The red boards are chipped at the edges and the head of the spine is beginning to fray, less so at the tail. On the front end end paper there is a gift inscription " A.H. Outhwaite from P.H.C. Xmas 1928." This has been crossed out and replaced with "Kathleen Stebbing (?) 1939" A good ++ copy with no obvious faults, the pages are clean the binding good, apart from being clearly second hand.