Book is leatherbound and beautifully gilded at both face and spine. The page edges are likewise gilt and the book is SIGNED by the author and numbered 225 of only 500 copies. It measures 6-1/4"x9-1/2" , has no names or writing, and is clean as a whistle inside and out.Book marks the first time Bradford used a male protagonist in her novels. 522 pages -- a long winter's read.