handling defects that it's not absolutely determinative.

9.0-9.4

Scuff or something in that black along the bottom edge. Likely knocks it down into the 8s

Matters a lot what the spots are by the top staple. Cleanable something, 9.0/9.2. A substance, 8ish. But if it's staining, max 7.0

5.0/5.5. Underappreciated JIM cover IMO

3.5/4.0

4.5

4.5/5.0

splits are on CGCs no-no list. It doesn't take much. Stains too. A small spot on the back cover can be grounds for 2-3 grades below how the book appears. In general, the fees for their in-house are high enough that you either need a really solid book, or a desire to own something regardless of the grade

3.0/3.5 That piece appears to be barely hanging on & a detached piece even if it's still around, is treated like it's missing.

some kind of staining along the back spine? Will max out around 5.5 if that's what it is

8.0/8.5 my caveat is that this seems to be one of the books CGC isn't as kind to when it comes to flaws. Had the exact same newsstand & thought we were looking at at least a lower 9s situation—8.0

9.4 is where I am assuming that gloss loss is imperfect coverage. 9.0 if it's deemed a real defect. I don't think a bindery tear plus a 2nd production flaw can get to 9.6

I think 5.5. with good c/p. I can see GB's 6.0 b/c it's a key. Seems to lack some common production flaws

6.5/7.0 as-is. Max depends on how well the bends on the back come out & obviously the grime coming off. 8ish depending on how that goes.

4.5 maybe 5.0 pressed

split that length I'll guess maxes in the 7s

6.5/7.0