The jacket is chipped at the edges, and the lower back damaged as though someone had roughly removed a price sticker. The body of the book is immaculate. 192 pages "Frederick Walter Gascoyne "Fred" Miller OBE (19 September 1904 - 12 October 1996) was a notable New Zealand journalist, goldminer, historian, poet and community worker. He was born in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand on 19 September 1904. In the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, Miller was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the community and literature. He was New Zealand's longest-serving journalist, having had a career in that industry for 74 years" (Wikipedia) Ink on My fingers describes hs experiences as a jourmalist.