160 pages, with index, bibliography, illustrated. There is an ownership inscription on the front end paper, and the jacket, now protected, is stained at the head, front and back. The staining could possibly be part of the pictorial cover. Internally the book is immaculate. "Biography of the pioneering Badgery family, who arrived in the colony of NSW in 1799 ; traces the family's fortunes for 190 years ; includes encounters with and raids by Aboriginal people." (Trove)