Vintage Petersen's Surftoons magazine 1968 Surf toons

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This is the September 1968 issue of SurfToons magazine by Peterson publishing company, Hollywood, California. The magazine began publication in 1965 and the last issue was printed in 1968. This issue is considered "Excellent +" based on the grading standard I have listed below. The spine and staples are tight with slight wear marks on the edge and the pages have no tears. This item will be shipped free via media mail (U.S. only). A $5.00 shipping fee will be required if buyer requests priority mail shipping (within the U.S.). Grading Standard: 10/10: Absolutely pristine , off-the-rack, perfect. 9/10: Mint. About as perfect as can be. The only difference between this and a 10/10 is that it may have been read once or twice before being put in plastic. Maybe the cover is not as bright as it used to be, but it's not faded either. 8/10: Near Mint . Tightly bound. Not quite perfect, but almost. We're talking about a slight loss of shine to the cover, maybe the tip of a corner bent back on the cover. Many others would use a 9 or 10 , but I feel those numbers call for near perfection. 7/10: Excellent/Mint . May have one or two minor flaws that don't jump out at you, such as a slightly curled up corner on the cover, the slightest bit of edge wear (but no tears), some very light rubbing along the edge of the spine, a hint of stress marks on the covers near the spine, or a slight crease on an inside page or two. 6/10: Excellent +. A copy that's been carefully read with a couple of the minor flaws such as those mentioned above but slightly more worn: your curled up corner now has a crease at the tip, edge wear grows heavier but still no tears, heavier rubbing along spine, more apparent stress marks, maybe a 1/4" or less tear to the edge of an inside page. Still, very nice. 5/10: Excellent . Exactly what you'd think: Average. A copy of a magazine that's seen it's time on the coffee table but has not fallen prey to any mishaps. More of what's above. May be the very beginning of a split at the very top or bottom of the spine (and I'm talking 1/8" or less, more of a fray than a split). Some light age toning to the inside pages. Sometimes t will be a nice issue with a thumbprint or blurred printing on the covers. Still very nice without any damage that jumps out at you but appears on closer inspection. 4/10: Very Good . A well-read copy of a magazine w the above flaws are approaching damage. Rubbing may be heavier, splits from 1/4" to 1/2" at top and bottom of spine, cover may have creasing but still not heavy or excessive. 1/4" to 1/2" edge tears into covers and pages. Light soiling to covers. Note; 4/10 issues won't have all of this damage, but one or two items which obviously knock it down from an average 5/10 issue. If an issue looks Very Good and upon closer inspection I end up generating a long list of minor flaws I'll knock it down a little more to a 3.5/10. 3/10. Good. Now the magazine is getting a little beat up. May have some binding issues such as a rolled spine. May have some soiling and/or staining on the covers. Longer splits in the spine but the covers are holding on. I think of a 3/10 magazine as beat-up. I'll grade many issues 3.5/10 because they are a 4/10 to 5/10 issue that has one or two of the more major flaws. Bottom line on a 3/10 is that it is still complete with covers and no missing pages, but t may be some small pieces torn from the edges. 2/10: Fair. When I grade an issue 2/10 it might have a couple of cut-outs or even detached pages and covers, but all of the pages are present. If my 2/10 issue is still complete then it is going to have some major obvious damage to it.. 1/10: Poor. Pages torn out. Covers missing. Heavy soiling and/or staining. Really any magazine that is too beat-up to grade 2/10. Bad, the worst. read more

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