Coloring on the first page and wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. We sell them for a quarter of the price at our store so we can move our inventory! Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Young Years was published to fill the need for a profusely illustrated anthology of the literary classics appealing to very young children. The immortal nursery rhymes, nursery stories, fables, fairy tales, and poems included in this volume have been edited to meet the high standards of contemporary children's literature.