Like new, very gently read. Interior is crisp, clean and unmarked. Faux black leather boards show some light soiling and bumping to extremities. Gilt titles to the front board are quite faded. Without dustjacket (as issued?) This rather scarce and mysterious tome was written by "Cannon Fodder No.892681 a Canadian First World War veteran and deals with the mass unemployment that plagued Canada and the US after the Great War.