My son bought this book in France, at a book store, together with a few dozen other books, all of which were supposed to be new He read some of them, but then he lost interest in French and most of the books remained unread. This one looks unused, pages are clean and tight, no creases on the spine or the front or back covers. The reason I listed it as "Like New" is because there is a mark "M.Ale" in red letters on the first page, top right and also a highlight on page two. No other marks.