Hardcover with no dust jacket. Roger Tory Peterson, illustrator and Margaret McKenny, Author. The boards of the book are a pretty green with black lettering on the front and the spine. There are a couple of tiny tears on the spine board top/bottom. Illustrations by Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Publisher. 1968 edition. Approximate size, 4.50 x 7.50. The book was lightly soiled in spots due to usage in the field while observing plants. The endpages are green with a background of various and different plants/flowers. The title page is torn near the bottom right/left page where the page was stuck to the next page. The illustrations are black and white and in color as well. Third Printing. The spine is sturdy, tight and straight. Printed in the USA. The previous owner has several pressed and dry flowers/plants on some of the pages and they are included in the book, quite interesting actually. There are writings and hand drawn plants by the previous owner located on the back endpage of the book. Total 420 pages. On page 418, there are some writing descriptions of flowers/plants. While the dust jacket is missing, included is the inside flaps of the dust jacket, the front and back that shows the original old sales price of the book and talks about the book itself. "Almost 1300 species of herbaceous plants and a few showy flowering shrubs and woody vines are included in this book." A great book for someone who loves outdoors, scrubs and flowers. Priced to make it affordable. *7BC5 - from Amzon