The front board is lightly faded and chipped at the edges, with the cloth lightly bubbled at the head; the back board is shelf stained and the lower hinge damaged. This is superficial and soes not affect the binding, which remains tight. The hinge on the dedication page is bumped at the tail, pushing the page out, though it too remains firmly attached and finally the title page has a short, closed tear along the outer edge as has the last page. Else a cllean and solud copy. Brown cloth with gilt title and decoration, 304 pages. " A compilation of records of the work done by the schools of the Education Department of Victoria to assist the nationl cause during the anxious and strenuous years of the Great War. Photographs, illustrations." (Trove) The book consists of portraits and biographical notes on "the men who fell" and "the men who returned".