This book is 84 years old and is in like new condition. Absolutely gorgeous amazing condition. Pages are crisp and clean, unmarked. The book itself has no shelf ware what so ever. Corners are sharp, no issues to the front and back end covers. The binding is very tight and straight. All pages are present and intact. Great book from the 1940s school curriculum. BEACON LIGHTS of LITERATURE 1940 Hardcover Book Grade 7 by Rudolph Chamberlain. Iroquois Publishing Company, Inc. in Syracuse, NY. There are 751 pages in the approximately 8 x 6 x 2" book.