256 pages,Includes a genealogical chart of the monarchs of Great Britain.an index, an abridged bibliography, and is illustrated chiefly with coloured portraits. The jacket is chipped along the edges, where there is also minor loss, with further minor loss on the back of the jacket along the head.; the book suffers from very minor damp effected waving. The dampness has left minor staining along the tail on the inside of the cover, and small fragments along the tail of the front and back board. Throughout the book on either side of the hinge at the tail a minute section of the page has been damaged by the damp.The faults make the book sound horrific. It is in fact a very good copy with faults which are obviously there, but not aggressively so. The exception being the blobs of paper on the tail of boards.Howver not recommend for a perfectionist. "Special deluxe edition published to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Elizabeth II, hardcover with gold tooling, raised title and gilded pages, with storage box. Inlcudes a brief history of the various monarchs of Great Britain, a short biography of Elizabeth II, an overview of the Commonwealth, and a short section on the commemorative celebrations in Britain."