388 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is lightly chipped front and back head of the spine is damaged. The body book is clean, unmarked and solid.Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. Part of Barron's Educational Series. Title on the front cover : 'Lenotre's Ice Cream and Candies. 227 Heavenly Recipes by Gaston Lenotre, France's Master of Desserts.' "Gaston Lenôtre (born May 28, 1920 in Normandy, France - d. January 8, 2009) was a French pastry chef known as a possible creator of the opera cake (gâteau opéra), the founder of "Lenôtre" a culinary empire; whose brand includes restaurants, catering services, retail concerns and cooking schools, and one of the three founders with Paul Bocuse and Roger Verge of Les Chefs de France at EPCOT in Orlando, Florida." (Wikipedia)