The book is ex library and has been covered in contact which has creased; the spine's tail is damaged as is the back paste down from the removal of a library pocket. The head and tail have been marked with a black texta, possibly to cover an ownership inscription. The title page and copyright page are missing, and the publication data has been taken from trove. It is most definitely not an attractive copy, but its is still in very good serviceable copy- the binding very good and the pages clear and clean, ready to lead people to gold prospecting sites.