Naruto#19BGS 8.5 Japanese Manga w/Obi 1st Printing

Naruto is Masashi Kishimoto's Weekly Shonen Jump series for Shueisha and one of the pillars of the 2000s Jump era. This is the Japanese first printing of Volume 19 from 2003, which sits inside the Chunin Exam and Konoha Crush stretch of the run, and it retains its original obi, the paper band wrapped around the cover that was designed to be thrown away at the shop and so survives on only a fraction of copies.

Beckett assigned an overall 8.5 with a 9.2 cover subgrade and off white to white pages, certificate 25-2B4C9B1-006. The grader notes list foxing on the front and back cover, light vertical scratches on the back cover, a few light bends front and back on the dust jacket, and light edge stress to the jacket. An 8.5 is a very fine book: presentable and square, with wear that is visible on inspection rather than across the room.