G+ Black cloth boards with an embossed picture. Spine graphic has wear due to aging. Edge is deckled. Full colored U.S. map on pacedown and free endpaper. Slight water damage starting at the half-title page through page 263 - does not affect words or pictures throughout pages. There are black and white maps throughout the book. Back hinges have started separating. Back free endpaper and pacedown have black and white map of the total United States if area were proportional to population in 1940.