The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, 1987 revised, Selected and annotated by Martin Williams, 5 cassette box set, comes with a 120page companion book that includes backgrounds, stories and pictures of the featured jazz artists. The whole set is in very good condition, tapes have been tested to see if they play, all appear to be in very good condition with very little wear. The box itself, shows some wear at the corners where the black has worn off, but the artwork still looks good/ not faded or worn off, box is still strong at the seems and in very good condition-