Poor Condition of a New Book!
345428
I was very upset at the condition that I received this NEW book in. The front cover was creased and even torn! I bought this as a Christmas present but how can I give this in such a state! Sad!
2581124
The book itself was wonderful, the only problem I had was that I had to clean the outside of the book cover to remove what looked like food fingers.  I am disappointed by the condition of my "new" book.  I also received another shipment and at least one of the "new" books was tattered.  If I wanted used books I would not have purchased and paid for new ones.
2625471
We bought this as a Christmas gift for our father-in-law who went to culinary school in New Orleans. The content of the book appears to be a nice but the condition is rather disappointing. The dust jacket has fine scratches and is bent/torn at the bottom. It actually makes the book look used. Unfortunately its likely too late to return and get a replacement before Christmas.
1685637
Don't get me wrong this is a great book however this book came in horrible condition. This book was purchased for a member of our congregation and we cannot present it to her with as dirty and damaged as it is. Will not purchase from this seller again!
142909
Very disappointed to buy a new book and have it come with a permanent crease in the cover. Not right!
1860098
While there are no issues with the story itself, we were extremely disappointed with the quality of the book. The used book vendor listed the book as being in "good" condition, but upon receipt of the item I would have categorized it poor. It has a great amout of wear and tear, and is a discarded school library book. It's even marked "discarded" on the back cover. The spine of the book is very loose, the pages are yellowed with age, and a few pages have small tears in them. Add to all of this the fact that it took well over two weeks to receive it! I know the condition ratings are subjective, but I don't know how anyone could have declared this book to be in good condition while keeping a straight face! We will never do business with this particular book store again.
3489698
This book was not in as good a condition as we thought it would be.  The cover has irreparable damage.
4740160
Wasn't happy that a brand new book arrived bend up, creased, and looking like it had been on library shelf for a few years. I was pissed!! This was a gift.
4095667
supposedly this is a brand new book and that's what I paid for? it's a hardcover and it looks like it has been stored on an open shelf subject to temperature and humidity changes because the front and back covers are bowed outwards. I feel now that I need to think twice about ordering anything that comes out of Amazons own inventory! The more I look at this "new" book the more upset I get, I can't describe it 200 characters including spaces to try to return it so I guess I'll bite the bullet on this one and take it as a lesson learned, amen.
4091892
I got this book with good condition but it is actually pooooor condition. It had so many note with pink hightlighted which is strong color almost every pages. It also had name on side of book that I cant earse. It had big crosses line in some of pages. I really disappointed to this condition. They should had take this book out.
3613157
This review is about the condition of the book when it arrived and not for the book itself (which I'm sure is awesome).

As the picture attached to this review shows, the book arrived looking used and not brand new. The top binding corner was really bent and it looked bad. This was for a gift I needed to give soon so I couldn't return it and order another copy unfortunately. Disappointing :/
1579313
The inside binding of the book was broken so I am expecting the sections of the book to fall apart as I am reading it.  VERY disappointing for a new book.  Our resale store probably won't take it in the condition that it was in when I received the purchase.
438332
I was very disappointed with the condition of my purchase. I felt that the seller misled the buyer (myself). They rated the book in great condition, almost new. Excellent I believe may be the description they used. Well, far from excellent, not even good condition.  The jacket of the book has water damaged to the point it stained the back cover of the book under the jacket.  The binding is loose, cover  almost torn from the inerds of the book.  I'm giving this as a gift and didn't want to hassle  returning it, but I will never buy from that particular seller again if I am aware of the exact seller being the same one. Like I said, the back jacket is misshapened and wrinked from water damage and should not have been rated the way it was. I'm truly disappointed. First time not satisfied by the way, usually always satisfied with my Amazon purchases, only this one.  Tricia W.
1488991
When I purchased the book, it quoted it as "new book".  When I received it, it had an old, musty smell and cover looked dirty.
2672142
I bought this book NEW, which is supposed to mean NEW as in UNTOUCHED, ORIGINAL, etc.
except the wrapping has been taken off the book, and the wrapping contains a label I need to get into the online content which is REQUIRED for me to pass my class. And the book corners are bent and there's a nice slice all the way down the back cover. Very unhappy!!!
4414718
This book was supposed to be in "like new" or "very good" condition.  It was described as the pages being clean and only being used lightly.  Unfortunately for us, there is writing in the book and the pages are heavily dented almost to the point of having holes (from the Leap Frog reading pen) and folded.  This book's condition would have been better discribed as "average" or "fair".  I don't believe that it was labelled fairly.  If the condition was honestly described I wouldn't have purchased the book.
33469
This much loved book arrived in appalling condition with multiple underlinings and dog eared pages.  Its condition was not as described and should cause serious concern.  I will not buy another product from this seller.