Guide to Book Condition Grades

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Molly Mackey and I’m with Expert Village. The next would be moving on from the absolute worst, would be a fair condition book and believe it or not, even a book with split covers, this could be considered fair, because of its age and its decorative value. Next we want a good book, which is “G” or “Good” and that’s the terminology for that. That would be something possibly with just maybe some creased covers, it would make a really good reading copy but it’s really not collectible. Next we would go onto “Very Good” which is a nice copy, it’s got you know, no major flaws, the pages are bright, looks pretty good. That would be a “VG” or “Very Good” copy. And lastly we have “Fine” and a fine book should be like brand new, there should be no major flaws, no minor flaws, no makings, no owner names it should be just like you purchased it off the shelf to be considered “Fine”. "