Leather is still tightly bound with beautiful gilded designs adorning all sides even the papers edges. Pages are clean with the only marking being the signiture from Daniel Stone, which is number 319 of 330. Included are certificate of authanticity for the signiture, a small separate page decribing the book and the author. This book goes on in detail on the lore and intrigue of the R.M.S Titanic, and many other ship mysteries that we are still trting to understand today.