The decorative gilt spine is lightly faded, the booards lightly rubbed, the back hinge exposed, but not badly and there is intremittent foxing throughout the book, else a clean and solid copy. 434 pages, including index. Nicolas Soyer, the grandson of te more famous Alexis Soyer, is better known for his "Soyer's Paperc Bag Cookery". Some of the paper bag recipes are included in this volume.