This vintage book has a tight binding. The end papers and the pages of the book have yellowed slightly with age. The illustrations are black and white photographs of artwork, and they are all rather dark. Many of the pages have writing and underlining, mostly in blue ink. Most of the pages do not have this marking. The edges of the book are worn with age and use. The text block is yellowed with age. The top text block probably used to be dark blue, but now it is gray. A stamp from someone's personal library is on the top of the text block, as well as on the front end papers. There is also writing in blue ink on the front end papers. The end papers at the back of the book are covered in writing. See photos for detail