grebal Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 My personal copy, had it for decades, hasn't seen the light of day in long time. opinions are welcome. Thanks. Spoiler Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoboto Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 6.5 with all of the defects + spine ticks MAR1979 and grebal 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephistopheles Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Total noob, but I would guess 8-8.5 with a clean and press. That color rub will keep it below 9. Wish I owned it tbh. grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scburdet Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 My copy is a 6.5. I think this looks a tad better. C&P to 7.0 grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grebal Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) On 10/15/2022 at 9:01 PM, mephistopheles said: Total noob, but I would guess 8-8.5 with a clean and press. That color rub will keep it below 9. Wish I owned it tbh. Think those dogears top right corner keep it at/below 8.0, but maybe not if a book looks amazing in hand. I think that 'color rub' along spine might not be what we think it is - I thought the same thing when I first saw it, anyway. But I've since seen that same affliction on other books and there's a decent chance it's production/printed related defect. I was hoping a pro could give opinion. Edited October 16, 2022 by grebal assuming: we're talking about what looks like speckles along the spine (just inside the spine) at bottom left and upward from there grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRoboto Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 7:53 PM, grebal said: Think those dogears top right corner keep it at/below 8.0, but maybe not if a book looks amazing in hand. I think that 'color rub' along spine might not be what we think it is - I thought the same thing when I first saw it, anyway. But I've since seen that same affliction on other books and there's a decent chance it's production/printed related defect. I was hoping a pro could give opinion. If that is a printing defect then this book is 7.5+ grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mephistopheles Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Didn't even notice the dogear. I guess 7.5 -8.0 then depending on what kind of day the grader is having. grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 7.0 It may C&P to a 7.5. On 10/15/2022 at 8:53 PM, grebal said: I think that 'color rub' along spine might not be what we think it is - I thought the same thing when I first saw it, anyway. But I've since seen that same affliction on other books and there's a decent chance it's production/printed related defect. I was hoping a pro could give opinion. Copies of IH181 have a lot of rub-like defects in this area of the cover. Very nice copy. Thanks for posting. grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicginger1789 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I'll go 7.0-7.5 mainly because of what I see along the spine (dings, crease, rub...whatever it is it keeps this book from outright VF or better in my eyes) Still a great copy! grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 7.5 is what popped in my head first, so I'll go with that. grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nilo2 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) I have an 8.0 and this one looks a good deal better. With a good clean & press I would say 9.0. Nice book! Edited October 19, 2022 by Nilo2 grebal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
