This book is in a good to great condition, especially for being its age. It has a slight discoloration on the cover. The body of the book is hardcopy. The binding on the book is still in its original printing condition. The pages of the book are still completely intact with no writing, no marks, no missing pages, and no page discoloration or previous/humidity/dankness damage. The book weighs approximately 6 pounds. Again, for the age of this book, the condition is in good to great condition, it was just marked good in the condition category for the Soli purpose of the hardcopy cover being slightly discolored. With the actual information that the book contains, it is a textbook but also a non-curriculum but also a nonfiction. The reason that it is non-curriculum and possibly consider also non-textbook is because of the practices animal and veterinarian care and how often process and techniques and other learning changes overtime. But the majority of the book has information in it that is still the same and used today per a licensed veterinarian tech in Alabama.