Most of the books and other rmedia items listed on VistaBooks Encore are like new even though they may not have a recent publishing date. Many are inventory items held on the VistaBooks publisher/distributor's shelves but never sold--such as small quantities that were left over when filling a bookstore order. If not like-new, condition is described.

Other books and media items include a range of conditons, ages, and scarcities, with some that are rare and therefore valuable. Conditon of these is described.

Describing the conditon of special materials is an art and subject to interpretation. And therefore if an item is not as expected, please report same for an adjustment, return for exchange or credit, and/or refund. Our aim is to find good homes for these items and we want you to be pleased with your selections. Yes, it is an art to price a book that is out-of-print, rare, and/or collectible. Searches on specialized listings of such books often reveal a wide range of prices even for the same edition of a book, often without the information needed to compare otherwise similar copies. To complicate, a book that is listed as a single item may get sold and no longer be available for price comparisons. Thus it is likely that some of the prices we have established based on searches of a certain date are no longer valid, having gone up or down based on a variiety of factors. And valuations can change in the future, too. So, if you feel our price for an item of interest to you is priced incorrectly, let us know and we will reconsider (email vistabooks encore). All are also invited to query for information on any aspect of a book.      Both buyer and seller are also challenged by the fact that most rare/collectible items offered are single copies and subject to being sold at any time. Describing the condition of a book--and understanding the definitions, which are necessarily subjective--is another of difficult aspect to communicate. To help, there are semi-standard definitions used in the antiquarian book world. Our descriptions attempt to follow them. For our and your reference, guidance on this topic is provided here from the Abe Books website, noting that other dealers might have other interpretatons.

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