Either a dog or a cat has attacked the book, the tail on both sides of the spine is damaged throughout the book with loss; the lower outer edge also sports teeth marks.The head of the front covet suffers from insect damage and the book has been stored in a damp place causing staing to the tail; from page 45 to and including the back cover the tail's outer edge has been clipped as the pages were messy. The back cover appears to have been stabbed with a colourless biro lightly impacting some of the pages, which are intermittently lightly creased, including a light horizontal crease towards the middle. The book is for those blind to life's imperfections as it is decidedly not pretty. In its favour none of the damage touches the print, which is legible, clean, intact and the binding is solid.. A reading copy. And I forgot, there is a neat ownrship inscription on the title page as well as what is probably a shelf reference.. 44 pages.