The book is a library bound photocopy of the 1930 edition. The print in some of the pages has faded, and it is hard to tell whether it's through ageing or whether it happened during the photocopying process. I suspect the latter as most of the print is quite sharp. This is its major fault, and apart from minor insect damage to the head of the front end paper the book is immaculate. I can also guarantee that in my experience library binding never dies. 1257 pages, Vol. One and Two, indexed and illustrated. Customers please note this is a heavy two volume set which will attract additional postage, especially high for overseas customers. "....undoubtedly Alfred Ewart's greatest contribution to floristic botany was his Flora of Victoria published by Melbourne University Press in 1930." (Australian Dictionary of Biography) I would not normally offer a photocopied book were it not for the scarcity ofthis title)