FWIW, I'd probably classify them as Poor, given the likelihood that they're substantially molded and/or the sheets are cemented together due to the moisture.

Water damage does not automatically lead to mold, nor stuck pages.

In this case I wonder if it would actually make more sense to remove the shrinkwrap to be certain of what you're dealing with.  Smarmy, do you have an opinion on that?  

I'm not so sure it's mold. The blackish stuff stuck in the wrinkles in the shrinkwrap (most noticeable in picture 1) seems to be some kind of sediment deposited by the water. The top left of the back cover pic looks most like mold, but if you look closely it almost seems like the blackish stuff adheres to the plastic rather than the paper. There's also not a lot of wrinkling.

My concern would be more what kind of "water" is the culprit here (septic? I've had that happen once myself, with books packed for shipment near a toilet which overflowed when the system backed up, yuck).

If I were you, I'd remove the shrink and examine all the pages. Also, is there an odor and what is its nature? If the black stuff is just on the shrink, removing it would half solve the problem, and complete sets of this title go for decent money without shrink.

Just my 2 cents.

TheHistorian wrote:Water damage does not automatically lead to mold, nor stuck pages.

In this case I wonder if it would actually make more sense to remove the shrinkwrap to be certain of what you're dealing with.  Smarmy, do you have an opinion on that?  

Yes.  Better to be safe than sorry.  I would remove the shrink to make sure it is not mold because you do not want one rouge piece even in shrink wrap to contaminate your collection.  

This was difficult to type, but with the water damage and potential nastiness inside, "Mr Gembala, tear down that shrink!"

In this condition, $50 seems a bit high with water stains (and thankfully no mold or stuck pages.)  $25 is probably a better price for someone looking for a placeholder copy to be upgraded in the future.

MetamorphosisSigma wrote:
Could you post new pictures (same shots, plus a couple of the worst interiors), for comparison? Maybe an edge-on shot to see how much wrinkling/warping there is to the textblock as a whole? I don't think $50 would be too much to ask, as long as there is no odor, and the possibility of mold is eliminated. Might do better at auction.

I agree:  with no mold and minimal water damage, on just the exterior pages, then you may see $35-75 in auction.

Thanks for the advice! Here are some additional pictures:

F1005 Flat Pages

F1005 Fanned Pages

Thanks again for the suggestions!

Bill

Sure! Here you go:

F1005 Back Pages1

F1005 Back Pages2

I do see some spotting on the back cover. Is that Mold? Yikes.

Oops. Fixed.