Book condition explained

Excellent - This is a book that, although purchased used, looks brand new.

Very Good - This is a book that looks almost brand new but may have one flaw with it such as: a scratch or scuff on the cover, an inscription inside, sticker residue, slightly worn or bent corners. Most often these copies have a flaw on the exterior cover but the interior pages of the book are in mint condition.

Good - This is a book that looks well-loved and might have one or more of the following: well-read pages, a bent cover, shelf wear, minor foxing or otherwise vintage aging, minor markings inside, small rips on a few pages inside, worn out looking and/or ripped dust jacket. Note that larger rips on a dust jacket or inside pages are repaired* by us.

Discarded Library Copy - This is a book that was in library circulation at some point and might have one or more of the following: library stamps inside, dewey decimal system stickers on the exterior spine, mylar wrap around the dust jacket, library book pocket glued inside, severely worn pages (although not always). 

Fair - This is a book that is severely worn but considered so special and/or rare as to still warrant being sold. It could have one or more of the following: a repaired* split seam on the exterior or interior cover, severe foxing or otherwise vintage aging, severely worn cover and/or dust jacket.

*Note that all repairs made by us have been done using quality book-binding, acid-free materials.

Abbreviations
DJ - dust jacket
ins - inscription
ext - outside cover of the book
int - inside the book

All books sourced are used and therefore can come with flaws. We do our best to check all books thoroughly so that we can describe a book's condition accurately but things could be missed now and then. If it is important to you to know the condition of a product in full detail, please email polkadotdoorbooks@gmail.com for details and we will reply promptly.