Falcon Apoda

Thanks. Anything pressing can help?

This one is a little better than the other one, I think. Will undergo pressing before slab, unless advised otherwise. Thanks.

Book will undergo full pressing before grading. Thanks.

Book will undergo full pressing before grading. Thanks.

Thanks. One last question, if you please: What do you see as main issues keeping it down? I'm thinking its around the spine.

Could pressing possibly improve this? Thanks.

Hey, all. Was hoping to get preliminary thoughts. Book will undergo a full pressing before final grading. My particular areas of concern: - Situation with lower staple. Can pressing help? - Spine ticks. I see a lot more in the photos than upon initial inspection. - Paper quality. What am I looking at here? Off-white? Tan? - Spine corners. Will pressing improve? Am I missing anything? Anyway, thanks.

I've always understood there was a hard distinction between how a book's "grade" is determined and how its "price" is determined. That is to say, a book may still be graded relatively high (in spite of a manufacturing "defect") and yet sell less than others of the same book in the same grade as a result of such discrepancies. That's why, for example, you can compare two of the same books graded 9.0 and find varying alignment, whathaveyou. One may fetch a higher price than the other based on such variations, but such is more a function of market desirability than the book's overall quality, per se. But maybe I'm wrong. Anyway, I'm not trying to argue that my book should be graded high in spite of this defect. It's a big frickin' black blotch. Of course it's gonna amount to a grading deduction. I expect it will be based on some sort of quality cutoff similar to that of the paper color you descibed earlier. I guess we'll see. Anyway, thanks again for your insight.

Thanks for your reply. The book really is in fine shape (totally smooth cover, no corner blunting, no spine wear, etc.). Pages are white/off-white. Basically, it was purchased, then stored (unread) for 40+ years, taken out only to be photographed. There is, as far as I can see, zero handlng wear. But, then again, I'm not a grader. Hypothetically, if this book was, in every other aspect, a 9.6-9.9, by how much would a defect such as this lower the grade? Thanks again.

Hey, all. I have this weird smudge on the back cover of book I'm submitting (see images). Has anyone out there ever seen anything like this? It's quite black, as though ink. A printing glitch, or...? Overall, a great looking book except for this one issue. Thanks.