Original brown cloth with black title on the front and on the spine. Slight edgewear and some fading along the top on the front cover. The endpapers are browned with a tear at the hinge. Some of that acid has migrated to the title page so it looks some soiled. Now protected in a clear, mylar sleeve. Text in English and Chinese, a fine compendium of over 3500 proverbs. SCARCE ! Pages 381 plus two errata pages and index.