There is a remnant sticker stain on the back end paper and the gilt print on the spine has faded, else the book is immaculate, 112 pages, no jacket as published. "The Murphy Lecture Series is sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art, the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The lectureship was established in 1979 through the Kansas University Endowment Association in honor of former chancellor Dr. Franklin D. Murphy" (University of Washington Press) "James Francis Cahill (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Gao Juhàn; August 13, 1926 - February 14, 2014) was an art historian, curator, collector, and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was considered one of the world's top authorities on Chinese art." (Wikipedia)