-- 568 pages, binding is tight, as are the hinges, headcap, headband. All pages attached and unblemished. -- AUTHOR signed and inscribed this book on the front end paper: ""To my friend Rev. B.F. Gordon By the Author, W.J, Wall, May 25, 1943"" -- Buford F. Gordon (1893–1952) was an African-American civil rights activist, clergyman and social scientist, and author. Gordon held leadership roles in the A.M.E. Zion Church and the NAACP executive committee. -- On the rear end papers, there are many notes written in pencil and pen.