This particular copy includes a bit of ephemera explaining the edition, very rare indeed. This is the Leather-bound nautical edition. It has gold-limned external pages, a long thin gray cloth bookmark, a fine burgundy color, gold decor on the spine and cover, and is filled with pictures in addition to the text. This is a luxury edition, and the first print, first edition of this iteration of the book. It is not the book's very first edition, which was published ten years before this one. However, this is an exceedingly collectible, rare, handsome, worthy volume; whether you're interested in nautical information, or you're simply looking for something to truly define the aesthetic of your collection visually.