Guide to Grading Book Condition

Here are the following terminologies on grading your book condition, as proposed by AB Bookman's Weekly back in 1949 ¹:

• As New a. k. a. Mint - literally the book is still in "brand new" condition. May be still sealed in plastic or without it. No wears, folds, stamp and any other defects. 
• Fine - secondary to mint condition, sign of a very little wear on the book's jacket or the book itself in a sense that the grader will consider the book as still in fine & looks new condition.
• Very Good - a little wear on the book's jacket or the book itself
• Good - worn book but all pages are still complete . The wears, folds, dirt & any defects may be noticeable.
• Fair - worn book. The wears, folds, dirt & any defects are noticeable. Or if there's no wears, folds, dirt & any defects but the jacket is missing, consider grade it as fair condition.
• Poor - "don't judge the book by its cover" ⁴. The wears, folds, dirt & any defects are noticeable. Worst than that, page(s) may be missing and cover was scratched out

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Reference:

• ¹ AB Bookman Grading Scale - http://hughhollowell.org/the-original-ab-bookman-grading-scale-1949/
• ² List of User Book Conditions - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_used_book_conditions
• ³ AB Bookman Weekly - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_Bookman%27s_Weekly
• ⁴ Don't Judge a Book by its Cover quote - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_judge_a_book_by_its_cover

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