Oblong format, 182 pages, includes bibliography. The front cover has a small tear at the head's outer edge which has been repaired, I would say a long time ago, with clear tape and the pages are lightly tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. On the title page: Revised to September 1, 1944. Third impression.'A Fighting Forces-Penguin Special. No other book presents the important details of the first four years of World War II as vividly and as unforgettably as this one. By means of startling pictographs and two-color maps, the vital military history of this period is told so that you will always remember it. The visual techniques employed are the same as those recently used with great success in the New York Times, Look, Post, and other leading publications." (Back Cover)