The bottom third of the spine has split and has been reinforced with acid free tape as has the hinge on page 18. There are no markings or annotations, but it does need to be handled with respect. Please check with us for an accurate postage cost, at 50 pages the book is quite light. "The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is normally presented with far fewer than a thousand performers and the composer did not sanction that name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer of 1906. The last of Mahler's works that was premiered in his lifetime, the symphony was a critical and popular success when he conducted the Munich Philharmonic in its first performance, in Munich, on 12 September 1910." (Wikipedia)