Bookseller stickers
12 Aug, 2016
2016-8-12 2:34:01 AM UTC
2016-8-12 2:34:01 AM UTC
I received a book yesterday with a bookseller's sticker on the rear pastedown. It wasn't mentioned in the book's description. When I asked the seller about it he said,
"I don’t always mention booksellers’ discreet mini stickers as, in my experience, they are regarded as a benign part of a book’s provenance, rather as a binder’s edge stamp is, if anything, an asset in a leather binding. Yours is the first such objection I have encountered in over 30 years book selling."
We reconciled with a partial refund, but I was just curious if other collectors/sellers feel similarly to this seller. Personally, I was surprised (not upset, just surprised) at his response and felt that it should certainly have been noted in the description. But perhaps there's some truth to what he says?
"I don’t always mention booksellers’ discreet mini stickers as, in my experience, they are regarded as a benign part of a book’s provenance, rather as a binder’s edge stamp is, if anything, an asset in a leather binding. Yours is the first such objection I have encountered in over 30 years book selling."
We reconciled with a partial refund, but I was just curious if other collectors/sellers feel similarly to this seller. Personally, I was surprised (not upset, just surprised) at his response and felt that it should certainly have been noted in the description. But perhaps there's some truth to what he says?
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