I've attached scans. I can't see how this happened. If this was transported in an non-pressurized cabin at high altitude, is this possible?
I don't see anything broken on the inner well past what is seen in the scans. The outer shell looks completely intact. No damage whatsoever. No cracks, no separations... Nothing of note on the outer shell. Photos before sale show no damage.
The inner well opening is not large enough to replace the book--as far as I can tell... The book has damage on the top, left on the spine right below the inner well crack line. This was not in the original photos before the sale.
I got a good deal on the graded book even if it's not a 9.8 any longer... I'm going to try to make a claim to see what I can get but not at the seller's expense if this happened somehow in transit.