There is a stain on the head of the front board from a price sticker and minor damage on the title page where another sticker has been removed. Internally the book is squeaky clean and the binding solid. There is a gift inscription on the front end paper "Die Jugend ist die ewige Glückschance der Menschenheit (Buber) Meinem lieben Ilse Kind (?) von Mamie G. It is written in pencil. The book is made up of 20 stories about Israel ben Eliezer, the founder of Hasidism known as 'the BaalShem' or 'Master of God's Name', through them offering an account of the genesis of Judaism's most significant mystical movement.