The cover has some scuffs/dings/marks/etc, including a faint crease on the back cover, and some fading around the spine. The pages have a slight "old book smell", but are otherwise clean and the spine is strong."From dedicated high school hall monitor to the comic prince of the Late Night talk show, David Letterman has brought a new meaning to the word 'television.'Friend and confidant of such mega-celebrities as Larry 'Bud' Melman and 'The Guy Who Lives Under The Seats,' he's the reason why millions of viewers stay up nights, are late for work, fail classes, and leave their spouses."