Albert Thurgood

7.0

1.8/2.0 You said the cover was detached but from those photos, both the FC and BC seem to be narrower than the interior pages. Has it been trimmed?

To put it in perspective, when I was 20, I spent a week's pay ($100) to buy AF#15. So a) if you can afford it, get the key that b) you most want and c) has the best growth potential.

+1 Whatever is driving the current boom, I doubt true SA keys will be going down much.

He meant that high grade ECs are rare and hence (relatively) expensive.

I prefer the science fiction titles, and these had the covers I preferred. Favourite cover: (at the risk of posting this too many times lately)

Not thus far...

I think you may get a qualified 5.0 to 5.5 for this. Otherwise just enjoy it for what it is.

The OP said it was graded in the last month. Staples won't go rusty that quickly especially in a slab. Recently in the PGM thread, a book was graded very harshly - much lower than everyone's estimate. It seemed they took off a whole grade for "moderate rust on staples" even though that rust was not visible on the book in the slab. Also many judges in the PGM thread would downgrade a book to 7.5 for a ding like that on the cover.

Thanks for the reminder. Here it is:

He can't be such a tough guy if he needs to wear longjohns when he goes to the desert.

That is just shocking how he was mistreated by the police and courts.

Not a tear, "just" a spine tick

That's a very harsh grade. Basically they are taking off a couple of points for stamps (I thought these weren't deprecated?) and minor rust on staples (that must be on the interior so no-one will see).

Can I ask what is the legal issue that Mike Diana got into trouble over?

That writing is the date written by the vendor and I think that is not deprecated.

I posted this in the cigar thread but it will be better appreciated here... I left it in the bag so you could see the sticker with the dealer's notes as to what is inside.

For those who have not read this book before, I recommend it. Kaluta's art captures the Shadow's era beautifully.

I think he meant that you can scrunch the bread up, and roll it gently over the foxing to remove it. But I have not seen this done so you should get advice from someone who may have done it before. AFAIK, Wonder bread has previously only been recommended for picking up fragments of broken glass.

The color is great in the FC which looks like a 5.5 to 6. I have no suggestions about bread, other than high fibre is better for you.

It's got a packing roll that could be pressed out... otherwise what do you think? (NB It is not as faded as the first image suggests - that is a scan. The colors can be seen to be OK in later photos).

Depends how many cigars Krusty has had lately.

7.0

That's bad luck but maybe a press could fix it. You are right that it has a brilliant white cover. But is that a crease descending from the bottom staple?

Thanks for your comments. In response: -the cover is sharp. Any blurriness may be due to my auto-focus camera sometimes doesn't auto-focus as well as it should, and my eyesight is not what it was; -the staples do not appear to be rusty on the exterior but on the interior they may be just starting to oxidize.