How we describe our books

Badger Books

Secondhand Children's Books

Book Descriptions

In describing our books we will use the following standard abbreviations:

M	Mint (as new)	fep	Front end papers
F	Fine (almost as new)	frontis	Frontispiece
VG	Very Good (showing some signs of use but acceptable to collectors)	ite	In this edition
G	Good (showing many signs of use such as chips or small tears to the dustwrapper, bumped corners, some marks to the book. A 'Good' book is still good for reading and to have in a collection if a Very Good or better copy is not available.)	nd	No date
P	Poor (many faults, a reading copy)	1963?	Estimated date
+	Indicates better than the assigned description, eg G+ is better than G, but not quite VG	pb	Paperback
-	Indicates worse than the assigned description	pc	Photocopy
dw	Dustwrapper	rep	reprint
ed	Edition	waf	With all faults
ex-lib	Ex-library copy
insc	Inscribed, usually indicating a rough date where none is printed in the book

Unless otherwise stated the book will be a hardback. We state the date the book was published, then the edition (1st edition, reprint or paperback) followed by the publisher. The book is then described using the system above, giving a rating for the condition of the book followed by a rating for the dustwrapper (if there is one) and then other comments on condition if necessary. If you have any queries about a particular book please email us and we will be happy to give a more detailed description.