Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Dust jacket shows some rubbing along folds and edges, light chipping at head/base of spine. Small chip missing from center of top edge of front of dust jacket. Introduction By J. Wilson McKenney; From Dust Jacket: A remarkable, easy reading, new book on the order of Reader's Digest short articles covering the significant and interesting "firsts" to which the Golden States can lay claim. ; 314 pages