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[LordRahl]

It looks like a slab that was dropped and hit flush on the right side. I believe there is more damage around the top staple than people think. It might even have torn through the paper completely. If you look closely, you can see the top right corner of the back cover sticking up above the inner pages.

 

It would be nice if CLink would explain what happened to it, since they've obviously removed it base on this thread.

 

Yeah it's pretty obvious that this is what happened, although there are some here that are unwilling to believe that it wasn't Costanza'd even though the picture is definitive. Not only is the back cover sticking up, both covers are clearly well above the interior pages and the bottom of the pages are protruding below the front cover, and probably the back cover which we can't see.

 

You are right, the staple may have more damage or may be completely torn through but it would be impossible to tell without book in hand. It has definitely impacted inward as I mentioned in a previous post.

 

This is SCS, pure and simple although it's not the type we usually see and it is pretty severe.