Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Emblems & Rights

The ISBN listed on the front flap of the dust jacket is 0-91-2334-61-4, however, on the copyright page this number is reported to be associated with the soft cover edition and the cloth bound ISBN is 912334-62-2. This volume is the hard cover with the boards covered in black cloth and gilt lettering on the front board and spine. The book itself is pristine and the black-and-white images sharp and vibrant. The dust jacket has a raspberry colored background with two images one on the front and one on the back, "Self-portrait" by the photographer below a statement by Wendell Berry. The spine coloring is lightly sunned/faded and there is a small nick-top layer of coloring missing-near the bottom spine end. There are 136 pages to this approximately 9 1/4 by 11 inch publication.