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  2. List of used book conditions - Wikipedia

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    As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher. This is the equivalent of mint condition in numismatics. Fine (F or FN) is "as new" but allowing for the normal effects of time on an unused book that has been protected. A fine book shows no damage. Very good (VG) describes a book that is worn ...

  3. Certified Guaranty Company - Wikipedia

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    For example, an otherwise "near mint" condition book with a 4-inch back cover tear would be given a Qualified grade of "9.0, back cover 4-inch tear." Signature Series (yellow) A book signed by someone of significance to the comic, as witnessed by an employee of CGC, and the signature certified as authentic. Signature Series Restored (yellow/purple)

  4. Third-party grading - Wikipedia

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    Third-party grading (TPG) refers to coin grading & banknote grading authentication, attribution, and encapsulation by independent certification services.. These services will, for a tiered fee depending on the value of the coin, "slab" a coin and assign a grade of 1–70 on the Sheldon grading system, with 1 being the lowest grade, with only faint details visible to 70, a practically perfect ...

  5. Book size - Wikipedia

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    For example, a quarto (from Latin quartō, ablative form of quartus, fourth [3]) historically was a book printed on sheets of paper folded in half twice, with the first fold at right angles to the second, to produce 4 leaves (or 8 pages), each leaf one fourth the size of the original sheet printed – note that a leaf refers to the single piece ...

  6. Printing and writing paper - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] A4 ("metric") paper is easier to obtain in the US than US letter can be had elsewhere. [citation needed]. The ISO 216:2007 is the current international standard for paper sizes, including writing papers and some types of printing papers. This standard describes the paper sizes under what the ISO calls the A, B, and C series ...

  7. Paper size - Wikipedia

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    Paper size standards govern the size of sheets of paper used as writing paper, stationery, cards, and for some printed documents. The ISO 216 standard, which includes the commonly used A4 size, is the international standard for paper size.

  8. Endpaper - Wikipedia

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    The cloth holds the stitches and prevents the paper from perforating and tearing. Other styles are designed for use with perfect binders. [4] Combined and Universal Endsheets are loaded into the cover feeder of an automatic perfect binder and attached – instead of the soft cover – automatically, producing a book block reinforced from head ...

  9. ISO 216 - Wikipedia

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    Visualization with paper sizes in formats A0 to A8, exhibited at the science museum CosmoCaixa Barcelona An A4 paper sheet folded into two A5 size pages. ISO 216 is an international standard for paper sizes, used around the world except in North America and parts of Latin America.