Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. STOCK PHOTOS MAY VARY FROM THE ACTUAL ITEM. ACTUAL PHOTOS AVAIL. UPON REQUEST. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: From the Battle of Plattsburgh and Victory on Lake Champlain, a chapter devoted to colorful Playbills, Professor Joseph Henry (1st secretary of the Smithsonian) and his philosophical toys, a Creole Sketchbook of life in the Bayou and New Orleans, the Overland Limited, Lewis & Clark's medicine, Dred Scott - the Black Pawn on a Field of Peril, Puritans, Calvin Coolidge inauguration, When Turkeys Walked, Reading, Writing, & History.