The edges are bumped and there's a flamboyant signature on the front end paper - so flamboyant it has to be " someone" .Andre Rule on the back cover:" Here among the mullock heaps of commonplace conversation, the trivial and the unpredicatable, are the nuggets mined from real life: compelling stories of ordinary people touched by extraordinary events: war, depression and tragedy, and workaday reminiscences distinguished by their honesty, clarity and humour -" 141 pages, please check with us for an accurate postage cost.