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Star Trek 1 - PT variant

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Barbarian

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Hi, got this last week,

 

Star Trek 1 - PT Variant - 1978

 

Main issues:

 

FC: those spots on the top right. Not sure what these are. Paper is flat and smooth though. Humidity spots(?)

 

BC: that scratch mark on Spock´s right leg. Also at the bottom right corner there is something I dont know what it is. It seems to be some purple colour splash (?) it doesn´t go INTO the pages but its on the surface botton of all pages, if you know what I mean.

 

Thanks

 

 

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I really don’t know what it is.

 

Looking closer I see its not humidity based. First because the paper is really smooth and it’s not wavy. Also the staples don´t have rust.

If this was humidity caused, I would assume the staples would be rusted. (shrug)

 

After I quickly Google about what foxing is, that might be in fact, what is happening.

I read diff accounts of what causes it. One says it’s a kind of fungus, other refers to a mineral reaction of the paper.

 

Learning something new every day.

 

What is the impact of this on a book? How would you grade it?

 

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