It is a vintage used book. This is a vintage sewing book that still holds up to modern day standards on learning and educating to further expand the knowledge on sewing different types of material and clothing. It awesome to reference if you ever have questions and or if you want to check your knowledge on certain sewing situations you may have in life. It is also perfect on teaching even the younger generations of people a very cost effective and survivalistic skill to beable to survive out in the real world.