Mint
No defects of any kind; full cover gloss; sharp corners; clean shiny staples, centered at spine; no printing or binding defects.

Near Mint
No apparent obvious defects; high cover gloss; no fading; covers flat, centered and unworn; spine flat and tight; centered staples; interior pages clean and white. Permissible defects: slight stress by staples; minute corner creases; small binding or printing faults.

Very Fine
Several minor defects; good cover gloss; minimal surface wear; near flat cover; small corner creasing; very minor corner, edge, or spine wear; slight staple discoloration; up to half an inch (13mm) light cover crease permitted; interior paper may be off-white.

Fine
No major defects but an accumulation of minor ones, including corner dings, minor creases and light spine wear.

Very Good
Medium general wear; no pieces out (although a small missing corner piece is acceptable); minor tape repair; crosswords and mail coupons filled out.

Good
Complete; readable; badly creased; rusty staples; small pieces may be missing; interior pages may be tanned but not brittle.

Fair
Very badly worn; missing pieces but no missing pages; dark tanning, near brittleness.

Poor
Curiosity value only.