Spotting on cover, how much does it drop the grade?

[mcd-migration]

On an otherwise nice looking structurallyVF/NM type book, how much does the spotting/staining at the bottom of the cover lower the grade? I picked up lot of books from J&S years back, that had this type of staining. Am assuming it's from sitting in a warehouse for ages. Is there a proper term for this? How much would it affect the grade? Thanks.

[Aces]

Well foxing is allowed up to 9.4....

 

But if that's foxing, then that's one of the worst I've seen.

I'm pretty sure that will hurt the grade badly.

[mcd-migration]

But if that's foxing, then that's one of the worst I've seen.

I'm pretty sure that will hurt the grade badly.

 

I never really considered it foxing but after you mentioned it I went & checked the term in the grading guide & it fits. "Defects caused by mold growth that results in a spotting effect usually at the edges of books."

 

That said, I couldn't see just deducting a .5 or anything. I was thinking more along the lines of a F to F+ type grade. It's one of the main reasons I quite buying from J&S as it seemed more & more of the lots had this type of defect in them. Although if foxing is allowed up t0 9.4 then technically the grades were not off by much I guess.

[Kakapo]

I have a few 70s books that have a similar problem - it predominantly seems to affect white areas of the cover (or at least, that's where it's visible! ). I didn't realise it was permissible all the way up to 9.4...guess I should stop pouting and downgrading them all to FN!

[KingOfRulers]

Foxing is always tricky to me. It really depends on how bad it is. Yours looks to be pretty bad, because it takes up a large area and is pretty dense. I'd say it is a FN.

[divad]

But if that's foxing, then that's one of the worst I've seen.

I'm pretty sure that will hurt the grade badly.

 

I never really considered it foxing but after you mentioned it I went & checked the term in the grading guide & it fits. "Defects caused by mold growth that results in a spotting effect usually at the edges of books."

 

That said, I couldn't see just deducting a .5 or anything. I was thinking more along the lines of a F to F+ type grade. It's one of the main reasons I quite buying from J&S as it seemed more & more of the lots had this type of defect in them. Although if foxing is allowed up t0 9.4 then technically the grades were not off by much I guess.

 

It doesn't appear to be foxing to me - it looks more like a uniform stain - Starbucks perhaps?

[divad]

It appears that both the left and right edges of your scan are cut off, and there is no BC scan

[FFB]

But if that's foxing, then that's one of the worst I've seen.

I'm pretty sure that will hurt the grade badly.

 

I never really considered it foxing but after you mentioned it I went & checked the term in the grading guide & it fits. "Defects caused by mold growth that results in a spotting effect usually at the edges of books."

 

That said, I couldn't see just deducting a .5 or anything. I was thinking more along the lines of a F to F+ type grade. It's one of the main reasons I quite buying from J&S as it seemed more & more of the lots had this type of defect in them. Although if foxing is allowed up t0 9.4 then technically the grades were not off by much I guess.

 

That's about what I was thinking -- Fine or so.

[mcd-migration]

It appears that both the left and right edges of your scan are cut off, and there is no BC scan

 

I wasn't really looking for a grade per se, just a discussion on how much this type foxing would affect a higher grade book. On your other point, it's definitely some type of mold, just not sure what exactly. Thanks for the input.