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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 232782, member: 25&quot;]Books have a special vocabulary for different types of damage (I call them defects).</p><p>&#039;Bumped&#039; means cover corners pushed out of shape, for example. Here are some others to look up. Hinges starting, board detached, missing ffep, missing fep, foxed, wormed, cocked (spine slants when the book is on its side) rebacked and so on, Most of these are not a problem with modern books, but for antiquarian books it is really a help to all if you use the proper terms. There is nothing to inspire confidence better than to appear to know what you are talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also the commonly used grades for books and their dust jackets that need to be learned, especially when the value of a book can be multiplied if it has a fine dust jacket.</p><p><br /></p><p>So best not to just say damage or defect but find the correct term for the specific damage and use that.</p><p>I am fairly sure I have seen a dictionary of booksellers&#039; terms on the net somewhere.&nbsp; A little study and the words fall trippingly off the tongue as if you were an old hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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