I sold a book a couple of weeks ago. It was a hard cover copy with dust jacket of Oceans of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living by the Dali Lama.
http://ebay.to/2nzBN7E
The book had a forward by Richard Gere and was signed by the photographer who did photos for the book. The signature was on the front free end paper and was part of an inscription or dedication: "To Barbara may his Holiness' words inspire you Marcia Keegan July 08"
I said the book was signed by the photographer and included a picture of the autograph but gave no further detail in the description concerning this characteristic. I described the book as "Like New" as it was literally in brand new condition.
The buyer after a couple of weeks expressed his dismay because he said there was writing in the book and therefore it could not be like new (I was just reading another post about Ex Lib books and could they be like new).
The buyer and I have agreed to disagree and he claims it was his mistake as he just saw the "like new" description and didn't really look at the picture (duh) until I pointed it out to him after the fact.
Can this book justificably be graded "like new" or does the dedication make that impossible? Where I am now I can see both sides and can't be sure who is more right.
Michael
