This book is entitled "Treasures from the Prose World Illustrated with Biographical Sketches" by Professor Frank McAlpine. It was published in 1884 by Elliott Beezley, Chicago and Philadelphia. It features a woven fabric hardcover binding with embossed tooling in black and gold. The book measures 8x6.5 inches 400+/- pages. The condition is as shown in the photographs. It does have a loose binding. A name is written on the inside front cover page. Pages are still intact by the stitching where the binding has come loose. Super fast shipping - purchase by 5pm EST and we ship out the next business day!