Full of great diagrams, blueprints and the occasional black and white photos. Copyright 1980 2nd edition. Was used as a textbook with some underlining and highlighter pen by a student in the mid 1980s Painting & Decorating apprenticeship class. Many nice fold out blueprints at the end. It weighs over 2 pounds and measures 3/4″ x 9″ x 11″, about 300 pages. Likely going Media Mail.